Creative talents of military veterans highlighted at Veterans Light Up the Arts
More than a dozen military veteran performers and artists showcased their artwork and talent at the Second Annual Veterans Light Up the Arts at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee on March 9. Non-perishable food donations were also collected at the program to benefit the Milwaukee...
The Lynching of George Marshall Clark in Milwaukee
The ongoing commemoration of the 1967 open housing marches reminds us of the more recent challenges African-Americans have faced in Milwaukee, but they have encountered difficulties from Milwaukee’s earliest days. One of the lowest points occurred while the nation was...
Milwaukee students marching 50 miles to Speaker Paul Ryan’s hometown for gun reform
Student leaders in Wisconsin are challenging congressional leadership and the news media to maintain focus on gun legislation over four day trek from March 24 to 28. Standing in solidarity with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and taking...
Connecting Black and Jewish history with modern repercussions on Civil Rights Tour
The Jewish Museum Milwaukee organized a bus tour through historic Milwaukee Civil Rights sites on March 11, in predominantly African American and Jewish communities like the Haymarket area and Sherman Park. Dominic Inouye, the founder of ZIP MKE and contributing...
Stage play about “The Japanese Schindler” Chiune Sugihara to share his heroic Holocaust story
Steven Spielberg’s 1993 movie about a German businessman, who saved more than 1,200 lives during the Holocaust by hiring Jews to work in his factories, made Oskar Schindler a household name across America. But Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat who disobeyed his...
Animals hibernate in winter, people should not
My son asked me last Fall if the “Fill-in-the-Blank” Movements are seasonal, because they seem to disappear in the Winter. It certainly caught me by surprise and inconveniently disrupted my focus at the time, to devote attention to his bigger point. Where does all the...
Judge David E. Jones: The Constitution has a special love for those who become American by consent
“America was not conceived great. She was stained from the beginning with sin. That sin was slavery. In 1790, when Jefferson was writing that first naturalization law, 20% of the American population law was enslaved. It allowed for only white people to be naturalized...
Daisy Kiekhofer: A Children’s Crusade Demanding Gun Control
Students from Golda Meir School joined hundreds of thousands of classmates around the country on March 14, as part of the National School Walkout event. The protest honored the 17 victims of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, and put pressure on lawmakers to pass...
Social Security office closure eliminates vital services to south side residents
A chorus of civic leaders and community members recently denounced plans by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to close its Mitchell Street field office on March 22. The agency is closing the office at S. 7th and W. Historic Mitchell Streets over ongoing...
Community leaders collaborate to address HIV/Syphilis cluster in Milwaukee
A comprehensive news conference was held at City Hall on March 13, to educate the public on the community-based response to a HIV and syphilis cluster that has impacted at least 125 individuals. The number of newly diagnosed HIV/STI cases have increased both...
Milwaukee Women Against Hate and United By Love
A gathering of women from all ethnic and faith backgrounds hosted a special International Women’s Day program on March 8 at Milwaukee City Hall. The program launched the traveling art exhibit, “Women Against Hate United By Love,” with the purpose to align women and...
Second Annual CineLatino Film Festival to feature Guillermo del Toro Showcase
Marcus Theatres recently announced the return of the Marcus CineLatino Milwaukee Film Festival, premiering on April 11 with a special fundraiser to benefit Aurora Cancer Care – Spanish Clinic. The second annual event celebration then continues with a four-day film...
