http://milwaukeecourieronline.com "THE NEWSPAPER YOU CAN TRUST SINCE 1964" Wed, 23 May 2012 12:45:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/walker-kills-milwaukee-jobs-makes-barrett-the-fall-guy/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/walker-kills-milwaukee-jobs-makes-barrett-the-fall-guy/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 11:18:24 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12370 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/walker-kills-milwaukee-jobs-makes-barrett-the-fall-guy/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/capitol-report-political-rematch-barrett-vs-walker/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/capitol-report-political-rematch-barrett-vs-walker/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 11:13:44 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12367 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/capitol-report-political-rematch-barrett-vs-walker/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/fresh-out-of-the-oven-walkers-cooked-numbers/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/fresh-out-of-the-oven-walkers-cooked-numbers/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 11:10:18 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12365 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/fresh-out-of-the-oven-walkers-cooked-numbers/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/legislatively-speaking-milwaukees-black-child-development-week/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/legislatively-speaking-milwaukees-black-child-development-week/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 11:08:00 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12363 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/19/legislatively-speaking-milwaukees-black-child-development-week/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/11/legislatively-speaking-happy-mothers-day/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/11/legislatively-speaking-happy-mothers-day/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 01:29:58 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12294 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/11/legislatively-speaking-happy-mothers-day/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/11/happy-mothers-day-moms-seek-help-to-protect-the-first-breath-of-their-children/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/11/happy-mothers-day-moms-seek-help-to-protect-the-first-breath-of-their-children/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 01:25:54 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12292 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/11/happy-mothers-day-moms-seek-help-to-protect-the-first-breath-of-their-children/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/11/capitol-report-the-unmitigated-gall/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/11/capitol-report-the-unmitigated-gall/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 01:14:49 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12290 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/11/capitol-report-the-unmitigated-gall/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/vote-for-barrett-may-8-to-help-create-jobs/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/vote-for-barrett-may-8-to-help-create-jobs/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 22:44:18 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12240 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/vote-for-barrett-may-8-to-help-create-jobs/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/legislatively-speaking-milwaukee-succeeds-helping-to-improve-childrens-education/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/legislatively-speaking-milwaukee-succeeds-helping-to-improve-childrens-education/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 22:40:07 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12236 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/legislatively-speaking-milwaukee-succeeds-helping-to-improve-childrens-education/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/fidel-castro-helped-liberate-africa/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/fidel-castro-helped-liberate-africa/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 22:36:22 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12234 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/fidel-castro-helped-liberate-africa/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/caiptol-report-decision-time-for-thinking-wisconsinites/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/caiptol-report-decision-time-for-thinking-wisconsinites/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 22:31:47 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12230 By State Representative, Leon D. Young Next Tuesday, May 8th, is an important date for Democrats, Independents and all fair-minded people in Wisconsin. Voters will be afforded the opportunity to go to the tolls and cast their ballots in the primary recall election for governor. There are currently four Democrats running in the recall primary. [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/05/03/caiptol-report-decision-time-for-thinking-wisconsinites/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/every-republican-in-congress-fails-blacks/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/every-republican-in-congress-fails-blacks/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:44:16 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12182 By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The new NAACP Report Card for the first session of the 112th Congress is out and it shows that every graded Republican member of the House and Senate received an F on issues considered important to the nation’s oldest civil rights group. In the Senate, all 46 GOP senators [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/every-republican-in-congress-fails-blacks/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/milwaukee-cannot-afford-anymore-of-walkers-attacks/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/milwaukee-cannot-afford-anymore-of-walkers-attacks/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:10:58 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12153 Since Scott Walker was elected, residents of the Milwaukee community and the entire state have suffered badly. What has been seen under Walker? The worst job situation in the country. Funding for bus systems slashed. Drastic cuts to education and teachers. The end of worker rights for most government employees. A restrictive voter ID law. [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/milwaukee-cannot-afford-anymore-of-walkers-attacks/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/legislatively-speaking-under-walker-wisconsin-continues-historic-job-losses/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/legislatively-speaking-under-walker-wisconsin-continues-historic-job-losses/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:07:23 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12151 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor New numbers released show that Wisconsin lost 4500 jobs in March, even while the rest of the nation slowly overcomes the worst of the Great Recession. I have to ask myself, with anger and concern in my heart, why is Wisconsin lagging behind other states in job creation? We could [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/legislatively-speaking-under-walker-wisconsin-continues-historic-job-losses/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/recalling-walker-barrett-is-the-one-to-get-the-job-done/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/recalling-walker-barrett-is-the-one-to-get-the-job-done/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:03:08 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12149 Residents of the Milwaukee community have felt the effects of Scott Walker’s war on Wisconsin. As mayor, Tom Barrett also knows first-hand the devastating effects of Scott Walker’s ideological war and how it’s harming this city and state. Since Walker laid out his radical ideological agenda, Tom has been fighting against Walker’s initiatives and has [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/28/recalling-walker-barrett-is-the-one-to-get-the-job-done/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/all-black-revival-of-a-streetcar-named-desireon-broadway/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/all-black-revival-of-a-streetcar-named-desireon-broadway/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:09:51 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12088 Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The landscape of any Tennessee Williams play is the human heart, and I have a cast of people with heart.” -Emily Mann, director of the new Broadway revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire” with an all-Black cast. Like Hollywood, Broadway has historically been reluctant to cast African Americans in mainstream [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/all-black-revival-of-a-streetcar-named-desireon-broadway/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/capitol-report-you-do-the-math/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/capitol-report-you-do-the-math/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:02:50 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12084 By State Representative, Leon D. Young On the very day that Mitt Romney thought that he had finally turned the corner in vanquishing his last serious threat, Rick Santorum, in the primary, the ghost of Christmas past made an appearance. The apparition, in this instance, was none other than George W. Bush. Mr. Bush had [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/capitol-report-you-do-the-math/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/legislatively-speaking-child-abuse-prevention/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/legislatively-speaking-child-abuse-prevention/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:56:11 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12081 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Since becoming a mother twelve years ago, I have found a new and unexpected concern for the safety of my child and thousands of children like him. This is not to say that men or younger women cannot or do not worry about the safety of children. That said, the [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/legislatively-speaking-child-abuse-prevention/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/don-lemon-favors-reporters-using-the-n-word/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/don-lemon-favors-reporters-using-the-n-word/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:51:08 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12079 By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Between the drama surrounding the arrest of George Zimmerman for the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. and the White terrorists who killed two Blacks and injured five others in Tulsa, you may have missed the news about CNN Anchor Don Lemon, an African American, defending journalists [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/23/don-lemon-favors-reporters-using-the-n-word/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/blacks-zimmerman-would-have-been-arrested-if-trayvon-had-been-white/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/blacks-zimmerman-would-have-been-arrested-if-trayvon-had-been-white/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:53:40 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=12003 By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief African Americans are more than twice as likely as non-Blacks to believe that if 17-year-old Trayvon Martin had been White, his killer would have been arrested rather than set free, according to a new USAToday/Gallup Poll. Martin was killed by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, as he was [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/blacks-zimmerman-would-have-been-arrested-if-trayvon-had-been-white/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/capitol-report-why-are-two-thirds-of-the-country-against-the-universal-healthcare-law/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/capitol-report-why-are-two-thirds-of-the-country-against-the-universal-healthcare-law/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:48:58 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11999 By State Representative, Leon D. Young Thirty-two of the thirtythree developed nations have some form of universal health care, with the United States being the lone exception. All that changed last year on March 23, 2011, when President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law or so we thought. [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/capitol-report-why-are-two-thirds-of-the-country-against-the-universal-healthcare-law/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/legislatively-speaking-stop-the-assault-on-voter-rights/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/legislatively-speaking-stop-the-assault-on-voter-rights/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:43:55 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11997 From Selma to Madison By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Nearly half a century ago on “Bloody Sunday,” police officers and militia with billy clubs, tear gas, boots, fists, and attack dogs brutally assaulted non-violent marchers who were demanding the right to vote. In Selma, Alabama, our grandmothers in “Prayer Clothes” did not stop protesting when [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/legislatively-speaking-stop-the-assault-on-voter-rights/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/a-new-open-letter-from-spencer-coggs/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/a-new-open-letter-from-spencer-coggs/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:38:52 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11995 We did it! We won. And I really mean “We”. With God’s guidance and your help, the City of Milwaukee elected me the first Black City Treasurer, and the first Black elected to a citywide executive office ever. It was indeed a milestone. I previously wrote an open letter to the community when the media [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/14/a-new-open-letter-from-spencer-coggs/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/trayvon-martins-cry-for-life/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/trayvon-martins-cry-for-life/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:17:27 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11942 By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The new forensic voice analysis of the desperate sound of the pleading cry for help captured on the 911 tape recording on that tragic night of the murder of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida back on February 26, 2012 is just the latest piece of evidence of [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/trayvon-martins-cry-for-life/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/legislateively-speaking-april-is-sexual-assault-awareness-month-saam/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/legislateively-speaking-april-is-sexual-assault-awareness-month-saam/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:12:16 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11939 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor April is national Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and I would like take this opportunity to speak with my constituents and all my readers about the national problem of sexual violence. I understand this will be a sensitive topic hitting close to home for some members of my audience, and [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/legislateively-speaking-april-is-sexual-assault-awareness-month-saam/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/capitol-report-shocking-revelations/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/capitol-report-shocking-revelations/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:08:08 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11937 By State Representative, Leon D. Young There were a number of shocking revelations in the Trayvon Martin case last week, and none seem to bolster George Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. Moreover, these new developments now cast a serious cloud of complicity over the state attorney’s office and the Sanford Police Department. The first revelation that [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/04/07/capitol-report-shocking-revelations/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/the-railroading-of-johnny-thomas/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/the-railroading-of-johnny-thomas/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:14:11 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11864 “You been took. You been hoodwinked. Bamboozled. Led astray. Run amuck.” Malcolm X Submitted by Curtiss Harris Somewhere somebody is either laughing or crying at how far Black America has come and how far we have to go. Our plight is not just measured by how many raging rivers of oppression we must cross but [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/the-railroading-of-johnny-thomas/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/capitol-report-emmett-till-and-trayvon-martin/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/capitol-report-emmett-till-and-trayvon-martin/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:06:59 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11861 By State Representative, Leon D. Young In 1955, the nation became transfixed with the brutal murder of Emmett Till. Till was a Black fourteen-year-old from Chicago, Illinois. The youth had been sent to Money, Mississippi by his mother, Manie Till, to spend the summer with his uncle and some other relatives. One day during a [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/capitol-report-emmett-till-and-trayvon-martin/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/legislatively-speaking-redistricting-plan-halted/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/legislatively-speaking-redistricting-plan-halted/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:02:10 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11859 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Every ten years, legislative and congressional district boundaries are redrawn to account for population shifts reflected in the U.S. Census. Although those redrawn lines can give one party tremendous advantage over the other, the process has become a widely accepted and, in most cases, honorable undertaking. In our great state [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/legislatively-speaking-redistricting-plan-halted/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/justice-for-trayvon-martin-and-all-children/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/justice-for-trayvon-martin-and-all-children/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:54:26 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11857 By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. years ago once said, “Peace is not the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.” How true whether it is in a remote village today in Kandahar, Afghanistan where the senseless murder-massacre of nine innocent children under the age of [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/31/justice-for-trayvon-martin-and-all-children/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/occupy-consciousness-the-american-spring-arrives/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/occupy-consciousness-the-american-spring-arrives/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:43:12 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11778 By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist We take due notice of the six-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The National Urban League just presented Occupy the Vote at Howard University in Washington, DC on the occasion of the release of the League’s 2012 Annual State of Black America Report. The Occupy [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/occupy-consciousness-the-american-spring-arrives/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/capitol-report-beware-of-trojan-horses/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/capitol-report-beware-of-trojan-horses/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:38:59 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11775 By State Representative, Leon D. Young With much ballyhoo and hoopla, Scott Walker recently signed legislation that expands access to a longterm assistance program known as Family Care. The bill in effect lifts the enrollment cap on the long-term care program for the elderly and disabled. On its face, this is a good thing and [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/capitol-report-beware-of-trojan-horses/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/trayvon-martins-death-takes-toll-on-family/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/trayvon-martins-death-takes-toll-on-family/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:36:06 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11773 By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Sybrina Fulton knows what she will be doing tomorrow. It is the same thing she did yesterday. And the same thing she will do today. “I cry every day,” she said Sunday on TV One’s Washington Watch with Roland Martin. “I just don’t understand. My son’s gone and this [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/trayvon-martins-death-takes-toll-on-family/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/legislatively-speaking-hyper-partisanship/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/legislatively-speaking-hyper-partisanship/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:31:08 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11771 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor The legislative session is over and we haven’t step out of the economic depression, and thousands of people are still waiting for better job opportunities. It is so sad that Republican and Democrat did not work together to create more jobs in the state. More job legislations need to be [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/24/legislatively-speaking-hyper-partisanship/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/the-vanishing-black-middle-class/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/the-vanishing-black-middle-class/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:21:45 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11696 By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A chapter in the National Urban League’s 2012 State of Black America report reached a sobering conclusion about the Black middle class. “Our analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will clearly establish that whether one looks at education, income or [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/the-vanishing-black-middle-class/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/capitol-report-do-as-i-say/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/capitol-report-do-as-i-say/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:14:19 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11693 By State Representative, Leon D. Young As Mitt Romney scrounges around looking for anything to use as fodder for his negative political attacks, Mr. One Percent recently decided to weigh in on the presidential election in Russia. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had just won an election to another six-year term, but independent observers have suggested [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/capitol-report-do-as-i-say/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/legislatively-speaking-war-on-women-brought-home-to-wisconsin/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/legislatively-speaking-war-on-women-brought-home-to-wisconsin/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:10:42 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11691 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Surprising no one, a Republican State Senator has brought the War on Women home to Wisconsin. Senator Glen Grothman (R-West Bend) has presented Senate Bill 507 before the legislature. This bill is designed “emphasize non-marital parenthood as a contributing factor in child abuse and neglect.” In short, Senator Grothman would [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/legislatively-speaking-war-on-women-brought-home-to-wisconsin/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/circle-of-clowns-playing-with-fire/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/circle-of-clowns-playing-with-fire/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:04:15 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11688 By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It is difficult to watch the spectacle of the Republican primaries and not agree with whoever it was that originated the description of those candidacies as nothing more or less than a ‘circle of clowns.’ At each moment one or the other candidate seems to go deeper into the [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/17/circle-of-clowns-playing-with-fire/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/09/a-national-project-filled-with-black-pride/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/09/a-national-project-filled-with-black-pride/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:43:09 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11622 By Harry C. Alford It is official! The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall will be about Blacks, designed by Blacks and the construction managed by Blacks. This $500 million project will be totally unlike the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monument which was manipulated and profited by [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/09/a-national-project-filled-with-black-pride/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/09/capitol-report-you-dont-say/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/09/capitol-report-you-dont-say/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:38:12 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11619 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, [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/09/capitol-report-you-dont-say/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/09/legislatively-speaking-2/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/09/legislatively-speaking-2/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:32:11 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11616 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor As they dig ore from open pits in Northern Wisconsin, and process these rocks into marketable minerals, the chemical process releases toxins into the atmosphere. The workers at these mines and the rural residents surrounding these mines will breathe the same types of toxic contaminants that urban Blacks breathe from [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/09/legislatively-speaking-2/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/exemplify-a-heart-to-help/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/exemplify-a-heart-to-help/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:38:14 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11562 By Lorraine Lathen, M.A. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Black History Month is ending, but celebrations should not. Let us continue the fight for a better future. When looking for commonalities among our [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/exemplify-a-heart-to-help/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/capitol-report-behold-another-pale-horse/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/capitol-report-behold-another-pale-horse/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:34:06 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11560 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/capitol-report-behold-another-pale-horse/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/letter-to-the-editor-on-tobacco-prevention/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/letter-to-the-editor-on-tobacco-prevention/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:06:04 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11558 Dear Editor, For those who might have missed it, the American Lung Association just released its “State of Tobacco Control ” report – and Wisconsin grades are once again a mixed bag. First, the good news. Wisconsin received an “A” for our smoke-free air law and a “B” for our cigarette tax rate, currently the [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/letter-to-the-editor-on-tobacco-prevention/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/letter-to-the-editor-roll-your-own-ryo-tobacco-ruling/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/letter-to-the-editor-roll-your-own-ryo-tobacco-ruling/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:53:58 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11555 Dear Editor, For many years, the Wisconsin Hispanic/Latino Tobacco Prevention Network (WHTPN) has been working hard to reduce smoking rates in the Milwaukee area and across the state. As a network of Hispanics we think the injunction blocking the crackdown on rollyour- own cigarette machines is unfair to our community. We’ve worked so hard to [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/03/03/letter-to-the-editor-roll-your-own-ryo-tobacco-ruling/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/black-american-church-amazing-grace/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/black-american-church-amazing-grace/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:47:53 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11487 By Dr. Benjamin Chavis NNPA Columnist America is blessed by the presence of the effective and diverse ministries of the Black church. On February 18, 2012, millions of Americans, as well as millions of others throughout the world, were transfixed and glued to their television sets and laptops as they watched the dramatic yet graceful, [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/black-american-church-amazing-grace/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/capitol-report-back-to-the-dark-ages/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/capitol-report-back-to-the-dark-ages/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:42:49 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11485 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/capitol-report-back-to-the-dark-ages/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/legislatively-speaking-black-history-a-fight-for-justice-for-everyone/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/legislatively-speaking-black-history-a-fight-for-justice-for-everyone/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:39:29 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11481 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Every February, as we travel to the shopping mall or take a stroll through our neighborhoods, we see people of all types of backgrounds, religions, races, and ethnicities, free to celebrate our individual cultures and to form bonds with people of different ones. But such rosy images have not always [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/legislatively-speaking-black-history-a-fight-for-justice-for-everyone/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/spying-on-sharpton-and-other-black-leaders/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/spying-on-sharpton-and-other-black-leaders/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:33:29 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11479 By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A recent report that New York City Police Department may have spied on Al Sharpton as he prepared to protest the acquittal of three police officers in the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell brings back memories of a carefullyorchestrated national effort to discredit civil rights leaders, including Dr. [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/25/spying-on-sharpton-and-other-black-leaders/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/18/beloved-whitney-houston/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/18/beloved-whitney-houston/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:22:31 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11413 By Dr. Benjamin Chavis NNPA Columnist The entire world community will continue to be positively impacted by the unprecedented, creative and spirit-edifying eloquent contributions from the gifted-voice and artistic genius of Whitney Houston. While we affectionately mourn her passing with the greatest of sorrow and condolence, we should take this moment forthrightly to affirm the [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/18/beloved-whitney-houston/feed/ 0