Milwaukee, WI - Jun. 2026: The Community Brainstorming Conference Breakfast Forum has been a cornerstone of civic engagement in Milwaukee since 1986. Founded by Reuben Harpole and Samuel Johnson, this monthly gathering takes place every fourth Saturday and offers a unique space where community members, especially Black residents, come together to discuss ideas, influence policy, and build connections. Beyond the stimulating conversations, the forum provides a free breakfast, making it a...

Dilapidated Buildings & Community Health — Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee consistently ranks among the most segregated metropolitan areas in the United States, and this segregation is reflected in uneven housing conditions and concentrated vacancy . In neighborhoods such as 53206 and along the North Teutonia Avenue corridor, long-term disinvestment has resulted in clusters of vacant and structurally deteriorated buildings , many of which have remained unoccupied for over a decade....

Milwaukee, WI - October 21, 2025: A Tale of Two Movements Though they emerged from radically different worlds — one from the celebrity-driven spectacle of American politics, the other from the fervor of 1970s religious utopianism — Donald Trump and Reverend Jim Jones share a disturbing psychological blueprint. Historians, political psychologists, and cult-dynamics experts have noted that both men turned movements of belief into machinery of control. The parallels reveal how easily the human...