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We’re proud to publish our second Black Power List! This year we highlighted …
A Badger basketball star who’s really engaged in the community …
A local member of the Ebony Power 100 …
A Walker Administration cabinet secretary …
A disruptive entrepreneur and champion of Black business …
and the president’s brother-in-law, who is also making a big impact in Milwaukee … and many more!
The Milwaukee County DA filed reckless homicide charges against the former cop who fatally shot Sylville Smith in August.
Sabrina Madison (aka Heymiss Progress) will host a “Thank You Holiday Meet and Greet” on Monday to keep the Black Business Expo momentum going.
The Madison community will celebrate the 50th Kwanzaa at the Goodman Community Center.
The “Go Big Read” program is looking for your book recommendations.
UW’s Odyssey Project earned a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Professor Tonya Brito was named to the Sheldon B Lubar Distinguished Research Chair at the UW Law School.
Columnist Sherwin Hughes looks back at the Milwaukee of the 90s, as remembered by Gen Xers.
In other news …
The Atlantic published a tour-de-force history of the Obama presidency by Ta-Nehishi Coates.
A new online video series will examine the link between food and consciousness.
A Virginia nightclub is getting threats for refusing to host a pro-Trump “Deplora-ball.”
Dylan Roof was found guilty in the shooting deaths of nine people in a Charleston church.
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