Race relations

The death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground by security guards outside a Milwaukee hotel has been ruled a homicide. An autopsy released by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s office on Friday concludes that D’Vontaye Mitchell suffocated June 30 while being restrained.

Racial tensions between Black and Asian communities have been an ongoing source of concern in Milwaukee and elsewhere in the nation. Listen MKE dug into this important issue and what can be done about it.

Latinos in the United States and in Latin America comprise many races: like white, Black, Asian and Indigenous. This summer, after the police killing of…

The Green Bay Packers held off the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, 34-24, in yet another memorable game between the two NFL franchises. Author Mark Beech delves…

People around the country are continuing to react with anger and horror to the events that took place at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville,…

Lynchings of African-Americans were not uncommon in the United States, well into the last century. But like much of the history of racial tensions in…

Recently, a sharp increase in violence has galvanized Milwaukee communities to look for solutions. Another perennial hot button topic in the city is…

Last week, the Starbucks coffee chain announced its initiative to get people to talk about the sensitive issue of race. The plan was pretty…

Milwaukee often makes the list of most segregated cities in the U.S. with the city being majority minority and suburban areas largely white.Earlier this…

Two weeks ago a black teenager was shot dead by a white officer in Ferguson, MO. We put a call out to Milwaukeeans to take part in a roundtable discussion…