How a Bill Becomes a Bridge: Participatory Budgeting Celebration in Milwaukee Posted on May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 by Charles Butler The sounds of bar stools scraping and friends laughing are backdropped by Bill’s Withers “Lovely Day” as caterers set up a buffet table in the back of tonight’s venue and bartenders sling out cocktails and mocktails at an incredible efficiency. In the midst of this social commotion, Devin Anderson, membership director for the African American […]
‘I’m looking at 2026 midterms at a litmus test for oligarchy as a fundamental thing.’ Posted on March 26, 2025March 26, 2025 by Charles Butler Tony Mensah is a community resource advocate and American University graduate with a degree in Public Relations and Strategic Communications. He and Charles Butler met for brunch at a local Black-owned cafe and talked about Mensah’s feelings following the 2024 election, his anxieties and hopes under the new administration and how the election has impacted […]