MPS teachers outraged over administrative pay raises
“While the MPS Administration showers money on MPS administrators, classroom educators, saddled with increasing demands, are asked to take a step back in pay this year. Educators won’t even receive pay increases to keep up with the cost of inflation.”...
Alderwoman Chantia Lewis kicks off #New9thMKE to rejuvenate Northridge area
A new initiative that is expected to reshape the 9th District’s business corridor and make a lasting impact on the surrounding community was unveiled by Alderwoman Chantia Lewis on December 30. The announcement coincided with the opening of a new restaurant in the...
Milwaukee ratepayers could be stuck with Racine’s Foxconn utility bill
Alderman Robert J. Bauman has called for an investigation into if We Energies ratepayers in Milwaukee will be on the hook for funding critical electrical utility infrastructure for the soon-to-be-built Foxconn facility near Racine. As chair of the Common Council’s...
The war of ideas in Milwaukee and learning forgiveness after hate
The ongoing public discussion series presented its message on December 28, focused on a personal level of affecting change to “Each one. Reach one. Teach one.” Hosted by the Open Door Community Center JC and Norma Duckworth, the candid conversation about racism, hate,...
A Red Cross reply that remains clueless to racism
“The Red Cross sends its volunteers to war torn countries and places where devastating catastrophes have struck, but no longer feels they can go to certain Milwaukee neighborhoods to serve their fellow Milwaukeeans who are suffering.” – Khalif...
Walker’s Point to be permanent home for National Bobblehead Museum
A location has been selected for the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum at 170C S. 1st Street in Milwaukee. The organization will occupy the 4,300 square foot space above Stack’d Burger Bar and Colectivo at the corner of 1st Street and Pittsburgh Avenue in...
Year In Review 2017: Speaking truth to power and our own denial
Year In Review 2017
Year In Review 2017: Milwaukee news that will matter beyond an unusual year
Year In Review 2017
Year In Review 2017: The long shadow of Milwaukee’s Postbellum Legacy
Year In Review 2017
Year In Review 2017: Heroes living the change they wish to see
Year In Review 2017
A generation of political cartoons that go against the grain in upcoming Bill Sanders book
Editorial cartoonists are an endangered species, and even in their heyday they were rare. Milwaukee’s Bill Sanders offers a political time capsule of top news stories from the past decades in his upcoming book. Bill Sanders illustrated for the Milwaukee Journal from...
Year In Review 2017: The Bronzeville story of a little neighborhood that could
Year In Review 2017