Taking on Milwaukee’s Taxi Cartel

Taking on Milwaukee’s Taxi Cartel – Private companies cannot use governmental power to outlaw competition, yet this is what the city of Milwaukee does for its established taxi cartel. Milwaukee…

Why Are So Many Black Men in Wisconsin Behind Bars?

Filed under: Milwaukee Drug Use

UW-Milwaukee researcher Lois Quinn says the reasons stem from everything from a generally young black population to a poor economic situation, to harsh drug laws and policies. Quinn found statewide 49 percent of African-American men in their 30s have …
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Side Effects | Watchdog Update FDA recommends tighter controls on narcotic …

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it would recommend tighter controls on narcotic painkillers such as Vicodin, an effort that could curtail more than a decade of booming use and abuse of the drugs. The agency said it would recommend …
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McConaughey joins Oscar race with 'Dallas Buyers Club'

Filed under: Milwaukee Drug Use

And with "Dallas," he gets his "Philadelphia" moment playing a "Raging Bull"-riding cowboy, a homophobic redneck, who contracts AIDS in the 1980s through intravenous drug use and promiscuous, unprotected sex. Too mean and stubborn to accept the …
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