http://milwaukeecourieronline.com "THE NEWSPAPER YOU CAN TRUST SINCE 1964" Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:17:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/constitutional-amendment-to-stop-the-lynching-of-democracy/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/constitutional-amendment-to-stop-the-lynching-of-democracy/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:59 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11246 By Dr. Benjamin Chavis NNPA Columnist The growing Occupy the Dream movement for economic equality and empowerment emerging across the United States has correctly determined that one of its top priorities is to support fervently the passage of a Constitutional Amendment to make all federal elections publicly financed. Getting corporate money out of politics will [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/constitutional-amendment-to-stop-the-lynching-of-democracy/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/capitol-report-the-super-bowl-in-the-context-of-right-to-work-legislation/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/capitol-report-the-super-bowl-in-the-context-of-right-to-work-legislation/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:26:18 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11243 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/capitol-report-the-super-bowl-in-the-context-of-right-to-work-legislation/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/legislatively-speaking-a-people-without-the-knowledge-of-their-past-history-origin-and-culture-is-a-like-tree-without-roots/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/legislatively-speaking-a-people-without-the-knowledge-of-their-past-history-origin-and-culture-is-a-like-tree-without-roots/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:20:20 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11239 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor February is the time of year when we, as African Americans, honor the contributions we have made to the development of the United States and the world. It is a time for all those who identify as Black, be they African American, Haitian, or Ethiopian, reflect and celebrate our African [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/legislatively-speaking-a-people-without-the-knowledge-of-their-past-history-origin-and-culture-is-a-like-tree-without-roots/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/rep-coggs-responds-to-state-of-state-address/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/rep-coggs-responds-to-state-of-state-address/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:38 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11236 By State Rep. Elizabeth Coggs The State of the State Address was not an address it was a mess. As I sat there in amazement and listened to the Governor Walker’s State of the State address… I wonder what state he was talking about. The trails and tribulations of what the people of this great [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/02/03/rep-coggs-responds-to-state-of-state-address/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/joblessness-devastating-the-black-community/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/joblessness-devastating-the-black-community/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:07:59 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11186 By Ralph Hollmon President & CEO Milwaukee Urban League Even in better economic times, unemployment in the Black community has been higher than the national average. However, with the recent economic downturn and loss of jobs, the unemployment rate in the Black community is at an alarmingly unacceptable high rate. The U.S. Bureau of Labor [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/joblessness-devastating-the-black-community/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/the-naacp-milwaukee-branch-in-response-to-the-report-by-dr-marc-levine-and-call-to-action/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/the-naacp-milwaukee-branch-in-response-to-the-report-by-dr-marc-levine-and-call-to-action/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:23:37 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11168 By James Hall, President NAACP Milwaukee Branch The data contained in the report released by Dr. Marc Levine lays bare the dismal reality that exists in the Milwaukee metropolitan area relative to employment of African-Americans, particularly African- American males. It is unacceptable. At this point, we do not need another commission or task force. As [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/the-naacp-milwaukee-branch-in-response-to-the-report-by-dr-marc-levine-and-call-to-action/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/new-employment-numbers-extremely-disheartening/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/new-employment-numbers-extremely-disheartening/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:19:57 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11166 By Common Council President Willie L. Hines, Jr. This week’s top-of-thepage headline in the Journal Sentinel notes the sad reality of African American male employment in Milwaukee, as a new study by UW-Milwaukee researchers shows that the already very poor employment situation for African American males in Milwaukee is actually getting worse. It is extremely [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/new-employment-numbers-extremely-disheartening/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/capitol-report-footsteps-getting-louder/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/capitol-report-footsteps-getting-louder/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:14:12 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11164 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/capitol-report-footsteps-getting-louder/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/legislatively-speaking-state-of-denial/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/legislatively-speaking-state-of-denial/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:09:21 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11161 Speech ignores facts, John Doe; Wisconsin needs new path By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Wisconsin is at a critical juncture in its history. In one short year, the Governor and Legislative Republicans have launched an attack on Wisconsin’s values and priorities in a fashion reminiscent of the turn of the 20th century. Progressive values are [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/legislatively-speaking-state-of-denial/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/red-tails-shoots-down-stereotypes/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/red-tails-shoots-down-stereotypes/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:01:44 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11158 By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We hope what youngsters get out of the story is that under some dire circumstances we prevailed. We performed successfully and we opened doors that they don’t have to fight to.” Col. Charles McGee, “Red Tails” technical consultant and surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen Last week, I attended [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/28/red-tails-shoots-down-stereotypes/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/an-apology-to-dr-king/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/an-apology-to-dr-king/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:39:57 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11091 By Earl G. Graves, Sr. Founder & Publisher, Black Enterprise Magazine Our Fight for Freedom and Justice is not over. Now, it is up to our children and grandchildren to ensure that King’s dream is deferred no longer. Today, more than four decades after his death, the legacy and contributions of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/an-apology-to-dr-king/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/capitol-report-divide-and-conquer/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/capitol-report-divide-and-conquer/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:31:51 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11087 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 [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/capitol-report-divide-and-conquer/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/what-would-mlk-do/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/what-would-mlk-do/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:27:20 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11084 By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Longevity has its place. In Martin Luther King’s last sermon, he envisioned a Promised Land. An America without racial segregation he would not live to see. Robert L. Carter, 94, known as the architect of school desegregation, passed away recently. Before Carter became a federal judge, he was a civil rights [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/what-would-mlk-do/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/legislatively-speaking-a-right-delayed-is-a-right-denied/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/legislatively-speaking-a-right-delayed-is-a-right-denied/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:21:22 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11081 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died fighting for workers’ rights and workplace democracy. Every year, we honor his sacrifice and remember that he encouraged us to embrace brotherhood, service and peace. At a time when workers are struggling to find employment and being stripped of their right to workplace democracy, [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/20/legislatively-speaking-a-right-delayed-is-a-right-denied/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/in-2012-wisconsin-needs-state-to-play-its-part-in-health-care-reform/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/in-2012-wisconsin-needs-state-to-play-its-part-in-health-care-reform/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:03:37 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11005 By Robert Kraig In an interview with a reporter at the Governor’s Mansion just before Christmas, Scott Walker announced an abrupt change in Wisconsin’s approach to national health care reform. The timing and manner of the revelation was designed to limit publicity for a policy shift that needlessly delays action on one of the most [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/in-2012-wisconsin-needs-state-to-play-its-part-in-health-care-reform/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/capitol-report-what-would-dr-king-do-and-say/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/capitol-report-what-would-dr-king-do-and-say/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:40:02 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11002 By State Representative, Leon D. Young Next week, the nation will once again pay homage to The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – the world renowned civil rights leader. It’s hard to imagine, but it has been 44 years since an assassin’s bullet tragically struck him down in Memphis ( Tennessee ), while advocating [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/capitol-report-what-would-dr-king-do-and-say/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/the-new-south-is-a-legacy-of-martin-luther-king/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/the-new-south-is-a-legacy-of-martin-luther-king/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:36:48 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=11000 By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. New Hampshire’s primary grabs headlines today, but if history is any guide, the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary will play a far greater role in determining the Republican winner. Of that state’s population, 28 percent are African American, and could be a major factor in the primary. But Republican [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/the-new-south-is-a-legacy-of-martin-luther-king/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/legislatively-speaking-january-is-cervical-cancer-awareness-month/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/legislatively-speaking-january-is-cervical-cancer-awareness-month/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:31:56 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=10998 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor The American Society estimates that, in the U.S. , more than 11,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer this year and over 4,000 women will die of the disease. It is the second leading cancer in women worldwide. Considering that cervical cancer is one of the most preventable types [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/14/legislatively-speaking-january-is-cervical-cancer-awareness-month/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/black-american-income-inequality/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/black-american-income-inequality/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:40:36 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=10913 By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist As we begin 2012, the issue of “income inequality” is a matter of high importance for millions of Black Americans and others who struggle to improve their overall quality of life. The fact is that the contradiction of economic injustice for decades has had a devastating impact [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/black-american-income-inequality/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/caitol-report-voter-suppression-the-real-voter-fraud/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/caitol-report-voter-suppression-the-real-voter-fraud/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:28:58 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=10908 By State Representative, Leon D. Young The New Year signals the start of new things and new beginnings. Some of these things will be welcome events, like finding a new job or the arrival of a new child. However, other forthcoming events will be far less desirable and much more devastating, like the advent of [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/caitol-report-voter-suppression-the-real-voter-fraud/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/legislatively-speaking-a-new-year-a-new-commitment/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/legislatively-speaking-a-new-year-a-new-commitment/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:25:11 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=10906 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Before we consider what lies ahead in the new year, I think it is important to reflect on where we have been and where we am presently. It has been 47 years since the historic Voting Rights Act (where we have been) and Wisconsin currently has the most restrictive Voter [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/legislatively-speaking-a-new-year-a-new-commitment/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/scott-walkers-chickens-come-home-to-roost/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/scott-walkers-chickens-come-home-to-roost/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:21:22 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=10904 By Rep. Gwen Moore Last week Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took to the airways to try to quell the rising tide against him. During recent interviews he called the recall process currently underway to unseat him “unusual.” The only thing “unusual” about the recall movement is Scott Walker’s inability to listen to the will of [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2012/01/05/scott-walkers-chickens-come-home-to-roost/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/occupy-the-dream/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/occupy-the-dream/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:42:14 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=10208 By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The issue of income inequality in the United States demands our attention and social action. In particular in the African American community, the economic inequities are so real and institutionalized; we are more and more aware of how the devastating impact of income inequality continues cause a [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/occupy-the-dream/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/capitol-report-yuletide-dishonesty/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/capitol-report-yuletide-dishonesty/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:42:03 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=9607 By State Representative, Leon D. Young Let me begin by wishing all of you a belated Merry Christmas. The Holiday Season is in full swing and everywhere you look you see signs of this joyous time of the year. I recently had the misfortune of seeing a Scott Walker TV commercial. Believe it or not, [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/capitol-report-yuletide-dishonesty/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/legislatively-speaking-redefining-the-hiv-aids-discussion/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/legislatively-speaking-redefining-the-hiv-aids-discussion/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:41:48 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=9105 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor In addition to the holiday season, December is also home to World AIDS Day (Dec. 1). Our fellow community members, especially women, living with HIV/AIDS need our help and awareness this season. The current number of women with HIV/AIDS is a serious concern that often goes unnoticed. Women make up [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/legislatively-speaking-redefining-the-hiv-aids-discussion/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/due-where-due-is-due/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/due-where-due-is-due/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:15:28 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8481 By Dr. Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I had an elderly relative who used to say, “We have to give due where due is due”. Of course she meant “credit where credit is due”, but she was so old and so engaging, that instead of ever correcting her, I often imitated her mangled remark. I thought [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/30/due-where-due-is-due/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/25/now-everyone-wants-to-address-bus-violence/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/25/now-everyone-wants-to-address-bus-violence/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:01:57 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8132 From the editor’s desk Back on July 2, 2011 the Courier ran a lead article that read, ‘Bus drivers are fed up with physical attacks’, and the photo used for the article was from a rally held by Milwaukee County Transit bus drivers with representatives from their unions. One of their complaints was the lack [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/25/now-everyone-wants-to-address-bus-violence/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/24/stand-up-for-voting-rights/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/24/stand-up-for-voting-rights/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:49:12 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8103 By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist At the heart of a democracy is the fundamental right to vote. Yet for Black Americans, especially, the right to vote is historically blood-soaked and sacred. We paid a heavy price to get the right to vote. But it is not just a legal right; it is [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/24/stand-up-for-voting-rights/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/24/capitol-report-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/24/capitol-report-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:31:41 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8100 By State Representative, Leon D. Young Everyday at 12 o’clock noon, the Solidarity Singers gather in the Capitol Rotunda, without fail, and regale denizens of the building with their shouts, chants and songs. This daily protest arises out the public’s distain for Scott Walker’s decision to severely limit the collective bargaining rights for most public [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/24/capitol-report-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/24/legislatively-speaking-the-holidays-bring-so-much-more/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/24/legislatively-speaking-the-holidays-bring-so-much-more/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:23:21 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8096 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Just because December has yet to bring Milwaukee a real Wisconsin blizzard, doesn’t mean the holiday season hasn’t taken 2011 by storm. As we begin to receive warm tidings from friends, solace from family and a decorated cookie or two, it’s important we stop and take a moment to reflect [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/24/legislatively-speaking-the-holidays-bring-so-much-more/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/23/letter-to-the-editor-my-wi-wins-experience/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/23/letter-to-the-editor-my-wi-wins-experience/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:44:04 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8093 I recently participated in the Wisconsin Wins Program to do my part to decrease illegal tobacco sells to minors. Another youth and I went into the store and attempted to buy tobacco products. If the sales clerk sold us a tobacco product, we reported the sell to the police officer assigned to our team. If [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/23/letter-to-the-editor-my-wi-wins-experience/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/23/letter-to-the-editor-wi-wins-works/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/23/letter-to-the-editor-wi-wins-works/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:19:13 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8089 I passionately participate in programs that improve the quality of life for our youth, as such, Wisconsin Wins is one of those programs. It is effectively reducing the sell of tobacco to minors with assistance from the Milwaukee Police Department, youth and adults. As a non-smoker, I never realized how many young people in the [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/23/letter-to-the-editor-wi-wins-works/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/17/a-healthcare-merger-that-makes-sense-for-milwaukee/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/17/a-healthcare-merger-that-makes-sense-for-milwaukee/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:15:24 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8043 By Earl Buford President/CEO at WRTP/BIG STEP Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership Heath care costs are among the most vexing challenges families across Wisconsin and in Milwaukee, where access to adequate health care is often a struggle for working families and the working poor. I know rising health care costs are among the most troubling challenges [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/17/a-healthcare-merger-that-makes-sense-for-milwaukee/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/17/legislatively-speaking-a-boondoggle-indeed/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/17/legislatively-speaking-a-boondoggle-indeed/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:05:54 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8039 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor A little over a year ago, Wisconsin won a competitive award for $810 million in transportation funding the federal government to improve our rail system. The grant did three things: (1) it allowed the state to extend the Milwaukee-Chicago Hiawatha line to Madison, (2) it funded the construction of temporary [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/17/legislatively-speaking-a-boondoggle-indeed/feed/ 1 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/17/capitol-report-grinches-stealing-christmas-in-the-beltway/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/17/capitol-report-grinches-stealing-christmas-in-the-beltway/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:00:39 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=8036 By State Representative, Leon D. Young We are all familiar with the storyline in the Christmas classic ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ by Dr. Seuss. The Grinch, a mean-spirited and conniving hermit, decides to steal Christmas from the Whos in Whoville because he gets enormous pleasure from making the lives others miserable. Does this sound [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/17/capitol-report-grinches-stealing-christmas-in-the-beltway/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/10/newt-gingrichs-war-on-poor-people/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/10/newt-gingrichs-war-on-poor-people/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:29:30 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7985 By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich launched a nuclear attack on the needy last week by using ugly stereotypes to argue that people are poor because they are lazy and the solution to widespread poverty is scrapping child labor laws and putting poor kids to work in menial jobs. He [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/10/newt-gingrichs-war-on-poor-people/feed/ 2 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/10/capitol-report-shame-on-you-scott-walker/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/10/capitol-report-shame-on-you-scott-walker/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:20:27 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7982 By State Representative, Leon D. Young The U.S. Census Bureau now estimates that more than four out of 10 schoolaged children in Milwaukee live in poverty. This new revelation about the recent poverty spike comes in tandem with the new information about the relative scope of the problem. It seems that poverty now has a [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/10/capitol-report-shame-on-you-scott-walker/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/10/legislatively-speaking-a-new-definition-of-family/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/10/legislatively-speaking-a-new-definition-of-family/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:13:58 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7980 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor As we all know by now, there will be big changes for BadgerCare and other state Medicaid programs in 2012. The GOP members of the Joint Finance Committee, who comprise the majority, granted the Department of Health Services permission to submit to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/10/legislatively-speaking-a-new-definition-of-family/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/01/to-prevent-lung-cancer-reduce-smoking/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/01/to-prevent-lung-cancer-reduce-smoking/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:52:28 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7916 By Kevin Reeder Giving thanks is what Thanksgiving is all about. A family, a home, transportation, a job, food and good health are some of the many reasons people give thanks. During tough times, many Wisconsinites find themselves giving thanks in spite of life’s adversity— especially health related adversity. We all want good health and [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/01/to-prevent-lung-cancer-reduce-smoking/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/01/capitol-report-who-wants-to-be-a-teacher/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/01/capitol-report-who-wants-to-be-a-teacher/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:48:12 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7913 By State Representative, Leon D. Young America now finds itself at an interesting crossroads. Over the next few years, it is estimated that this country will need one million new teachers, as more and more baby boomers begin to retire. (A baby boomer is a person who was born during the demographic Post-War II baby [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/01/capitol-report-who-wants-to-be-a-teacher/feed/ 2 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/01/legislatively-speaking-why-we-need-to-be-concerned-about-lung-cancer-in-milwaukee/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/01/legislatively-speaking-why-we-need-to-be-concerned-about-lung-cancer-in-milwaukee/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:45:07 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7911 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor My son has asthma. And when, I, like any other mother, occasionally hear him struggling to breathe, I grow concerned. These incidents usually occur during poor air quality days—pushing me to become increasingly aware of the importance and value in breathing clean air. As a legislator, I joined others in [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/12/01/legislatively-speaking-why-we-need-to-be-concerned-about-lung-cancer-in-milwaukee/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/25/the-citys-infant-mortality-ads-does-the-ends-always-justify-the-means/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/25/the-citys-infant-mortality-ads-does-the-ends-always-justify-the-means/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:43:23 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7872 By Patricia McManus, RN, PhD, CNPM It’s is not a secret that I have been very outspoken in my criticism of the media strategies employed by the City of Milwaukee to address infant mortality. However, their marketing campaign has reached the point of being ‘Over the top’ and blatantly disrespectful! The messages constructed are ineffective. [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/25/the-citys-infant-mortality-ads-does-the-ends-always-justify-the-means/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/25/capitol-report-thanksgiving-in-the-midst-of-a-great-recession/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/25/capitol-report-thanksgiving-in-the-midst-of-a-great-recession/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:30:57 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7869 By State Representative, Leon D. Young Thanksgiving is the most “American” of all the holiday traditions celebrated in this country. It’s a time when families and friends gather together to give collective thanks for the rich bounty that they have received. Thanksgiving 2011, however, will be a horse of a far different color. Economic analysts [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/25/capitol-report-thanksgiving-in-the-midst-of-a-great-recession/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/25/no-supercommittee-deal-is-the-best-deal/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/25/no-supercommittee-deal-is-the-best-deal/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:20:10 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7866 By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Although automatic cuts in defense spending and domestic programs are scheduled to go into effect as a result of the congressional supercommittee’s failure to reach a budget deal by Wednesday, those reductions are far better than what Republicans on the committee were proposing and Democrats were willing to accept. [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/25/no-supercommittee-deal-is-the-best-deal/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/12/as-obama-finally-acts-he-expresses-gop-strategy/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/12/as-obama-finally-acts-he-expresses-gop-strategy/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:07:20 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7729 By Rev. Jesse Jackson Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer “We can’t wait.” Finally, President Barack Obama has had enough of what he rightly calls an “increasingly dysfunctional Congress.” Over the past week, he has begun to use his own authority to issue executive orders to move reforms the country desperately needs. “Where [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/12/as-obama-finally-acts-he-expresses-gop-strategy/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/12/capitol-report-whatever-happened-to-the-notion-of-rehabilitation/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/12/capitol-report-whatever-happened-to-the-notion-of-rehabilitation/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:02:02 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7727 By State Representative, Leon D. Young There was a time, in a land long ago and far, far away, when an individual committed a crime he or she went to jail and did their time. Upon being released, it was believed that society’s debt had been repaid, and individual would then be permitted to go [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/12/capitol-report-whatever-happened-to-the-notion-of-rehabilitation/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/12/cain-isnt-able-to-keep-his-lies-straight/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/12/cain-isnt-able-to-keep-his-lies-straight/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:57:46 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7723 By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. – Genesis 4:8 In Biblical times, Cain slew Abel. Today, another Cain – Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain – can’t [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/12/cain-isnt-able-to-keep-his-lies-straight/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/03/black-land-loss-increasing/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/03/black-land-loss-increasing/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:16:59 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7669 By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist An old African proverb is “A people without their land will be a people without a future.” Way before the current housing mortgage crisis that disproportionately has negatively impacted Black Americans, there had been a 20-year steady pace of land loss in the majority of Black communities [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/03/black-land-loss-increasing/feed/ 0 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/03/capitol-report-the-slippery-slope-of-concealed-carry/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/03/capitol-report-the-slippery-slope-of-concealed-carry/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:12:42 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7667 By State Representative, Leon D. Young November 1, 2011 is a date that definitely will be remembered in the annals of Wisconsin state history. It signifies the date that concealed carry took effect in the Badger State. Proponents of this misguided measure have consistently made the argument that this legislation was necessary in order “to [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/03/capitol-report-the-slippery-slope-of-concealed-carry/feed/ 15 http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/03/legislatively-speaking-a-vital-but-undervalued-part-of-the-milwaukee-infrastructure/ http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/03/legislatively-speaking-a-vital-but-undervalued-part-of-the-milwaukee-infrastructure/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:08:40 +0000 admin http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/?p=7665 By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Last week, Milwaukee concluded its third and final discussion on the potential closure of five post offices in Milwaukee ’s central city. Among 41 possible shutdowns across the state, the United States Postal Service would reduce the number of Milwaukee ’s post offices from 26 to 21—depleting mail services in [...]]]> http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2011/11/03/legislatively-speaking-a-vital-but-undervalued-part-of-the-milwaukee-infrastructure/feed/ 0