AT&T Wisconsin Pioneers, Rep. Young team up in effort to help improve childhood literacy, reading scores The AT&T Wisconsin Pioneers and State Representative Leon Young (D-Milwaukee) last week presented donated dictionaries to nearly 100 third graders at Golda Meir Elementary School in Milwaukee as part of a statewide effort to help improve childhood literacy and [...]

Plans to employ 15,000 Black Men in Milwaukee Metro Area MADISON – Representative Leon D. Young (D-Milwaukee) announced plans for a new initiative to employ 15,000 African American men in the Milwaukee area in the coming years. Rep. Young plans to bring together community and business leaders, elected officials, city representatives and other partners to [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young Last week, most state newspapers carried a headline story detailing Scott Walker’s decision not to challenge the recall petitions that have been presented against him. But, in typical Walker fashion, nothing is ever what it appears to be with this governor. Walker initially had 10 days, under state law, [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young It’s been nearly 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in (in a landmark case) on the contentious issue of Affirmative Action. True enough, in 2003, the Supreme Court reaffirmed an earlier decision that allowed race to remain a factor in admission standards. But, all of that is [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young This week, I feel that I have little choice and must descend into the murky waters of the culture war. The fallout from President Obama’s initial decision requiring Catholic-related institutions (schools, hospitals and universities) to provide contraception coverage to their employees has been well chronicled. The president, feeling the [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young We all remember the bravado and vigor of Scott Walker’s remarks the night that he was elected as governor. Mr. Walker proudly declared that “Wisconsin was open for business,” and then went on to pledge that he would create 250,000 new jobs. It has been a little over a [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young From Russ Limbaugh to Karl Rove, and in most Conservative circles in between, Republicans now find themselves in a new defensive position – discrediting President Obama not because of the faltering economy, but rather casting political aspersions (and untruths), because the economic state affairs in the country is improving. [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young As you probably know, the Super Bowl is scheduled to be played this Sunday, February 5 in Indianapolis,Indiana. The big game (Super bowl XLVI) is a rematch between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. Just four years earlier,New York beat New England in Super Bowl XLII [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young A funny thing happened to me last week. I began receiving a series of very expensive-looking campaign mailings from the Republican Party of Wisconsin of all people, extolling the political accomplishments of Scott Walker – after one year in office. As you might expect, this campaign literature was rife [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young As the economy continues to emerge slowly from the depths of the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, the blame game remains very much en vogue. By this, I mean who gets vilified or blamed for the current economic misfortunes of White Americans. Of course, a great deal [...]