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The United States lost a decade said Edward Alden during the Fireside Forum on Foreign Policy. The economy slumped, jobs went overseas and many companies broke down during the last ten years. At the forum on Feb. 28, the national speaker, Alden, discussed the pros and cons of free trade between countries in the global […]

Tragedy stuck the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus unexpectedly March 5 when Connor J. Driscoll a 19-year old sophomore from Madison, Wisconsin died while practicing swimming in the UWM Klotsche Center Pool. Arriving at the University pool around 7:30 a.m. with his roommate Samuel Hemes Driscoll was preparing for an entrance aquatics test later in the […]

Milele Coggs, Nikiya Harris and Sarah Noble confronted personal and professional struggles of an African American woman in politics at the, “Black Women in Politics”, conversation hosted by the Department of Africology at the University of Wisconsin Union Fireside Lounge on February 21st. The conversation centered on each woman’s experience in the political field, along […]

With their completed banner in hand, the eleven women marched from their conference room in Bolton, through the Union, to the bridge over Maryland Avenue, all the while chanting, “Women for peace! Women for power!” Along the way, the marchers grabbed the attention of many others and did their best to recruit and educate them. […]

Washington Post Deputy Managing Editor and UW-Milwaukee Alumni Milton Coleman accepted UWM’s inaugural Alumni Fellow Honor Tuesday on the UWM campus. Coleman was selected by the UWM Foundation for the honor, which recognizes outstanding alumni who demonstrate leadership and accomplishment in their personal and professional lives. Coleman began his journalism career as a reporter for […]

Protesters marched on Chapman Hall on Thursday to hand a list of demands in response to rising tuition to the vice chancellor in the spirit of the National Day of Action for Education Rights. Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Michael Laliberte said that the University is in the process of working with the Wisconsin Legislature. […]

Yves McKinnie was sentenced Friday, Dec. 9 to 12 years in prison for beating his toddler to death in January 2011. On the day of the sentencing, fourteen pews at the courthouse were full of family and friends of McKinnie and Natisha Carson, the child’s mother. Carson was one of the few people in the […]

Milwaukee likes to “keep it in the family,” especially when it comes to education. UW-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Public School System share a bond that is unique for the state. Those pursuing a career in education at UW-Milwaukee are required to student teach in the MPS before they can graduate. It is a relationship that […]

The Christmas in the Ward kicked off the season on Friday, Dec. 2 with a variety of events and attractions at Catalano Square on the corner of Broadway and Menomonee Street. Hundreds of people showed up to witness the tree lighting. A crowd circled the tree and Alderman Bauman led a countdown to the lighting […]

A large community meeting turnout and heart-felt passion may save five inner city post office locations from closing, which would eliminate all means of nearby mail services for people in these communities. A community meeting was held last Wednesday, Oct. 19, to provide a forum where the community could voice their concerns and fears stemming […]

The City of Milwaukee Department of City Development discussed its plans to remediate vacant and abandoned homes Tuesday morning. The meeting held by the Committee on the Redevelopment of Abandoned and Foreclosed Homes at City Hall looked at properties around the city that are subject to foreclosure. This past July, the Department of City Development […]

People across Milwaukee came out to the fifth symposium on poverty on Wednesday to learn ways to help their companies and nonprofits. The Social Development Commission (SDC) held their fifth annual symposium on Poverty at the Italian Conference Center in Milwaukee. The SDC hosts this symposium to help reduce poverty in a changing economic landscape. […]