By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) For the first time in more than two decades, Latinos who are immigrants hold fewer jobs in the United States than those who are born in this … [Read more...]
Black Women are Taking Care of Business
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Instead of breaking the glass ceiling, Black women have increasingly started making their own. According to the Center for … [Read more...]
Salvation Army to feed more than 130 thousand lunches to children this summer
Wauwatosa, WI – The Salvation Army kicked off the Feed The Kids Summer Meals program on Monday, June 23rd, 2014 at Red Arrow Park in downtown Milwaukee with great support from community leaders and … [Read more...]
The Milwaukee Urban League’s 2014 Black & White Ball
Now in its 29th year, the annual Black & White Ball proved to be a huge financial success, raising nearly $307,000 in net proceeds to support the work and the programs of the Milwaukee Urban … [Read more...]
Milwaukee County receives $1.8 million for fatherhood program
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele announced during Father’s Day weekend that the Milwaukee County Child Support Services Department has received $1.8 million to continue its award winning … [Read more...]
From homelessness to class valedictorian, D.C. grad earns full ride to Georgetown University
Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton Life has presented our YG&B feature this week with a long unyielding series of personal challenges. But when these personal obstacles get … [Read more...]
Brewer’s Community Foundation set to dedicate newly-renovated Sherman Park Baseball Field
MILWAUKEE –Brewers Community Foundation dedicated a new baseball diamond at Sherman Park (3000 N. Sherman Blvd.) on Saturday, JUNE 21, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. Brewers players Rickie Weeks and Khris … [Read more...]
60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education we’ve come a long way but we have a long way to go … Part 1
Universally Speaking By Rahim Islam I have always said when White America catches a cold, Black America catches “triple pneumonia.” While the America the concept represents the best … [Read more...]
African-American actress/activist Ruby Dee passes at 91
By MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For Ruby Dee, acting and activism weren’t contradictory things. They were inseparable, and they were intertwined. The African-American … [Read more...]
Moving forward together
By Mark Mone Interim Chancellor University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Change constantly happens in life, and that fact is certainly true for universities. A major change happened recently … [Read more...]
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