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Mr. Jobs: Investment Board Head Discusses Milwaukee's Efforts to Create Employmentnew

When Donald Sykes took over the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board in 2007, he had decades of experience in training new workers. Now Sykes faces the worst job losses in the United States since 1945, including large layoffs in our area, and a shaky employment future.
Shepherd Express  |  Louis Fortis and Lisa Kaiser  |  01-23-2009  |  Economy

Mark Weisbrot on the Media's Misleading Latin American Reportingnew

Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., is considered to be one of the leading experts on the Venezuelan economy and the reforms of President Hugo Chavez. Weisbrot was in town last week to discuss American media's coverage of progressive changes in Latin America, coverage that he claims is misleading.
Shepherd Express  |  Louis Fortis  |  06-20-2008  |  International

Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.new

We have made progress, but we are not close to the mountaintop.
Shepherd Express  |  Louis Fortis  |  01-18-2008  |  Race & Class

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