As a young Black man, NNS summer intern Dakota Barnes-Rush seized the opportunity to intern with NBC News at the 2024 Republican National Convention.
Opinion: Community Voices
Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: The ‘guardians’ of public education remain silent
The Milwaukee Teachers Education Association has been noticeably quiet about MPS’ fiscal mismanagement.
Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices
Opinion: Here’s how the Social Development Commission can make a comeback
If SDC can return after its “temporary closing” on April 26, it should return with a renewed focus on its original mission: research, advocacy and policy.
Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices
Opinion: Clean water is a basic human right. Yet many of us don’t have it.
Although clean water is a human right, many people, and particularly children, are deprived from it in the USA and all over the world.
Posted inCommunity, Education, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: Milwaukee’s students cannot afford for MPS to (just) maintain and sustain: We need a plan
Families and taxpayers deserve specifics before agreeing to pay hundreds of dollars more in property taxes every year.
Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: My trip to Cuba didn’t make me proud to be an American. We have to do better.
The week and a half I spent in Cuba I didn’t witness supporters of terrorism: I witnessed survivors of it.
Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices, Public Safety
OPINION: How do we keep our neighborhoods safe? Three youths share their solutions.
Earlier this year, Safe & Sound hosted an essay contest and asked young people to share how to keep communities safe. Here are the winners and their essays.
Posted inCommunity, Health and Wellness, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: Hiring workers is vital to speeding up lead-pipe replacement in Milwaukee
Developing pathways for underrepresented communities to enter the water workforce is key to replacing lead laterals.
Posted inEducation, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: What we learned during our summer internship
High school talents from BrandLab Milwaukee worked with the innovative teams at the Yodelpop marketing firm and News414 for a 10-week summer internship.
Posted inCommunity, Health and Wellness, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: Deadly chemicals are harming us. The DNR needs more power to correct this.
In Wisconsin, we expect and deserve to have clean rivers and lakes, excellent public schools, and safe neighborhoods.
Over the past 12 years, our Legislature has strayed from those commitments.