by Michael Timm, photo by Kurt Johnson To Riverwest resident and civil rights lawyer Larraine McNamara- McGraw, a good community prosecutor is a cross between a priest and an undertaker: You dont want em if you dont need em, but you want to know you can trust them, she said. The physically slight but verbally […]
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The Multifaceted Maggi Cage: New Executive Director of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center
by Jean Scherwenka, photo by Ellen C. Warren Perhaps you first heard about Maggi Cage when she worked long and hard for abortion rights at Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice America (NARAL), the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, or the National Abortion Federation. Maybe you met her in the streets at a political rally. Or did she […]
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Peace Learning Center
by Jackie Reid Dettloff A week after Lance Corp. Raul Bravo lost his life in Iraq, 10-year old Luis Solís faced his partner at a day-long workshop at the Friends Meeting House. Are you ready and willing to solve this problem peacefully? he asked. A month after two men were killed in violent clashes in […]
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Summer Jobs For Kids: Mayor Barretts Summer Youth Jobs Initiative
by Ellen C. Warren, photo by Kurt Johnson Karina Turner worked with volunteer coordinator Gib Caldwell this summer. Milwaukee kids were working this summer, thanks to an initiative put together by the City of Milwaukee and funded by the State. Mayor Barretts Summer Youth Jobs Initiative offered 350 jobs to young people in a variety […]
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Business Briefs
photos El len C. Warren Top Star 1000 E. Center St. 414-374-7571 414-460-5341 Hours (Vary): Mo Sa: 12 pm 7 pm Su: Closed Proprietor: Terry M. Warren The sign on the door says it all: Adults Only. Specializing in lingerie and exotic clothing, it wouldnt be the strangest thing in the world to […]
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