By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) White folks calling the police on innocent Black people has been in the news a lot lately. You had a White student named Sarah Braasch at Yale … [Read more...]
Public Enemy Lyrics Ring All Too Familiar
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor If we call the 911, will anyone come? At the risk of dating myself, I remember all too well the lyrics from the Public Enemy’s 1990 hit … [Read more...]
Income Inequality: A Moral Disgrace
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young We all remember Bernie Sanders unsuccessful run for the White House in 2016. One of Bernie’s core campaign themes was the issue of wealth … [Read more...]
Trump’s Embarrassing Actions on North Korea Open a Door for Citizen Diplomacy
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. President Donald Trump torpedoed the summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in a letter he dictated that was virtually incoherent. The question now is … [Read more...]
Exciting New Trend: Black Women Changing the Tide of American Politics
Only 3 Black Women Currently Serve in a Statewide Office Nationwide By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Last week, the world witnessed something that had never been done before … [Read more...]
Rep. Young’s Retirement Statement from the State Assembly
By Representative Leon Young After nearly 26 years of service to the citizens of the City of Milwaukee and the 16th State Assembly District, I have made the extremely difficult decision to … [Read more...]
Sterling Brown, Isaiah, and So Many More
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor The Biased Policing of Black Men I have a son, Isaiah. He is graduating from high school in June and by all accounts it should be a happy … [Read more...]
Texas Governor’s Dosey Doe on Gun Violence
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young America has some serious soul-searching to do! In the wake of two more school shootings last week in Texas and Georgia, it remains to be … [Read more...]
Graduation is Just the First Hurdle
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Marvel’s “Black Panther,” Chadwick Boseman, graduated from Howard University with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (BFA) in 2000. On May 12, … [Read more...]
Want to Turn Your State Blue? Don’t Ignore Black Voters
Democrats Can’t Turn States Blue Without Black Voters By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor) This November, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 35 of the … [Read more...]
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