Posts Tagged ‘Milwaukee’
No prison time for 4 charged in death of D’Vontaye Mitchell outside Milwaukee hotel
A proposed initiative from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would provide food assistance recipients with home deliveries of unprocessed, natural items like raw milk and organic produce. While reflecting Kennedy’s support for traditional nutrition, the plan may involve changes or cuts to current SNAP benefits.
Read MoreMidwest Nice Apartheid with Reggie Jackson
Join award-winning local historian Reggie Jackson, author of the upcoming book Midwest Nice Apartheid, for a 4-part series on Milwaukee’s history of segregation and its ongoing impact on housing, education, and equity. Presented by the Milwaukee Public Library and America’s Black Holocaust Museum.
Read MoreCelebrating 15 Years of Doors Open Milwaukee
ABHM will be open and free to the public as part of Doors Open Milwaukee on September 27th from 10 AM to 3 PM. This citywide event is a public celebration of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods, architecture and history.
Read MoreMaxwell Anderson gets life sentence for murder of Sade Robinson
Prosecutors asked for no possibility of parole for the man who murdered the young woman before spreading her remains across Milwaukee.
Read MoreHow one father developed a doula program for dads
Joshua Liston-Zawad, who sought a way to be more involved when his wife gave birth, started a program to help other dads to the same.
Read MoreSummerfest Juneteenth Celebration: First ever in Milwaukee
The partnership brings together two of the city–and state’s–biggest festivals this summer, combining music and Black culture.
Read MoreCritics say the movement to defund the police failed. But Austin and Seattle are seeing progress
Milwaukee is one of several cities that diverted money away from policing toward social programs to improve communities and reduce crime.
Read MoreMKE Roots: How Do We Tell The Story of Our Milwaukee
This year MKE Roots has been working with a group of girls from St. Joan Antida High School during their Empower Hour to help them discover their city in a new way. They have learned about key powerful civil rights movements like the Open Housing Marches, the repossession of the McKinley Coast Guard Station and the UWM Champan Hall takeover. They have gone on tours to various locations throughout Milwaukee that hold historical and cultural significant. Students have shared with us the city through their own lens. The exhibit today is just that, Milwaukee through the lens of its youth.
Read MoreOpinion: The dire threat to nonprofits that serve the people some want to forget
Frank Schneiger criticizes Donald Trump for ignoring the human impact of his budget cuts, including here at home in Milwaukee.
Read MoreAmeriCorps cuts hit close to home, with program funding ended at the Milwaukee County Courthouse
More than 400 people have lost their Americorps jobs in Wisconsin, including those who helped visitors navigate the Milwaukee courthouse.
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