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Photo by Harry Kemp The 2009 Holiday Parade made its way down Wisconsin Ave. here in Milwaukee last weekend. Thousands of attendees watched floats, marching bands ...

BlackEconomics.org® Logically, and it should not be surprising, our late November 2024 release of an analysis brief on “group ...

By Karen Stokes It’s no surprise upon hearing “Girl Scouts”, “Girl Scout Cookies” is the first thought that comes to mind.

By LaKeshia N. Myers “Tis the season, to be jolly, but what happens if I have nobody?”—the opening line of the Emotions’ 1973 Christmas classic poses a very frank question. I thought about this after ...

Say Something Real The Continued Commercialization of the Holidays By Michelle Bryant As the holiday season approaches, the air fills with the nostalgic sounds of ...

Kweku’s Korner By Dr. Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi I, too, am America is a cry that the children of the Diaspora have screamed for ...

Sponsored by JPMorganChase Eleven months ago, many people set financial goals for the New Year. Maybe you planned to buy a ...

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. County ...

Diamond Riley, Leah Boonnam and Melinda Torres (front row, from left to right) completed a reentry program called Building a ...

By Charlene Crowell For most consumers, buying a home is the single-largest investment of their lifetimes. But for Black ...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee (BGCGM); the largest single-city Boys & Girls Club in the country, and one of the ...