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Community Groups Hail Clarke’s Resignation

David Clarke. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr Creative Commons. Leaders of a community coalition and an elected official who called for Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke to step down are hailing...

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Tens of Thousands Losing Food Stamps

FoodShare recipients utilize the Marcia Coggs Center on 12th and Vliet. Photo by Sue Vliet. When Derek Osborne, 48, re-applied for FoodShare in spring 2014, he didn’t know he was no longer eligible for...

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Horror Stories of State Detention Center

Former inmates of the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility described deplorable conditions at the temporary holding facility in downtown Milwaukee during a recent event hosted by Ex-Prisoners...

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Advocates Push City On Lead Pipes

In April, Robert Miranda addresses the city’s Water Quality Task Force, including (from left) Ben Gramling, Bevan Baker and Ald. James Bohl. Photo by Jabril Faraj. A resolution that would seek to...

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Community Groups Want DOJ Police Reforms

Markasa Tucker speaks during a news conference as representatives from the ACLU and Coalition for Justice look on. Photo by Jabril Faraj. Community groups are taking the lead in addressing...

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City’s Anti-Violence Effort Stalls

Safe Zones ambassadors stop at the intersection of N. 27th Street and W. Burleigh Street during a patrol in August 2016. Photo by Jabril Faraj. A comprehensive, citywide plan to address violence has...

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Poverty Driving Epidemic of Childhood Trauma

Children cross N. Holton Street, one of Milwaukee’s racial dividing lines. (Photo by Jabril Faraj) Twelve years — 4,380 days — is the difference in life expectancy between someone who lives in the...

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Common Council Strengthens Lead Standards

A billboard near North 5th Street and West Keefe Avenue is intended to raise awareness about lead exposure. Photo by Jabril Faraj. A resolution passed by the Common Council unanimously last Tuesday...

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Town Hall Meetings Discuss Police Reforms

Nate Hamilton (left) and Markasa Tucker look on as a resident comments during the town hall discussion. Photo by Jabril Faraj. A community-led process to reform the Milwaukee Police Department recently...

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Community Groups Want Say On Police Chief

Edward A. Flynn. Photo by Jabril Faraj. Some community groups are viewing the recent resignation of Milwaukee Police Department Chief Edward Flynn as an opportunity to influence the selection of his...

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New Library Transforming Mitchell Street?

A class of small children leaves the Mitchell Street Library. (Photo by Jabril Faraj) Editor’s note: This article is one of an occasional series profiling the 12 finalists for the Milwaukee Awards for...

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Finalists for Police Chief Meet the Public

Attendees look on during the forum. Photo by Jabril Faraj. After a forum where the two remaining candidates for acting Milwaukee police chief answered written questions from attendees posed through two...

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Teen Art Exhibit Hits at Sex Trafficking

This piece, titled “Puppetmaster,” portrays how perpetrators of sex trafficking manipulate their victims. Photo by Jabril Faraj. Bianca Williams had just turned 13 when her mother kicked her out of the...

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ACLU Study Finds Racism By Police

A Milwaukee Police Department officer pulls over a black resident near 35th and Clybourn streets. Photo by Jabril Faraj. Community leaders are saying three reports recently released by the ACLU of...

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Black-Led Groups Get Fewer City Grants

Tony Gibson, founder and long-time chair of the Johnsons Park Neighborhood Association, speaks during the reports presentation while Ald. Russell Stamper (partially obscured) and Sister Patricia Rogers...

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More Community Policing Needed?

Residents discussed possible solutions to poor police-community relations at the Washington Park Senior Center. Photo by Jabril Faraj. During the tenure of recently departed Chief Edward Flynn, the...

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