Proposed Legislation Will Have Drastic and Debilitating Impact on Communities of Color Several state legislatures have recently proposed laws which are being directed towards what may only be … [Read more...]
COMMENTARY: Michael Bloomberg, King of Stop and Frisk, Tries to Make Everyone Forget
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor In 2010 in New York City, 601,285 people were stopped-and-frisked by the New York City Police and 315,083 of them were Black. In 2011, … [Read more...]
“This Right Here”
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Zimmerman’s Twisted Dance With Justice You may not know the name of them, but if you use social media, you have definitely seen a “GIF”. In … [Read more...]
Why Being “Woke” Without Doing the Work Is Detrimental
By LaKeshia Myers I am admittedly an “old millennial”. My contemporaries and I are part of a hybrid generation that lived before the advent of readily accessible technology, but we are also the … [Read more...]
Thanks and Mourning: Can You Do Both?
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor It’s amazing what we didn’t learn in school, how history can be revised, and how omissions can change the way we remember a story. I recall … [Read more...]
Just Be Thankful for What You Got
By LaKeshia Myers Thanksgiving for many is the official kick-off to the winter holiday season. The holiday season for my family stretches from November until February; we celebrate … [Read more...]
Suffragist Coralie Franklin Cook: First Descendant of Monticello Slave to Graduate College
By Stacy M. Brown Special to The Washington Informer This is part of an ongoing Washington Informer series about the Women’s Suffrage Movement and an initiative that includes Informer Publisher … [Read more...]
Brett Blomme Better Judge Equals Better Justice
By: Brett Blomme, JD My name is Brett Blomme. I am a candidate for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 5 in the spring, 2020 election. I have over 15 years of experience in litigation, … [Read more...]
Gun Sanctuary Counties Are a Misnomer
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor By now, many of you have heard that Wisconsin’s Florence County has passed a resolution declaring the county as a Second Amendment sanctuary, … [Read more...]
For Wisconsin, Education is the Key to the Future
By LaKeshia Myers This week has been a very good week for education in Wisconsin. Gov. Tony Evers signed three pertinent pieces of legislation that are sure to pave the way for our state’s … [Read more...]
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