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Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service invites community members to submit opinion pieces of 500-800 words on topics of interest to central city Milwaukee. To send a submission for consideration, please email info@milwaukeenns.org. The views expressed are solely those of the authors.

OPINION: Our neighborhoods are drowning in liquor stores — and it connects to rates of violence

December 27, 2021 by Jamaal Smith 3 Comments

What message does the high volume of liquor stores give to our communities, especially those highly impacted by violence? What message does this give to our children, who see advertisements on various alcoholic brands in these same neighborhoods?

Filed Under: Community Voices, News

OPINION: Wisconsin’s report cards for schools are bending the truth

December 22, 2021 by Isral DeBruin, Colleston Morgan and Spencer Schien Leave a Comment

Milwaukee parents deserve to know the score when it comes to school quality and student achievement, but the scoreboard is broken exactly when we need it most.

Filed Under: Community Voices, News

OPINION: Why I share my love of nature with other Black Milwaukeeans

December 21, 2021 by Steven Hunter 2 Comments

I recognize the very real need to reconnect African Americans to the healing power of nature.

Filed Under: Community Voices, News

OPINION: Today’s children deserve the playgrounds I had growing up in Milwaukee decades ago

December 2, 2021 by Frank Schneiger 4 Comments

Writer Frank Schneiger celebrates his era of playgrounds and recreational activities in Milwaukee and envisions those spaces being peaceful, healthy havens again for today’s youth.

Filed Under: Community Voices, News

OPINION: Three more reasons why we’re grateful in 2021

November 24, 2021 by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Leave a Comment

From the personal to the pillars in our community, Milwaukeeans tell us why they are grateful.

Filed Under: Carousel, Community Voices, Home, Neighborhoods, News

OPINION: Milwaukee gives thanks: 3 reasons why we’re grateful in 2021

November 23, 2021 by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Leave a Comment

In this season of gratitude, we asked contributors to our “Community Voices” column to honor a local person, organization or institution for which they feel thankful.

Filed Under: Community Voices, Home, Neighborhoods, News

OPINION: ARPA funding should go toward community, not police

November 17, 2021 by Ryeshia Farmer 3 Comments

The City of Milwaukee is set to receive its second installment of American Rescue Plan Act Funding. Ryeshia Farmer of the African American Roundtable explains why the money shouldn’t go toward the police budget and how residents can ensure it doesn’t happen.

Filed Under: Community Voices, News Tagged With: coronavirus, covid opinion

OPINION: What I’ve learned organizing across the Colombian and Palestinian struggles in Milwaukee

November 16, 2021 by Eric Kleppe-Montenegro Leave a Comment

Due to a shared pain and a shared struggle, we were able to use culture as a bridge between our communities in order to begin building a unified struggle.

Filed Under: Community Voices, News

OPINION: ‘Heartbreaking and avoidable’: Reckless driving in Milwaukee needs to end.

November 10, 2021 by Dr. Patricia Najera 1 Comment

Every time I am in the community, people talk about the number of people who run stoplights, speed or pass recklessly on the streets. We must act.

Filed Under: Community Voices, News

OPINION: My journey from artist to life insurance agent — a pandemic story

October 27, 2021 by Marquis Gilbert 7 Comments

Last year, if you told me that I would go from being a full-time teaching artist to a life insurance agent, I would have surely laughed in your face!

Filed Under: Carousel, Community Voices, Home, Neighborhoods, News

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