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Where Is the Diversity in Milwaukee’s Creative Industry?

Zach BrookeDecember 2, 2019

A project to foster diversity among Milwaukee's creative professionals starts with a hard look at the whiteness of those fields. ...

EventsFeature StoryNews & Politics 3

Beets With Mango? Purple Door Scoops Student-Made Ice Cream

Hannah HoffmeisterJuly 18, 2019

A beet and mango ice cream debuted at Purple Door Ice Cream on Wednesday....

Dining & Drink 0

Could Schools Become Voter-Free Zones?

Larry SandlerJune 11, 2018

Amid student safety concerns, MPS cancels Election Day classes as many suburbs move polling places out of schools....

EducationNews & PoliticsPolitics 0

Rufus King students join schools across country in protest against gun violence (with 15 photos)

Leah HarrisMarch 14, 2018

Nearly every student and staff member at the Milwaukee high school joined schools across MPS with a walkout, 17 minutes of silence and a rally of remembrance and political action....

News & Politics 2

In Its Infancy

Matt HrodeySeptember 16, 2015

A look at the Wisconsin-made baby simulators now being used at Milwaukee Public Schools to teach a lesson on shaken baby syndrome....

Tech 0

Un-Subbed

Kristine HansenSeptember 2, 2015

Who wants to become a substitute teacher? School districts can’t find enough....

Test Posts 1

Bottom of the Class

Kay NolanFebruary 24, 2015

There’s no shortage of plans for what to do about Bradley Tech, MPS’ ailing trade school. But which is right?...

Insider 0