Milwaukee Independent

The Coakley Brothers glass water tower lighting ceremony on September 21, with a crowd of hundreds in attendance. Both business and city leaders, including Commissioner Rocky Marcoux and Alderman Jose Perez, were in attendance. The artist, Tom Fruin, was also a featured guest.

This audio was recorded at the Community Room of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee in Walker’s Point, with introductions from Guy Temple, on the Board of Directors of the Bay View Community Center, and guest host Dylan Bolin.

88Nine RadioMilwaukee and Penfield Children's Center celebrated the completion of the Near West Side's newest mural on September 14.

This audio was recorded from historian Edward Bonekemper’s lecture, based on his book “The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won.”

This audio of historian Edward Bonekemper’s keynote speech in Milwaukee was recorded at the Wisconsin Club, for the September 7 Civil War Round Table of Milwaukee event.

Along with Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) Superintendent Darienne Driver, speakers included Governor Scott Walker, Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Tony Evers, and MPS School Board Director Paula Phillips.

The March On Milwaukee 50th Coordinating Committee hosted the “200 Nights of Freedom Kickoff” in the City Hall Rotunda on August 28, commemorating the anniversary of Milwaukee’s Fair Housing Marches.

A recording of the announcement event on August 22, when the Historic King Drive BID #8 was officially designated the newest Wisconsin Main Street. Speakers included Representative David Bowen, Daphne Jones of Malone's Fine Sausage, Deshea Agee and LaMarr Franklin of the Historic King Drive BID, Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs, Lisa Mauer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., and Mayor Tom Barre...

The August 17 broadcast of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee’s 414 Live concert, featuring New Age Narcissism, as part of the “No Empty Backpacks School Supplies Drive.”

The Handala community mural was presented to the Clarke Square neighborhood on July 25 during a public event, in celebration of efforts to transform the area.

Governor Scott Walker and Foxconn Founder Terry Gou signed a vaguely worded Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Milwaukee Art Museum on July 27.

The groundbreaking ceremony was held for the MKE Meditation Room at General Mitchell International Airport on July 19, 2017.

Community leaders joined the Greater Milwaukee Foundation on July 20 to launch “On the Table,” an effort to rally people and organizations across all sectors of the community to generate ideas and ignite action for the benefit of the region and its future.

The Benedict Center announced the expansion of its Sisters Diversion Program, a street-level diversion for women in street prоstіtutіоn, to the city’s south side at a press conference on July 13 at the Hope House of Milwaukee. Along with Jeanne Geraci, Executive Director of the Benedict Center, speakers at the event in support of the program included County Executive Chris Abele, District Attorney...

Steven Walters, a senior producer with the nonprofit public affairs channel WisconsinEye, interviewed Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele On July 11, 2017. The interview was recorded by WisconsinEye in the Office of the Milwaukee County Executive, and the Milwaukee Independent was invited to collaborate on the reporting. The unedited session covers a range of topics from Milwaukee County budget...

From being evacuated with her family out of Iran during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, to managing the public information of the many high profile Los Angeles courtroom trials of the 1990s, Jerrianne Hayslett has been a witness to the power of the news media, and the misuse of that public trust in the race for corporate profits. The award-winning author of “Anatomy of a Trial,” newspaper journali...

From being evacuated with her family out of Iran during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, to managing the public information of the many high profile Los Angeles courtroom trials of the 1990s, Jerrianne Hayslett has been a witness to the power of the news media, and the misuse of that public trust in the race for corporate profits. The award-winning author of “Anatomy of a Trial,” newspaper journali...

From being evacuated with her family out of Iran during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, to managing the public information of the many high profile Los Angeles courtroom trials of the 1990s, Jerrianne Hayslett has been a witness to the power of the news media, and the misuse of that public trust in the race for corporate profits. The award-winning author of “Anatomy of a Trial,” newspaper journali...

From being evacuated with her family out of Iran during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, to managing the public information of the many high profile Los Angeles courtroom trials of the 1990s, Jerrianne Hayslett has been a witness to the power of the news media, and the misuse of that public trust in the race for corporate profits. The award-winning author of “Anatomy of a Trial,” newspaper journali...

From being evacuated with her family out of Iran during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, to managing the public information of the many high profile Los Angeles courtroom trials of the 1990s, Jerrianne Hayslett has been a witness to the power of the news media, and the misuse of that public trust in the race for corporate profits. The award-winning author of “Anatomy of a Trial,” newspaper journali...

From being evacuated with her family out of Iran during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, to managing the public information of the many high profile Los Angeles courtroom trials of the 1990s, Jerrianne Hayslett has been a witness to the power of the news media, and the misuse of that public trust in the race for corporate profits. The award-winning author of “Anatomy of a Trial,” newspaper journali...

From being evacuated with her family out of Iran during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, to managing the public information of the many high profile Los Angeles courtroom trials of the 1990s, Jerrianne Hayslett has been a witness to the power of the news media, and the misuse of that public trust in the race for corporate profits. The award-winning author of “Anatomy of a Trial,” newspaper journali...

This audio clip features James Earl Jones, reading the famous Frederick Douglass 1852 Independence Day address in Rochester, New York. It was part of a performance during Howard Zinn’s “Voices of a People’s History of the United States” and recorded by democracynow.org.

Standing as a bridge between police who struggle to express compassion while applying enforcement of the law and a grieving community raw with pain and limited resources to cope are the 51 Chaplains of The Salvation Army. The unique and first of its kind program in the nation is coordinated by Pastor Alexis Twito, who has seen the powerful and healing impact of creating trust between the diverse f...

Standing as a bridge between police who struggle to express compassion while applying enforcement of the law and a grieving community raw with pain and limited resources to cope are the 51 Chaplains of The Salvation Army. The unique and first of its kind program in the nation is coordinated by Pastor Alexis Twito, who has seen the powerful and healing impact of creating trust between the diverse f...