By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor The College Board, the organization that develops and administers the SAT test, has developed a new “adversity score” to augment the widely used … [Read more...]
Pro-Choice and Pro-Life
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In watching national coverage of Alabama legislators discussing the recent passage of a nearly complete ban on abortion, I was struck by the … [Read more...]
Pro-Life Propaganda Leaves Women No Choice
By LaKeshia Myers This week, women’s reproductive rights have been under attack. In the state of Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey signed a near total abortion ban into law. Under this law, all … [Read more...]
Graduations
"The President's Perspective" By Alderman Ashanti Hamilton Common Council President City of Milwaukee There’s a celebratory feeling in the air. The Milwaukee Bucks are playing in the Eastern … [Read more...]
65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education, We Risk Going Backward
By Jesse Jackson This week marks the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the unanimous Supreme Court decision that outlawed apartheid in America, declaring segregated schools … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Must Shift Youth Justice Policy to Promote Transformative Change
As Wisconsin looks to establish a new correctional system for youth, it is incumbent upon us to act with great urgency to respond to the immediate crisis at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools. We … [Read more...]
PRESS ROOM: Reproductive Justice Organizations Express Dismay Over Hyde Amendment Status
By NNPA On May 7, the House Appropriations Committee marked up its Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies spending bill for Fiscal Year 2020. This watershed spending … [Read more...]
For the Good of the Community, ATU Should Meet MCTS Halfway
The Milwaukee County Transit System and the union representing MCTS employees, ATU Local 998, have once again found themselves at odds over a new contract for employees. Health insurance costs are … [Read more...]
GOP, Not Russia, is Greater Threat to Free Elections
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. We all have heard about WikiLeaks and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has once more put that on the front pages. … [Read more...]
Medicaid Expansion is a Necessity for Wisconsin
By LaKeshia Myers The people of Wisconsin have spoken, they want our state’s residents to have adequate healthcare options. One way to do this is to expand Medicaid. As the centerpiece of … [Read more...]
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