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Trump ends DACA and Milwaukee leaders react with outrage to its impact

Posted by Staff | Sep 6, 2017 |

On September 5, President Donald Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era immigration policy that grants deportation relief for undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children, known as Dreamers. Established in 2012, DACA currently protects 800,000 immigrant youth nationwide, including almost 8,000 in Wisconsin, and grants them the right to remain in America and receive work permits. The decision has a direct impact on Milwaukee, and city leaders and elected officials have issued a series of statements in reaction to the political development which targets children. Mayor Tom Barrett released...

Top Five reasons Foxconn would be a bad deal for Wisconsin

Posted by Tamarine Cornelius | Aug 30, 2017 |

With the support of the Trump Administration, Governor Walker has proposed an unprecedented package of businesses incentives aimed at encouraging Foxconn to build a manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin. The deal could result in the state paying Foxconn nearly $3 billion in state money over the next 15 years, in exchange for Foxconn spending $10 billion to construct a facility in Wisconsin and creating up to 13,000 jobs. Here are five reasons why the proposed deal is a poor use of public resources: 1. The state would likely pay Foxconn a lavish $200,000 to $600,000 for each new job,...

Milwaukee joins coalition for ten-day march from Charlottesville to D.C.

Posted by Staff | Aug 27, 2017 |

The 50th anniversary celebration of the Housing March on Milwaukee takes place on August 28, the same date that a ten-day trek begins to once again confront White Supremacy in a new generation. Activists from Milwaukee plan to attend the “March to Confront White Supremacy: Charlottesville to D.C.,” which will march over 100 miles to demonstrate a shared commitment to confronting white supremacy. The call is being answered from faith and community leaders to dismantle white supremacy in America by taking the demand for moral leadership to the nation’s capital. “We are uniting right now to reckon with America’s...

Downtown community picnic set for Sculpture Milwaukee site

Posted by Correspondent | Aug 25, 2017 |

Sculpture Milwaukee, the outdoor sculpture experience featuring 22 sculptures by 21 artists along Wisconsin Avenue, will host Shoreline Picnic on Saturday, September 9 at O’Donnell Park. Also the site for Milwaukee artist Paul Druecke’s piece, Shoreline Repast (2017), the picnic will celebrate cross-generations and cultures, and our connection to the landscape. Self-guided tours of Sculpture Milwaukee will start at 1:00 p.m. with a BYO picnic beginning at 2:00 p.m. The gathering will move to the Green Gallery East, 1500 N. Farwell Avenue at 3:00 p.m., with musical performances by DJ Shawna, Zed Kenzo, Margaret Noodin, Matt Cook, and Bamm...

Photo Essay: Wisconsin’s first Main Street Day celebrated

Posted by Lee Matz | Aug 23, 2017 |

“We are excited to be a part of the Wisconsin Main Street Program. As we work toward bringing new businesses and creating more vibrancy in the commercial district, the Wisconsin Main Street program will provide valuable tools and resources to help make Milwaukee’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive the best of the nearly 900 King Drives in the nation.” – Deshea Agee The Historic King Drive Business Improvement District (BID) No. 8 became the state’s 34th Wisconsin Main Street community on August 22, and is the only organization in the state to earn the designation in 2017. The...

Foxconn could be rewarded for creating near-poverty wage jobs

Posted by Tamarine Cornelius | Aug 12, 2017 |

With the state offering enormous subsidies to lure Foxconn to Wisconsin, lawmakers should at the very minimum build in requirements that the new jobs pay family-supporting wages. But the $3 billion proposed deal could result in the state cutting checks to Foxconn to pay for the creation of new jobs that pay as little as little as $23,000 per year, an income level that would put a family of four below the poverty line. The deal would give Foxconn up to $1.5 billion of state tax money over 15 years in tax credits to subsidize the creation of new...