Milwaukee hosts a Heroes Day celebration to honor frontline workers, first responders, and veterans
The Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC) hosted the first Heroes Day celebration on August 22 at the Peck Pavilion. The event was created to honor veterans, as well as shine a spotlight on the many hardworking heroes in the Milwaukee community who have been integral...
Reggie Jackson: My journey to visit Birmingham, Alabama and the history some want us all to forget
This special series by Reggie Jackson explores his journey across four cities in Alabama, to visit historical sites that many are trying to erase from public memory so the disturbing truth about racism, segregation, and White Supremacy can be forgotten....
Food is Medicine: Accelerator program helps Dohmen Foundation provide life-saving home-delivered meals
Medically tailored meals will be delivered to thousands more food-insecure and chronically and critically ill people nationwide through the Food is Medicine Accelerator, a project providing technical assistance and training to nonprofit food agencies so that they can...
Transit system in Milwaukee County completes its redesign as final phase of “MCTS NEXT” takes effect
The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is reminding passengers that the final phase of its MCTS NEXT system redesign takes effect Sunday, August 29, 2021 with improvements and adjustments to Routes 22, 28, 54, 55, 56, 60, 76, and BlueLine. Additionally, there are...
Apology Fest: Stephen Colbert attends Brewers game to say sorry for mocking Milwaukee on The Late Show
There is something about that Milwaukee hospitality. “That’s now nice Milwaukeeans are. You insult them and they invite you to a baseball game.” Last year, after the Democratic National Convention was moved from the Cream City to a virtual setting,...
Giannis Antetokounmpo buys a stake in the Milwaukee Brewers in return for the city’s investment in him
One month after leading the Milwaukee Bucks to their first NBA title in half a century, Giannis Antetokounmpo teamed up with the city’s other major pro sports franchise by joining the ownership group of the Milwaukee Brewers. Antetokounmpo modeled a Brewers jersey...
The Fear of Equality: Why Black education remains a Civil Rights issue 190 years after Nat Turner’s rebellion
On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner, an enslaved American, led about 70 of his enslaved and free Black neighbors in a rebellion to awaken his white neighbors to the inherent brutality of slaveholding and the dangers it presented to their own safety. Turner and his friends...
Still a safe space for racists: New report criticizes social media giants for allowing hate speech
There has been a serious and systemic failure to tackle antisemitism across the five biggest social media platforms, resulting in a “safe space for racists,” according to a new report. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok failed to act on 84% of posts...
$2M Federal grant to help community partnership provide Milwaukee families with trauma-informed care
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently awarded SaintA a $2 million grant that will help fund “Project Thrive” to provide increased access to evidence-based, trauma-informed assessment and treatment for children and...
Judicial Opposition: How the Roberts Court continues Strom Thurmond’s crusade against voting rights
Civil rights activists marched, were jailed, and sometimes killed in their efforts to achieve equal rights and voting rights for all Americans, including pressuring Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Meanwhile, segregationist...
Landmark Verdicts: Why historic court cases do not automatically transform society
By Jennifer Reynolds, Professor of Law, University of Oregon American courts in 2021 have already handed down several potentially historic rulings, from the Supreme Court’s recent decision restricting voting rights in Arizona and potentially nationwide to a Minnesota...
Pandemic Relief: MATC to forgive $6.75M in tuition debt for students who attended the college during COVID
Milwaukee Area Technical College will automatically forgive $5.75 million of debt owed to the college by students who attended MATC during the pandemic, using federal COVID-19 relief dollars awarded the institution by U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education...
