Milwaukee Stories

• “I would like to be my own boss.”

  Dec 20th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Lorenzo Williams is training to be a carpenter and eventually wants to start his own company.

• “I have no trust in the judicial system.”

  Dec 14th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Lu Ann Will's mentally-ill son was shot by police answering her call for help. She still doesn't understand how it happened.

• “The one thing that can make us come together”

  Dec 7th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Emanuel Coe, 21, has suffered the deaths of four members of his extended family. He didn't even cry at the last funeral.

• “I didn’t know if I’d be able to live in a city.”

  Nov 30th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Angie Opsahl, who moved to the city from Waukesha, mentored Willie Hines and other urban teens.

• “Some women change their mind, save their babies.”

  Nov 23rd, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Anne Franczek wanted to be a psychologist, but instead has devoted her life to protesting at abortion clinics, trying to get women to change their mind.

• “Everything I have, I’ve done for my kids”

  Nov 15th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Jennifer Garcia is a single mother who has struggled in order to give her children a better life.

• “No one’s really here to help the parents.”

  Nov 9th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Calvin Weston and his fiancé are struggling to take back their kids from the child welfare bureau. Are they punished for being poor?

• “A lot of changes are being made here.”

  Nov 1st, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Todd Kubera owns an auto body shop in the Midtown neighborhood where he grew up. He thinks it could be on the rebound.

• “Between the yard and house, it could be a full-time job.”

  Oct 25th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Stewart Dempsey has spent 26 years fixing up his historic, 1883 home. It's all been worth it -- most of the time.

• “I want that; I just don’t know how to get that”

  Oct 18th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Davontae Thompson knows his future awaits him. He's just not sure what it is.

• “You had to learn how to take care of yourself”

  Oct 11th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  Jared Lazarevich has lots of autographed baseballs and sports memorabilia. But a good job can be hard to come by.

• “God gives you a creativity”

  Oct 4th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj

  An artist, musician and stonecutter, now 67, stills believes in the joy of life.