Viewpoints

The DNC needs to come back to Milwaukee in 2024. Make that announcement ASAP.

We must address inequalities impacting hiring practices, education, health care disparities and community investment. All of these things help build a robust African American middle class.

Unlike other visa programs, EB-5 visa applicants create jobs for U.S. workers at no cost to the taxpayer. As the country plans its COVID-19 recovery now is the time to reauthorize a program that can and will help create jobs and rebuild our economy.

Héctor Colón is the president and chief executive officer of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.

“If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention, don’t care, think it’s OK, or have been desensitized.”

If we really love our city, we must acknowledge there is a lot of work to be done to build a more inclusive and equitable community, startup ecosystem and local economy.

The looting and destruction that took place in cities across the country, including Milwaukee, over the weekend when peaceful protests escalated in many cases to violence is devastating for two main reasons.

This letter, endorsed by more than 130 Milwaukee community leaders, was sent to BizTimes Milwaukee

Our country currently has the highest number of unemployed Americans since the Great Depression. While many of the 33 million workers who have filed for unemployment since the coronavirus crisis began expect to be rehired, many jobs will not come back.

To business, governmental and thought leaders: We all know the old refrain, "Don't let the cure kill the patient." But unfortunately, this is precisely what has been happening in America, to its workers and its businesses.