Friend, For the past 6 years, Chris Abele has balanced Milwaukee County's budget, reduced debt, and protected vital services - without raising property taxes. Chris' budget proposal this year … [Read more...]
Puff, Puff, Give: Marijuana and Hemp
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Different Purpose, Cultivation and Application Many will remember actor Chris Tucker’s character “Smokey” in the iconic pop-culture movie … [Read more...]
Bump Stock Ban: Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young In the aftermath of the horrific slaughter and senseless maiming of innocent concertgoers in Las Vegas, politicians on both sides of the … [Read more...]
How to Put Puerto Rico Back on its Feet
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. What obligations do we owe one to another as Americans? What does patriotism and citizenship mean in practice? Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico has posed … [Read more...]
Donald Trump is America’s Hypocrisy
Rahim Islam is a National Speaker and Writer, Convener of Philadelphia Community of Leaders, and President/CEO of Universal Companies, a community development and education management company … [Read more...]
Black America’s Dreams of Homeownership Still Deferred
By Charlene Crowell (Deputy Communications Director, Center for Responsible Lending) The late Langston Hughes created a masterful body of poetry in the 20th Century that spoke about and to … [Read more...]
Arms Too Short To Box With God
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor But We Can Do Something about the Things We Can Control: Guns James Weldon Johnson is most well-known for writing the lyrics to the Black … [Read more...]
#Throw Out the Maps
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young In case you didn’t know, Congress has traditionally fixed the opening day of the Supreme Court. The October 2017 Term marks the 100th … [Read more...]
We Americans Must Face our Addiction to Guns
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Fifty-eight dead and counting; 500 sent to hospitals. The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history took place Sunday in Las Vegas, as a lone gunman firing … [Read more...]
The American Flag Is Soaked in Black Blood
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I am not sure why the national anthem and the so-called American flag are part of our nation’s sports pageantry. Before 2009, while the national … [Read more...]
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