By Lynda Jones As Wisconsin residents who are opposed to the Walker Administration’s method of conducting business and governance for the state prepare for the recall of Governor Scott Walker, a boost to this movement was given with this week’s voting results in Ohio. In a historic vote for workers’ rights, over two million Ohioans [...]

By Lynda Jones Milwaukee lost one of its great ones on September 29, 2011 when renowned photojournalist Harry T. Kemp died at the age of 78 at his home in his sleep. Born June 10, 1933 in Racine, WI, he moved to Milwaukee at the age of 6. Kemp graduated from Lincoln High School in [...]

By Lynda L. Jones Over this recent Labor Day weekend, unemployment news was beyond dismal for the Black population especially. The August jobs report shows that Black unemployment is the highest now than it has been in 27 years, with a rate surge of 16.7 percent nationally. While Black unemployment surges, White unemployment fell slightly [...]

By Lynda Jones Wisconsin elected officials held a press conference this week in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office to challenge the proposed closures of five Milwaukee area post offices. Mayor Tom Barrett, Alderwoman Milele Coggs and others joined State Senator Spencer Coggs in the fight against closing these post offices. [...]

By Lynda L. Jones Mayor Tom Barrett called a press conference this week to make an appeal to Governor Scott Walker to write a letter of support regarding the City of Milwaukee’s grant application for more than $20 million in federal health care funds. Accompanied by Milwaukee Health Commissioner Bevan Baker and Eric Gass, Public [...]

NNPA Chairman Danny Bakewell Sr. passes mantle of leadership to Arizona’s Cloves Campbell Jr. By Jasmyne A. Cannick NNPA National Correspondent Led by Chairman and Sentinel publisher Danny Bakewell Sr., over 200 Black newspaper publishers from all over the country gathered at Chicago’s legendary Drake Hotel for several days of robust conversations on the future [...]

By Lynda L. Jones Milwaukee County Transit bus drivers are fed up with the physical attacks that are continuing to occur on area buses, and on Monday, June 27 they took their voices to the media. “We’re Fed Up! And we’re not going to take it anymore,” more than two dozen bus drivers chanted. What [...]

Hunger Task Force joins Cong. Gwen Moore in efforts to protect Federal funds By Lynda Jones Last week Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) wrote Governor Scott Walker and implored him to stop any efforts that jeopardize Federal funding for food stamps. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has written to Wisconsin Health Services Secretary Dennis [...]

By Lynda Jones Under the proposed Senate Bill 30 the elimination of Milwaukee’s residency requirements for city police officers and firefighters is on the table. Mayor Tom Barrett along with other city officials went to Madison earlier this week to give testimony to the devastating effect that such a change would have on the city. [...]

By Lynda L. Jones They have been dubbed the ‘Fab 14’, the Democratic Senators that left the state and forced the GOP, and Governor Scott Walker to slow down their efforts to push through the Budget Repair Bill. After the governor and the GOP legislators met behind close doors last week, and privately developed a [...]