Hearing the story of Portia Cobb and other customers experiencing profiling or feeling unsafe or unwelcome at Beans & Barley is incredibly troubling and alarming. We are hearing the concerns of our customers, past and present, and we are listening.
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OPINION: ‘We are here for the long haul’: Bader Philanthropies’ commitment to Harambee
Bader’s move from the Historic Third Ward into the Harambee neighborhood was not about just moving stuff from one building to another building. We want to help make Martin Luther King Jr. Drive a place of fascinating activities and connections.
OPINION: Now’s the time: What are your priorities for our community?
Milwaukee residents have an opportunity for their voice to be heard in prioritizing the focus of federal funds coming to our city.
OPINION: How questioning a simple checkout procedure led to complex questions of racial profiling and ‘pent up anger against whites’
Portia Cobb, a professor at UWM and a filmmaker, writes about how a $6 purchase at what used to be one of her favorite east side eateries has led her to reassess how she navigates between segregated and privileged communities.
OPINION: Yes, I am watching what happens at St. Joe’s. But I’m using the hospital, too. Here’s why you should as well.
Conversations between SDC and Ascension St. Joseph Hospital have been uncomfortable at times. But the outstanding quality of St. Joe’s medical care has never been in question. We must use the hospital.
Voices of Sherman Park: Three years later: ‘The power of anger’
A Milwaukee poet reflects on the unrest three years ago in Sherman Park.
Voices of Sherman Park: Three Years Later: ‘She was just glad we got home safe’
A Sherman Park resident reflects: “We had heard sirens and some smoke rising a few blocks up from our house, but we thought little of it.”
Voices of Sherman Park: Three years later: ‘It made me both proud and sad’
“I still haven’t processed what I felt on that complicated weekend, but an hour or so after receiving that call, we heard people were gathering peacefully in Sherman Park. It felt like the place to be.”
OPINION: Congress must be relentless in taking on the gun industry
Two local lawyers make an impassioned case for action after the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, including a legal history lesson on gun legislation in the United States.
OPINION: ‘The hospital is not closing’: We are invested in our Ascension St. Joseph campus
In an open letter to the Milwaukee community, Ascension Wisconsin says it’s invested in its Ascension St. Joseph campus as an anchor for healthcare and community in the Sherman Park neighborhood and the greater Milwaukee community.
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