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Charter Communications, Inc. recently announced that Digital Bridge, a Milwaukee nonprofit that helps connect underserved individuals with technology and broadband access, was among the winners of its second round of Spectrum Digital Education grants, a philanthropic initiative designed to support nonprofit organizations that educate community members on the benefits of broadband and how to use it to improve their lives. The grants fulfill a $1 million commitment to provide digital education in Charter communities through financial grants to local nonprofit organizations. Digital Bridge will use its $32,500 grant to connect underserved households in Milwaukee with digital resources like computers...

The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is keeping a seat open and placing a red rose on every bus from November 30 through December 2 to honor the life of Rosa Parks and her contribution to equal rights. Parks is considered the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” for her act of defiance against Jim Crow laws on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. Her action helped change the course of history. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true,” said Parks, in her book Rosa Parks: My Story. “I was...

The autographed bat Babe Ruth used to hit the first home run of the 1924 season off Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson is predicted to set a new record for the sale price of a game used bat, with bids anticipated from international collectors. The antique baseball relic’s sale is being brokered by South Milwaukee-based Mears Online Auctions. Anticipated to sell in excess of $3 million, industry experts have said the historic item is the finest Ruth bat to enter the market in over a decade. “With its provenance, autograph, physical dimensions, and photo of Ruth promoting the...

Historian John Gurda will present a program on “Milwaukee in the New Millennium” at the Milwaukee County Historical Society on December 8, coinciding with the public release of the fourth edition of his celebrated book The Making of Milwaukee. The Making of Milwaukee remains one of the most popular books about the city, written by local author and historian John Gurda. Initially published in 1999, it has earned a place as the standard history of the community it chronicles. The book, with more than 30,000 copies already in print, has been refreshed as a fourth edition for a new...

The Wisconsin chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) criticized the Trump administration’s policy of separating families crossing the Mexican border with the United States back in July of this year. It was part of a billboard campaign that featured the story of 9-year-old Cesar Acosta, a Honduran refugee who fled gang violence in Honduras. The boy and his family were seeking asylum. At the Milwaukee press conference, Acosta detailed his horrific experience, where he was kept in a cage after U.S. authorities took him from his mother on the southern border. “He was forced to...