Politics - April 17, 2008
Empowered Milwaukeeans find a Common Ground
Common Ground, nearly two years in the making, describes itself as an organization of organizations. With slogans like, "Building a Stronger Community Together" and "Transforming Lives, Strengthening Communities," Common Ground held a Founding Convention Sunday at Midwest Airlines Center.
Tags: common ground, reverend willie davis, reverend brian sonderman, crime, guns, education, health care, housing, poverty, immigration

Politics - Jan. 14, 2008
Henken's proactive plan for Public Policy Forum prez
For Milwaukeeans and residents of Southeastern Wisconsin, the leadership shift taking place at the Public Policy Forum very well could have significantly greater social and economic impact.
Tags: public policy forum, jeffery browne, alliance for future transit, rob henken, transportation, workforce, education, norman gill, light rail, millercoors, mass transit

Kids & Family - Dec. 31, 2007
Does it really take a village to raise our black children?
There was a time when the black community in Milwaukee was a much safer, family friendly place. I grew up just south of Capitol Drive a few blocks from Rufus King High. I remember when we could leave our front door open at night; we weren’t concerned with burglars.
Tags: community, education, rap, parenting, michael vick

Milwaukee Buzz - May 4, 2003
Learning academy project lifts off
The Academy for Learning and Leadership has become one of Milwaukee's newest charter school projects. A ground-breaking ceremony was conducted this week for phase I of the project, a 21,000-sq. ft. extension of the LaVarnway Boys and Girls Club facility located at Center and North 15th Streets.
Tags: charter, MPS, schools, education

Milwaukee Buzz - Dec. 4, 2002
West wins Emmy in Midwest
Ray Romano, Jennifer Aniston and Milwaukee's Erik West have something in common: a 2002 gold Emmy proudly perched in their houses. West won his Emmy for his work on the popular local television show for teens, "Making The Grade."
Tags: education, don hoffman, teens, emmys, awards

Politics - June 26, 2008
AN unrealistic goal
So now that more and more high schools in this area are failing to meet the unrealistic goals of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) will we see more of an uproar about this entire fiasco. Look, the kids who are not meeting the goals in these suburban districts are students that have been identified as s...
Tags: no child left behind, education

Arts & Entertainment - June 8, 2008
A Big Business Lesson
Sunday June 8th, 2008 - Milwaukee, WI/Kenosha, WII found a new philosophy of life today. Kipper McGee from WLS sent me an email and it had THE best quote I’ve seen in years. It said ‘There are many undiscovered geniuses in the world but not many undiscovered marketers.’ That one...
Tags: business, education, baseball cards