By Ariele Vaccaro Years of effort by the Menominee Tribe to erect a casino in Kenosha came to an abrupt and fruitless end on Friday, Jan. 23. Gov. Scott Walker killed the project with four … [Read more...]
Scott Walker Proposes Drug Testing for Low Income Residents Needing Public Assistance
By Karen Stokes For Natasha Jackson, receiving public assistance was a necessity to help provide food for her family. Jackson 28, who lives on Milwaukee’s north side with her three young sons … [Read more...]
MPS employee wellness program earns American Heart Association Gold award
One of only two Gold-designated school districts in Wisconsin MILWAUKEE (January 2015) - Milwaukee Public Schools’ employee wellness program earned a Gold designation from the American Heart … [Read more...]
Florida Mom Convicted For Firing Warning Shot Released from Prison
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 2015 (UPI) -- A Florida woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot during a fight with her husband in 2010 was released Tuesday. Marissa Alexander was … [Read more...]
New Development Project Endorsed by Mayor and Lt. Gov. to Revitalize North Ave
By Graham Kilmer Spirits were high at a chilly groundbreaking ceremony hosted by Walnut Way Conservation Corporation, a local Milwaukee nonprofit organization, on Thursday January, 22. The … [Read more...]
Bomb Threats on Twitter a Menace for the FAA
By Srijan Sen Last week, two U.S commercial airlines - Southwest Airlines flight 2492 out of Milwaukee and Delta Airlines flight 1156 out of Portland, Oregon – heading to Atlanta were targets … [Read more...]
MLK Estate Drops Lawsuit Against King Center Over Licensing
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With the dismissal of one of two lawsuits that effectively pitted them against each other, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s children took a step … [Read more...]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy Celebrated with Activities & Service to Community
By Karen Stokes Even though Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 86th birthday was on Jan. 15, his birthday is observed as a national holiday on the third Monday in January. Milwaukee has celebrated … [Read more...]
Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation & Reconstruction
By Eelisa Jones Eric Foner and Joshua Brown wrote their analysis of the years following the Civil War, Forever Free (2006), as an extension of a larger modern effort to unearth the lost … [Read more...]
“Buy A Bottle, Save A Bee” Says 9-Year-Old Austin, Texas Lemonade Entrepreneur
Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton David Thomas writes in the April 9, 2014 posting of the Austinet that “Selling lemonade in America is the quintessential introduction to the … [Read more...]
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