The pandemic has slowed the city’s lead service line replacement project amid criticism the initiative was already not moving fast enough.
Families face peril as unemployment benefit expires
After the federal supplemental unemployment benefit expires, residents worry about how they will make ends meet.
OPINION: How capitalism makes it hard to end racism in America
Race forms a tool for wealthy elites to divide the working class, preserving their power and perpetuating racism all at once.
Special Report
Hidden in plain sight? Black female activists feel left out of BLM movement
Although Black women in Milwaukee have remained active in protests, some say they feel left out of the overall narrative of the importance of Black lives.
NNS Spotlight
NNS Spotlight: Milwaukee County program offers mothers a ‘Healthy Start’
Milwaukee County Healthy Start seeks to reduce and ultimately eliminate maternal child-health disparities for Black women in Milwaukee.
NNS on the Radio
NNS on ‘Lake Effect’: 5 things to do and know this August
NNS Deputy Editor Adam Carr joins Joy Powers of WUWM for our monthly conversation with “Lake Effect.” He shares neighborhood events taking place throughout the month.
Neighborhood Lens
NEIGHBORHOOD LENS: Mr. Dye’s Pies: A true slice of heaven in Granville
Johnathan Dye — the namesake of Mr. Dye’s Pies — gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how his delicious desserts are made.
NEIGHBORHOOD LENS: Keeping anglers going for 50 years on Center Street
A & C Live Bait is the oldest bait-and-tackle shop in Wisconsin and remains the only black-owned bait-and-tackle shop in the Midwest.