Morning Links for Aug. 22 2014

Morning Links for Aug. 22 2014

What we’re reading on this Friday morning. Milwaukee Ald. Milele Coggs released a long statement saying that Milwaukee is “a death or two away from becoming Ferguson.” Read the full PDF here. What happens when Romney and Ryan reunite? Good times and criticism of President Obama, according to the Associated Press. Read the second email extremists sent to the family of Marquette grad and journalist James Foley, who was beheaded in Syria. Meanwhile, the White House has released info on a failed attempt to rescue a number of Americans from captivity in the country, including Foley. Ice bucket challenge gone…

What we’re reading on this Friday morning.

  • Milwaukee Ald. Milele Coggs released a long statement saying that Milwaukee is “a death or two away from becoming Ferguson.” Read the full PDF here.
  • What happens when Romney and Ryan reunite? Good times and criticism of President Obama, according to the Associated Press.
  • Read the second email extremists sent to the family of Marquette grad and journalist James Foley, who was beheaded in Syria.
  • Meanwhile, the White House has released info on a failed attempt to rescue a number of Americans from captivity in the country, including Foley.
  • Ice bucket challenge gone bad. Real bad.

Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.