Small & Minority Business

   By Bob Bach  Fifty years ago this month, in his State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty,” part of what he coined “The Great Society.” It would provide economic and educational opportunities for everyone, especially minority populations. Parts of LBJ’s Great Society… Read more »

 By Mike Lowe MILWAUKEE (WITI) — President Barack Obama is set to deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, January 28th. The speech comes just two days before a presidential visit to the Milwaukee area.President Obama plans to act on income inequality in his State of the Union speech. He will unveil an executive order to raise the minimum wage for… Read more »

  By Shakara Robinson  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Obama said saving the middle class is his top priority during Tuesday night's State of the Union Address. Massive shifts in technology and global competition have hit the middle class hard, the president said, and he'll do what he can to make things right. Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris… Read more »

  Written by Donovan Slack  WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama hammered away at economic inequality during his State of the Union address Tuesday evening, members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation reacted along partisan lines with Democrats embracing the speech and Republicans panning it. The Badger State lawmakers’ reaction was a… Read more »

  Compiled by MCJ Staff The second six months of 2013 was about injustice, from a courtroom in Florida to the hallowed chambers of the nation’s highest court, where an iconic ruling protecting the sanctity of voting rights was stripped of its essence. The second half of the year witnessed the celebration of another iconic moment in American and Black American history,… Read more »

  By Stacy Vogel Davis  Shoppers turned out in force in Milwaukee for Small Business Saturday, the national, annual event to encourage residents to shop at locally owned, independent businesses during the holiday season. The crowd was just starting to build in Milwaukee's 3rd Ward when Mayor Tom Barrett and U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore arrived at Broadway Paper, 191… Read more »

  By Lane Kimble  MILWAUKEE -- Saturday became a day well worth the wait for small business owners, like Broadway Paper's Kate Strzok.  Her Third Ward store was one of thousands participating in the  nationwide Small Business Saturday. "We're hoping for even more... Better sales, better foot traffic," Strzok said. Last year's… Read more »

As I've said before, this budget has me feeling like I'm Alice in Wonderland. I've fallen down the rabbit hole and landed in the middle of a mad tea party. Read more »

As a Member of the House Budget Committee, it amazes me that my colleague Paul Ryan and his GOP counterparts have once again presented a budget that is neither fair nor balanced and is clearly class warfare against the poor and middle class. Simply put,  Contact: Nicole Y. Williams or Staci Cox(202) 225- 4572 Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4)… Read more »

By Don Walker As part of President Barack Obama's State of the Union call to help the nation's middle class, the government plans to create "promise zones" in as many as 20 distressed communities across the country, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Thursday in Milwaukee. Donovan met with Mayor Tom Barrett, Racine Mayor John Dickert,… Read more »