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Year In Review 2017: Connecting the dots back to Milwaukee

Posted by Editor | Dec 25, 2017 |

Year In Review 2017

Milwaukeeans, Are You Lost In The World Like Me?

Posted by Editor | Dec 24, 2017 |

This powerful animation was created by Steve Cutts for a Moby And The Void Pacific Choir song. As a work of art, it contains a contemporary social message and editorial statement that applies to Milwaukee and beyond. Due to broadcast restrictions with music, the Moby track has been replaced. © Video An Animation By Steve...

Citizens pressure Senator Ron Johnson to stop tax breaks for Billionaires

Posted by Editor | Dec 20, 2017 |

Dozens in Milwaukee gathered outside the office of U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on December 18, to draw attention to the problems of Trump’s corporate tax bailout that studies show will further increase inequality in America. The group of protestors who marched through the streets of Milwaukee, chanting about taxing the rich, comes after a long year of similar rallies that have pushed back against Republican policies. With the new tax plan positioned for congressional passage, the crowd gathered to express their frustration over policies that favor the extremely wealthy in America at the expense of everyone else. “I shouldn’t...

Milwaukee joins climate change charter at historic global summit

Posted by Editor | Dec 12, 2017 |

“You cannot deny the science, and if you’re not going to do something, we’re going to do something.” – Mayor Tom Barrett The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy took place in Chicago from December 4 to 6, and welcomed municipal leaders from across the world to its North American Climate Summit on December 5. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett attended the historic event with a pledge of support for climate change action. Along with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who hosted the summit, Mayor Barrett signed the Chicago Climate Charter, a first-of-its-kind international policy on climate change, representing...

A week of White Supremacy in Milwaukee from guns to racial threats to KKK symbols

Posted by Editor | Dec 11, 2017 |

Milwaukee experienced every national hot-button issue in a single week, from carrying concealed guns, to the KKK, to blunt racial hatred as proof that White Supremacy is alive and well in the region. The week began with a controversial photo showing city contractors brandishing handguns on a job site in a black neighborhood. It ended with an equally unsettling photo of a city contractor’s lunch cooler decorated with stickers of the Confederate flag and Ku Klux Klan. Both images appeared on Facebook and led to immediate public outrage. The handgun photo was posted to Facebook on November 30, and...

Alderman Murphy allocates initial grant funding for vet housing at Soldiers Home

Posted by Editor | Dec 8, 2017 |

The rehabilitation of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home and five other key projects recently approved by the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Board and the Milwaukee Common Council were announced on December 6 in front of the historic Old Main building on the grounds of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. The allocations were recommended for approval on November 9 by the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Board and were approved on November 28 by the Milwaukee Common Council. A total of $600,000 would be used to create 140 units of affordable housing for veterans and their families, as well as...