By Gregory Stanford You’d think you wouldn’t need a Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote in this case. After all, Scott Walker killed jobs in Milwaukee in broad daylight, with eyewitnesses all over the place. He single-handedly idled scores of construction workers, engineers and others when he halted newly initiated work on a planned rail [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young It’s not unusual to have two candidates running against each more than once, but what’s most unusual, in this instance, is to have the rival candidates squaring off in a recall election, a mere 16 months after their last encounter. It’s now official: Tom Barrett and Scott Walker will [...]

Madison – This week, Governor Walker announced a set of imaginary jobs numbers concocted to detract away from his failed leadership, which has caused Wisconsin to be last in the nation for job creation by losing 12,500 jobs from January 2011 to January 2012. State Senator Chris Larson (D–Milwaukee) released the following statement in response [...]

By Senator, Lena C. Taylor This week was BCDI-Milwaukee’s Black Child Development Week, and I believe in taking every opportunity available to speak to the manner in which we raise our children. Raising children may be the most difficult and rewarding experience we can engage in. Luckily, African Americans do not feel they have to [...]

By Senator, Lena C. Taylor I consider myself an incredibly busy woman, often active to the point of exhaustion. I run a small business, my law firm Taylor Law and Associates. I also work hard to serve my constituents in any way possible as a State Senator in the Wisconsin Legislature. Both my private business [...]

By some accounts, in ancient times the word mother meant “giver of life.” Whether the origin of the word is true or not, in today’s society, we do regard mothers as givers of life, protectors and caregivers. And, as we prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day, we honor moms and the critical role that they play [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young We now find ourselves in a very dark place and time politically in this country. The Citizens United decision has unleashed the hounds, which has exposed the seedier side of politics. Both Scott Walker and Mitt Romney intend to use this totally misguided Supreme Court ruling to their political [...]

By Gwen Moore I am voting for Tom Barrett in the primary recall election on Tuesday May 8 because he will focus on creating jobs we need in Wisconsin. I hope you will get out and vote for him, too. If we choose Tom on May 8, he will give all of us the best [...]

By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Our children matter the world to us, and we do everything in our power to ensure that each and every one receives the best education possible. For years, the Milwaukee Public School system has let us down. Without a doubt, there are countless talented, individual educators in the MPS working [...]

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist African Americans, especially those who are conscious of how the world has changed during the past 50 years in terms of the progress for African liberation and self-determination , should be more than willing to express gratitude to Fidel Castro because of his outstanding historic and contemporary contributions [...]