Don’t Chain Me Bro! These are my public comments at the Milwaukee City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force meeting of April 12, 2019. No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without

Below is the statement I read during my public comments at the March 7, 2019 Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission’s Regular Meeting. Because my time was limited to 2 minutes, I was not able to go into

Milwaukee Alderwoman Milele Coggs let the cat out of the bag at the Milwaukee Common Council’s Finance & Personnel Committee Meeting on February 21, 2019 (beginning at 48:00) when she broached the

“Until we commit ourselves to ensuring that the underclass is given justice and opportunity, we will continue to perpetuate the anger and violence that tears the soul of this nation. I fear I am integrating

We are asking Americans to think about that because how do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake? Vietnam Veterans Against the

I spoke at the January 24, 2019 meeting of the Milwaukee County’s Intergovernmental Relations Committee in regards to File no. 19-161: the resolution brought forward by The Fair Deal for Milwaukee County

I got a great opportunity to discuss the life and death of Dr. Martin Luther King on the Earl Ingram Jr. Show on the Real Resistance—The Devil’s Advocate Radio with Earl and Dr. Cecil Austin here in Milwaukee

From time immemorial human beings have sought means to alter their consciousness. It is a natural consequence of: innate curiosity; a desire to escape pain, boredom, loneliness, stress, anxiety, fear,

William Cullen Bryant wrote in 1874: "Truth crushed to earth shall rise again”. This was a favorite quote of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. William Pepper points to it as his own north star in

I got a unique opportunity to speak to the Milwaukee Community Justice Council’s Committee of the Whole Meeting this morning. Back in October I got a chance to pitch my idea for a new County led Task Force

I got a chance to speak at the last meeting of the Milwaukee City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force. Full video of meeting here: I mention two themes: Principles and Evidence, and I try to make

In her fantastic debut authoring The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander draws the common thread of man’s inhumanity to man in the forms of Slavery, post-Civil War Jim Crow laws and mass incarceration—The

I’m celebrating the first day of Summer in my Garden Shire! It is turning out great and the most fun is sharing the produce with friends, family and neighbors. Comparing February 24, 2018 to June 22, 2018

The harm caused by the War On Drugs motivates me to throw myself into the gears of the machine. Every year since 1999 the City of Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) has participated in the High Intensity

This is the discussion that took place on June 13, 2018 regarding the Milwaukee Common Council's adoption of a file to accept a grant/award from the ONDCP to fund the Law Enforcement program known as the

This is the discussion that took place on June 7, 2018 regarding the Milwaukee Common Council's adoption of a file to accept a grant/award from the ONDCP to fund the Law Enforcement program known as the

One of my favorite spots at the Scuppernong Springs Nature Trail is the sand prairie and especially my lupine garden there. I’m crazy about lupine — I love the color, texture, shape, fragrance — and it

I’m almost done planting and things have calmed down here in the Shire. The paths and watering hoses are all laid in and the newborn plants are swaddled in straw mulch. What a transformation! Some hot

The rains came at just the right time -- after I had finished construction. I needed the break too. My hands, arms and back were getting pretty sore from all the shoveling and soil recycling. I added 3

You’ve heard variations of the idea that sometimes you have to lose a battle to win a war. And if you are Civil War history buff, you may know that the inverse is also true: Confederate General Robert