Proposed state law aims to criminalize Milwaukee's homeless who ...
WEBOct 21, 2021 · The bill received a public hearing Tuesday, less than a week after it was introduced as part of a package of legislation that Assembly Republicans say is aimed toward addressing the state’s workforce housing shortage.
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Wisconsin’s TANF financial assistance program is failing to help …
WEBSep 13, 2019 · The funding level has been frozen since TANF was created, and the fixed appropriation level has lost nearly 39% of its value over the past 23 years.
“Seated Warrior” sculpture by artist Sanford Biggers makes new …
WEBJan 27, 2020 · America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) received a signature work of art and more than $1 million in funding through the Greater Milwaukee Foundation (GMF) and its donors on January 24, in an effort to help celebrate and ensure the sustainability of the culturally essential museum – as it approaches an official reopening in …
Milwaukee hosts a Heroes Day celebration to honor frontline …
WEBAug 24, 2021 · The Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC) hosted the first Heroes Day celebration on August 22 at the Peck Pavilion. The event was created to honor veterans, as well as shine a spotlight on the many hardworking heroes in the Milwaukee community who have been integral in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Radioactive Plague: The secrecy and censorship surrounding …
WEBAug 6, 2020 · I published a social history of U.S. censorship in the aftermath of the bombings, Radiation Secrecy and Censorship after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which this piece is based on.The material was drawn from a dozen different manuscript collections in archives around the US.
Obstacles to learning: Why higher education can be elusive for ...
WEBDec 22, 2023 · Therefore, it’s beneficial for education leaders and policymakers to help newcomers – including asylum-seekers and refugees – to access higher education in the U.S., whether it be community college, taking advanced English courses, obtaining a certificate through training programs or going to a four-year university.
Believe in Ukraine: Milwaukee continues its solidarity on second ...
WEBFeb 25, 2024 · Milwaukee marked the solemn second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity, with a powerful show of solidarity at O’Donnell Park in downtown on February 24.
How Milwaukee’s German-Americans faced down fascism eighty …
WEBMar 17, 2017 · During the Depression-ravaged days of the 1930s, Wisconsin’s German-Americans faced a vicious campaign of harassment. One Milwaukee businessman received an anonymous postcard with a picture of an exploding cannon on the front, and on the reverse was written: “When you ask for ads again look this over carefully.”.
The meaning of Valley Forge: An interview by Heather Cox …
WEBJan 16, 2024 · President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, ahead of his speech marking the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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