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Black Leaders Demand Changes to Address Poverty
Attendees look on during the event, the first of a monthly series. Photo by Jabril Faraj. A panel of community leaders at a recent meeting in the 10th Legislative District called for Milwaukee to...
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Huge New Hmong Market Will Have 90 Vendors
Mailee Yang, who is the daughter of the Phongsavan Market’s owner Pai Yang, helps a customer pick out fresh vegetables. Photo by Jabril Faraj. It started with a couple carts of food on the sidewalk in...
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Black Leaders Say Joblessness Among Black Men is Rooted in Racism
Kalan Haywood Sr., founder and president of the locally headquartered developer Vangard Group, speaks during the “fishbowl” discussion. Photo by Jabril Faraj. At a recent summit meant to tackle the...
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Vote Favoring Pulaski & Carmen Partnership Surprises
Carmen South students display signs during the October board meeting. Photo by Jabril Faraj. At the end of a long night at the Milwaukee Public Schools central office building, 5225 W. Vliet St.,...
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MPS Changing How it Handles Charter Schools?
The MPS Central Office building, 5225 W. Vliet St. Photo by Jabril Faraj. The Milwaukee Board of School Directors and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) administrators have signaled that they soon will...
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CEO Pay Drives Inequality, Researcher Finds
Sheila Cochran speaks about her experiences as a labor leader in Milwaukee at a UWM panel to discuss inequality. Photo by Jabril Faraj Between 1992 and 2013, CEO pay for the largest 25 publicly held...
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Where Can Former Sex Offenders Go?
Raymond Rosa sits in the back of his van, which he outfitted with a makeshift electricity system. Photo by Jabril Faraj. A City of Milwaukee ordinance passed by the Common Council in July 2014 is...
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New Fellowship Helps Storytellers Address Race
Tiffany Miller (left) and Megan McGee introduce the storytellers. Photo by Jabril Faraj. Silence blankets the largely white crowd of 350 fixated on the Turner Hall Ballroom stage. Kerri Grote tells...
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Wells Fargo Grant Helps West Side
The Washington Park pool building will get much-needed repairs this summer. Photo by Jabril Faraj. Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity will receive $225,000 toward physical improvements in the Washington...
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Critics Demand Federal Probe of Police Department
Maria Hamilton addresses the DOJ panel during the event. Photo by Jabril Faraj. Parents of unarmed people who have been killed by Milwaukee police and others called for a civil rights investigation...
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How Walnut Way Changed the Inner City
Walnut Way co-founders Sharon (left) and Larry Adams share a moment. Photo by Adam Carr. In 1997, Sharon Adams moved back into her family home in Lindsay Heights after being away for almost 30 years....
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How Will Demond Means Change MPS?
Demond Means answers questions about the OSPP at a Milwaukee Press Club event in January. Photo by Rachel Morello of WUWM. Demond Means, who was recently appointed commissioner of the Opportunity...
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Obama Touts ACA Success, Slams Walker
Barack Obama spoke at the United Community Center Thursday. Photo by Jabril Faraj. During an appearance at the United Community Center on Milwaukee’s near South Side, President Barack Obama called on...
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Community Must Respond to Gun Violence
Kaliah Hughes-Bester, 15, performs a poem she wrote called ‘Behind the Gun.’ Photo by Jabril Faraj. On Memorial Day, 1996, 21-year-old Shatitia Austin was shot through a window in her home — she and...
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Seeking The Truth About Zipcode 53206
Neighborhood children enter the portal. Photo by Jabril Faraj. In December 2014, Shared_Studios, a design and technology organization, opened two portals — gold-colored shipping containers outfitted...
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Pulaski & Carmen Partnership Has Growing Pains
A group of staff, parents and students meet at the Pulaski library. Photo by Jabril Faraj. A controversial partnership between Casimir Pulaski High School, a traditional MPS school, and Carmen Schools...
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MPS Teachers Oppose State Partnership Plan
Demond Means speaks to reporters before an OSPP advisory committee meeting. Photo by Jabril Faraj. The Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) Board of School Directors has until June 23 to make a decision...
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Opponents Agree New Education Funding Model Needed
State Rep. Dale Kooyenga (center) and MTEA Executive Director Lauren Baker discussed school funding during a recent event at Marquette University, as moderator Alan Borsuk looks on. Photo by Jabril...
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Aldermen Unveil Anti-Violence Initiative
Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton and 11 of the city’s aldermen unveiled a multi-pronged anti-violence initiative. Photo by Jabril Faraj. Milwaukee Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton and...
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Corrections Officials Face Community on Lincoln Hills
Shane Megonigle, who taught for 18 years at the old Ethan Allen School for Boys, addresses DOC officials. Photo by Jabril Faraj. Attendees expressed frustration during a community forum on juvenile...
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