To the Editor: I read with great interest the lead story in your July issue, Student Housing 101. I have lived across the street from UWM for seventeen years and can testify that, despite the best efforts of the City, MPD, and UWM, things here are getting worse. It is entirely due to the […]
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All Peoples Church: Connecting With The Community
by Charlesetta Thompson The church at 2600 N. 2nd Street used to be called Epiphany Lutheran Church. It had a tradition of being open to the community for meetings and youth programs, such as 4H. About 18 years ago, it became All Peoples Church when Gregory Van Dunk became pastor. Van Dunk continued to be […]
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For The Sake of Our Children
stories and photo by Charlesetta Thompson Malcolm Townsend, Tevin Byrd, Adonis Mitchell and Dell Luckett of J.O.Y. House. Anthony Drane, a young parent and educator is busy trying to make a difference in the lives of young people. Drane has begun a parents association on the north side of Milwaukee. It is his dream that […]
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A Long, Hot Summer of Peace
by Jim Loew After four-year-old Jasmine Owens was killed in front of her home by a stray bullet this past May, many Milwaukeeans were fed up with the random violence seemingly all around them. People were outraged, yet many felt helpless. What could they we do? One of the answers to that question […]
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Locally grown: Feeding our hunger for a and knowledge about a local food
by Belle Bergner Its hard to pick up a newspaper anywhere in the U.S. these days and find an article about how healthy and well fed people are. Milwaukee is no exception. How can that be? In the third wealthiest country in the world, how is it possible that we could have undernourished children? Or […]
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