Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young They come and for whatever reason they go. This has been the ongoing spectacle at the White House. Donald Trump’s White House is a more … [Read more...]
The Student Loan Debt Crisis is a Civil Rights Issue
By Wade Henderson (Founding Board Member, Center for Responsible Lending) From attacks on voting rights to police killings of unarmed civilians and growing inequities in earnings and wealth, … [Read more...]
Gun Safety Is about Freedom
By Derrick Johnson (President and CEO, NAACP) Fear at school was something the Little Rock Nine knew all too well. Facing vitriol, racism, and merciless violence, the Little Rock Nine were … [Read more...]
Home-Grown Reactionaries, Not Russians, are Greatest Threat to Our Elections
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. This past weekend, we once again gathered in Selma, Ala., to commemorate “Bloody Sunday,” the March 7, 1965, march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge that was savagely put … [Read more...]
President Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Hurts Blacks
By Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.) (Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus) If you want to know how a president feels about your community, then all you need to do is look at his or her … [Read more...]
Do You Hear What the Children Are Saying?
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor School Students Want Safe Schools We have watched, in horror, as yet another mass shooting occurred in an American grade school. Without … [Read more...]
Exposing the Gun Culture’s False Narrative
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Let me begin by asking what I consider to be the most important question in the current gun debate: Why does any law-abiding civilian need … [Read more...]
This Is Why I Hate Black Republicans
Ian Walters and Matt Schlapp Should Be Fired Over Steele Comments at CPAC By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I stopped attending the Conservative Political Action Conference … [Read more...]
Janus Case is Part of Continuing Attack on Workers
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Janus v. AFSCME; a ruling is expected in a few months. The case is the culmination of a concerted … [Read more...]
Statement Regarding Childhood Lead Poisoning Program Internal Investigation
By Bevan K. Baker, FACHE Over the last several weeks, there have been numerous media reports regarding concerns within the City of Milwaukee Health Department’s (MHD) Childhood Lead Poisoning … [Read more...]
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