Milwaukee Buzz - March 9, 2009
Kozol on "Public Education, Poverty, Race and Segregation"
Author of "Amazing Grace," "Death at an Early Age," "The Shame of the Nation" and "Savage Inequalities," Jonathan Kozol has spent decades researching and observing the realities of getting an inner city education and the need for school equality.
Tags: jonathan kozol, race, public education, poverty, segregation, amazing grace, distinguished lecture series, kozol

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

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 17, 2008
Can you really earn $80 by donating plasma?
A billboard in my neighborhood claims you can earn $80 by donating your plasma. Is this true?
Tags: plasma, plasma donation, Talecris, poverty

Kids & Family - Nov. 2, 2007
Hoodmomma.com posts rarely heard parenting perspectives
Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle relaunched Hoodmomma.com with more content featuring “authentic voices from the women in the thick of the struggle.”
Tags: Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle, Hoodmomma.com, central city, Summer of Peace, poverty, single mothers, single parents

Politics - Sept. 16, 2007
Sunday Sound-off: Do you feel the effects of poverty?
Do you witness Milwaukee's poverty on a daily basis, or have you managed to somehow escape it?
Tags: poverty, central city, suburbs

Milwaukee Buzz - Dec. 7, 2006
Study ranks city, suburban poverty
In 2005, Milwaukee was at 24.9 percent poverty, while its suburbs were at 5.1 percent. It's according to a Brookings Institution study of the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas released Thursday.
Tags: Brookings Institution, poverty, study, city, suburbs, Cleveland, cities, Des Moines, Milwaukee rankings