Daniel Thompson gets crowdfunding support after quitting over distorted Jacob Blake news headline
The Black journalist quit his job at the Kenosha News on Saturday, August 29, after a dispute with the editor over a misleading headline for a story about a rally organized by the family of Jacob Blake, and has since funded his independent journalism through a wildly...
Helping Wisconsin Vote: TV host Stephen Colbert launches nonpartisan #BetterKnowABallot initiative
Emmy Award winner and host of “The Late Show” on CBS wants to help all Wisconsinites exercise their right to vote in the 2020 election. Wisconsin was Part 4 of Stephen Colbert’s new 50 part video series that explains the guidelines in each state for...
Troops and air support from Wisconsin National Guard deployed to help fight California’s wildfires
The Wisconsin National Guard deployed a pair of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and about 15 soldiers to California on September 11 to help fight massive wildfires that are raging across the state. State officials in California asked for the assistance under an Emergency...
New home for the Milwaukee Public Museum to be located in downtown’s Deer District area
The Milwaukee Public Museum announced on September 11 the site of its future home, the northeast corner of Sixth and McKinley Streets in downtown Milwaukee. The 2.4-acre site is adjacent to the Deer District and will provide abundant access to visitors from near and...
From Portland to Kenosha: ACLU records law enforcement violence against peaceful protestors
Law enforcement officers have used sharpshooters to maim people, swept protesters away in unmarked cars, and brutally attacked journalists, legal observers, and medics. Day after day, night after night, protesters have been taking to the streets since the police...
As You Wish: Cast of “Princess Bride” reunite for virtual fundraiser to help Joe Biden win Wisconsin
The cast of “The Princess Bride” reunited on September 13 for a virtual reading of the 1987 classic script for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, as a fundraising effort for the November election to help defeat Donald Trump in the pivotal battleground State. Cary...
Downtown Employee Appreciation Week kicks off with virtual and socially-distanced activities
Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 has once again teamed up with downtown businesses and community leaders to celebrate the areas’s 90,000+ employees during the 15th annual Downtown Employee Appreciation Week, September 14 to 18. The weeklong celebration returns this year in...
Why Kenosha Happened: A powerful message from Rev. Dr. Lisa Bates-Froiland and Dayvin Hallmon
Why did Kenosha happen? It wasn’t just because a police officer shot an unarmed Black man, though that is true. It wasn’t just because this tragedy is one in a long line of continuous tragedies that traumatize Black people, though that is true. It...
Wallpapered City: Three new murals by Wisconsin artists to be painted in Black Cat Alley
Two Milwaukee artists and one Stevens Point artist will paint murals in September at Milwaukee’s premier street art destination, Black Cat Alley. Black Cat Alley is a public arts destination owned by the East Side BID, and managed by the artist-led group that founded...
A Black Batman: John Ridley to write comic book series potentially featuring a Dark Knight of Color
The possibility of a Black Batman was a featured topic of discussion during a recent DC FanDome event, an entertainment and comic book convention held online in response to the cancellation of San Diego’s Comic-Con due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Legacy...
Christian Cooper combines his birdwatching ordeal with BLM headlines in DC comic’s “Represent!”
DC Comics released a new digital-first anthology series, Represent! on September 9. It launched with It’s a Bird by Christian Cooper, the science fiction writer who experienced a racial confrontation on May 25 while bird watching in Central Park. Produced with Alitha...
Reprint of History: A report on the Ku Klux Klan in Wisconsin by Bugle-American
The Bugle-American was an underground “hybrid” newspaper founded in 1970 by four young UWM journalism grads Dave Schreiner, Denis Kitchen, Mike and Judy Jacobi during the Vietnam War era. The publication lasted seven years from 1970 to 1977 by providing...
