By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. African-American unemployment has reached its lowest levels ever. President Donald Trump boasts about this on the stump, naturally claiming credit for a recovery that … [Read more...]
The Farm Bill That Severely Impacts Urban Communities
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Washington Republicans H.R. 2 Makes Access to Food Even Worse Food should not be a bargaining chip, a carrot that we dangle to rev up our … [Read more...]
What’s Wrong with UW-Madison?
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young I came across what I consider to be a disturbing article recently. It’s now being reported that the University of Wisconsin Madison will … [Read more...]
The Big Payback: Let’s “Take Over the Polls”
NNPA Focuses on Registering 5 Million New, Black Voters Before Midterm Elections By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor) If there ever was a time that Black people needed to fully … [Read more...]
Our Voice 2018: A Sonnet for My Brother
This poem was first published in Our Voice. Our Voice is the Howard County, Maryland Middle School literary magazine published annually as a showcase of student writing and photography. The first … [Read more...]
Smart Investments in SNAP, Smart for the Black Community
By Harry Alford (President and CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce) and Rep. Mike Conaway (TX-11, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee) From 2012 to 2015 African American-owned … [Read more...]
Face the Truth About Lynchings to Move Our Country Forward
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. If we don’t know the whereas, the therefore doesn’t make sense. Witness the ovens in Auschwitz and Treblinka, and then you can understand the creation of … [Read more...]
Industrial Hemp
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor A Rural and Urban Crop Last fall, Governor Walker signed SB 119 into law after it passed unanimously in the assembly and senate. The bill … [Read more...]
Noteworthy Case of Police Restraint
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young It goes without saying that no country or place seems immune from random incidents of violence. The senseless rampage in Toronto last week … [Read more...]
Ungrateful, Non-Voting Negroes Ignore Bloody War for Black Voting Rights
Black Non-Voters Spit in the Face of an Entire Generation of Heroes By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor) “I’m just one vote.” “My vote won’t matter.” “Them White folks gone do … [Read more...]
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