Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service » Community Voices

Although clean water is a human right, many people, and particularly children, are deprived from it in the USA and all over the world.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2024/03/21/opinion-clean-water-is-a-basic-human-right-yet-many-of-us-dont-have-it/

Families and taxpayers deserve specifics before agreeing to pay hundreds of dollars more in property taxes every year.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2024/03/08/opinion-milwaukees-students-cannot-afford-for-mps-to-just-maintain-and-sustain-we-need-a-plan/

The week and a half I spent in Cuba I didn’t witness supporters of terrorism: I witnessed survivors of it.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/12/07/opinion-my-trip-to-cuba-didnt-make-me-proud-to-be-an-american-we-have-to-do-better/

Earlier this year, Safe & Sound hosted an essay contest and asked young people to share how to keep communities safe. Here are the winners and their essays.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/12/01/opinion-how-do-we-keep-our-neighborhoods-safe-three-youths-share-their-solutions/

Developing pathways for underrepresented communities to enter the water workforce is key to replacing lead laterals.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/10/03/opinion-hiring-workers-is-vital-to-speeding-up-lead-pipe-replacement-in-milwaukee/

High school talents from BrandLab Milwaukee worked with the innovative teams at the Yodelpop marketing firm and News414 for a 10-week summer internship.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/09/14/opinion-what-we-learned-during-our-summer-internship/

In Wisconsin, we expect and deserve to have clean rivers and lakes, excellent public schools, and safe neighborhoods. Over the past 12 years, our Legislature has strayed from those commitments.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/09/12/opinion-deadly-chemicals-are-harming-us-the-dnr-needs-more-power-to-correct-this/

Treating people with dignity and respect can create healing moments.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/08/21/opinion-we-can-stop-conflict-by-remembering-to-be-humane/

We want Milwaukee to be a region where every young person has what they need to be healthy, safe and thrive.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/07/13/opinion-let-the-heavy-lifting-begin-for-ensuring-equity-for-milwaukees-black-males/

School choice programs have difficult choices to make because they get significantly less in per-student funding. Without a quality education, we are failing to set children up for success.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/06/28/opinion-closing-the-funding-gap-for-choice-schools-will-build-a-better-milwaukee-future/

Getting rid of the stigma alone won’t end the HIV epidemic. And it won’t address the myriad other issues women face. But so long as the stigma persists, so will HIV.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/05/11/opinion-women-and-hiv-ending-the-stigma-starts-with-you/

Organizations that may appear to support reducing lead exposure and eliminating associated social ills are sometimes only paying lip service to this idea to garner community support while accepti...

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/05/09/opinion-the-fight-against-milwaukees-lead-crisis-should-be-driven-by-community-interests-not-financial-ones/

Milwaukee has a once-in-a-generation window to think big and work with residents to increase the creativity, opportunity and joy in our central city neighborhoods.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/04/20/opinion-milwaukee-has-the-rare-chance-to-address-the-climate-crisis-lets-not-blow-it/

Although we may not always notice, the justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court make decisions that affect our daily lives.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/03/28/opinion-why-we-cant-afford-to-sit-this-election-out/

If the aim is to improve the “relationship” between the police and the residents of Milwaukee, I would encourage the police department to look inwardly and seek radical change in its investme...

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/02/07/opinion-an-open-letter-to-the-police-chief-surveillance-and-profiling-are-the-not-the-building-blocks-for-police-reform/

If the starting point for addressing any problem or challenge is naming it, here is what strikes me as some very important ones that are now so “normal” in Milwaukee that most people don’t ...

https://milwaukeenns.org/2023/02/02/opinion-hope-is-the-key-to-unlocking-milwaukees-vast-potential-and-moving-our-city-forward/

Despite many Milwaukeeans cherishing the Oriental Theatre as a place to gather and experience quality cinema, the Oriental’s name and design perpetuate racist exoticism of Asian, Pacific Island...

https://milwaukeenns.org/2022/12/07/opinion-heres-why-milwaukee-needs-a-new-movie-palace-to-replace-the-oriental-theatre/

Representing nearly 13% of the U.S. population, the Black community is one of our country’s communities hit hardest by the COVID pandemic. We must fix this.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2022/12/01/opinion-black-americans-still-lag-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-we-must-use-culturally-attuned-strategies-to-address-the-issue/

Our judicial system is based on revenge when it should be about redemption and rehabilitation.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2022/11/15/opinion-i-killed-a-man-but-is-my-sentence-based-more-on-revenge-when-it-should-be-about-redemption-and-rehabilitation/

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service wants to give seldom-heard voices a platform. Here’s what we are looking for.

https://milwaukeenns.org/2022/10/05/inside-the-nns-newsroom-got-something-meaningful-to-say-we-want-to-hear-from-you/