Beaver Dam, WI April 22, 2017: U.S. citizens may think President Donald Trump is trying to find and deport some 11 million “illegal” immigrants who are not only trespassing on American soil, but … [Read more...]
60 years After Being Deemed Unconstitutional, Jim Crow Continues to Plague America
By Srijan Sen Five decades since Brown v. Board of Education desegregated American public schools across the country, African-Americans now face a lifelong struggle against the criminal justice … [Read more...]
Black Men Show Little Signs of Progress in 40 Years
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black men are no better off than they were more than 40 years ago, due to mass incarceration and job losses suffered during … [Read more...]
Incarceration Rate for African American Men: Impacting Families and the Community
In Milwaukee County, more than half of African American men in their 30’s are in or have been in state prison. And that is creating a tremendous impact on the men, their families, their neighborhoods … [Read more...]
SDC hosts Nonprofit Center Workshop on Milwaukee’s African American male incarceration rate
A new report “Wisconsin’s Mass Incarceration of African American Males: Workforce, Community & Nonprofit Challenges” by John Pawasarat and Dr. Lois Quinn of UWM will be the focus of a workshop … [Read more...]
Education over incarceration
By Jasmin K. Williams Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Education over incarceration is the message of a report released by the NAACP. The nation’s oldest civil rights … [Read more...]