Terrance Sims has been teaching at the MPS school Milwaukee College Prep for about six years. Each February for the last four years, he's been using photography to actively engage and celebrate Black History Month with his students. If you scroll through Sims' Instagram, you can find photos he's taken, recreating images of influential black figures. They might be from the civil rights era, academia or the entertainment industry. Some have gone viral, such as the image of three black girls who

There are an estimated 86,000 people living in Wisconsin without permanent legal status. In our series, Living Undocumented In Wisconsin , we bring you the story of a man who's just established his own business and says he's here to stay. Meet Jose Flores. Jose was 19 when he came to the United States from Mexico 22 years ago. For 18 of those years, he worked for a Waukesha company as a painter. Jose says he often experienced racism from his coworkers. "Hey guys, shut the f*** up. This country

The mass shooting at Molson Coors Wednesday night is still under investigation and the community is still raw. At Ridge Community Church in Greenfield, about 100 people gathered Thursday night to mourn those who lost their lives, and to show support for their families and friends. People who attended the vigil had a lot on their minds, as they try to process the tragedy. Today, Wayne Janusiak lives about 40 minutes northwest of the Wisconsin Dells. But he says he was an electrician at Molson

Milwaukee is home to about one-third of Wisconsin’s undocumented immigrants — an estimated 30,000 people . As part of our series about undocumented immigrants, we talk to a 21-year-old DACA recipient who's navigating the uncertain landscape. Her name is Aimeé Navarro Villegaz, and she is a very busy college student. “I am a senior at Marquette University. I am a Burke Scholar, a scholarship program that does 300 hours of service per academic year. I am currently the chair for the Dreamers gGla

Updated Friday at 2:37 p.m. CT Milwaukee learned more late Thursday afternoon about the fatal shootings Wednesday on the campus of Molson Coors — still thought of by many as Miller Valley. Milwaukee police released the names of victims and the suspect, who’s believed to have killed the five men before turning the gun on himself. A hushed battalion of journalists waited inside the Milwaukee Police Department Administration Building on West State Street for the update. Public information officer

The automotive industry is talking about a major shift to electric and gas-electric hybrid vehicles over the next 20 years. To see if drivers are ready for the potential change, we went to an area called The Electric Zone at the Car & Truck Show underway in downtown Milwaukee. The zone is a first floor hallway in the Wisconsin Center, containing a half-dozen plug-in electric or hybrid vehicles. Just like at the rest of the show, or at an auto dealer, people get behind the wheel, look under

It's estimated that there are 86,000 undocumented residents living in Wisconsin. About one-third live in Milwaukee. The majority of undocumented residents have been here for more than a decade. They come from a variety of countries. The top three are Mexico, India and China. In a three-part series, WUWM is highlighting the stories of three undocumented Latino immigrants from different families to learn more about the barriers and worries they face. This is part one: Meet Monica Ayala Gonzalez.

Milwaukee city leaders continue to look for enterprises to locate in the struggling Century City Business Park on the north side. That’s after Strauss Brands of Franklin dropped its plans last October to locate a slaughterhouse on the site. Neighbors objected, saying they feared deplorable conditions at the plant. Strauss said the operation would have eventually created 500 jobs.

Our Black Women Firsts series has been highlighting black women in Wisconsin who are the first to hold their titles in their industries. We close our series with Rosy Petri, the first black woman to be the artist in residence at the Pfister Hotel. Petri says she didn't know beforehand that she would be the first woman of color to fill the position. Wisconsin DPI Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Marquette University School Of Dentistry Class President Chante Parker The year-long residency is an

The Evers administration has started asking the public for advice on how and where to spend up to $10 million for electric vehicle charging stations in Wisconsin. Electric vehicles, or EV, still only make up a tiny fraction of automobiles in the state. But analysts say the number will grow if there are more places to recharge the cars. READ: Push For EVs Predicted To Continue In Wisconsin Amid Questions Gov. Tony Evers wants the $10 million to come from part of Wisconsin's share of a settlement