By Paula Penebaker and Darryl Sellers This year, Juneteenth and Father’s Day fall on June 19. Of course, being a Black father in 2022 differs from the experiences of Black dads in 1865. So, … [Read more...]
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Graduation Season: Hope Springs Eternal
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Spring has always brought a renewed sense of energy, purpose and hope. It’s like Mother Nature’s way of getting her earthly house in order. The … [Read more...]
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Please, Take Responsibly: Prescription Drug Safety
By LaKeshia N. Myers April 21, 2016, is a date that I will never forget, it was the day “His Royal Badness”, Prince, passed away. While I was sorrowful that one of my favorite music artists had … [Read more...]
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Working Wisconsinites Deserve the Breaks that Ron Johnson Gives Corporations
By Alex Lasry Like many other Wisconsinites, I’m tired of seeing self-serving Ron Johnson give breaks to the wealthy few or massive corporations while he ignores the needs of working … [Read more...]
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Beyond Juneteenth: Breaking the Chains to Access Capital and Achieve Real Freedom
By Vercie Lark, Region 7 Great Plains Administrator and Ted James, Region 6 South Central Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration Being black and walking away from a person who … [Read more...]
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Ron Johnson Won’t Protect Wisconsin From Gun Violence, But I Will
By Alex Lasry It’s been devastating to see the news of the shocking number of mass shootings taking place across the country. Almost every day we see more and more people dying because of … [Read more...]
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Let Us Finally Do Something
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Still reeling from the mass shootings of the past week, we have been inundated with even more stories of gun-related murders and injuries. … [Read more...]
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Up Above My Head There’s Music in the air
By LaKeshia N. Myers “Up above my head, I hear music n the air; up above my head, I hear music in the air; I really do believe there’s a heaven somewhere.” -Sister Rosetta Tharpe The month … [Read more...]
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Charge Buffalo Massacre Defendant Under Anti-Lynching Law
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall John Jay College of Criminal Justice George Floyd was a victim of lynching two years ago. The mass murder of African Americans in Buffalo, N.Y., was also a … [Read more...]
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Carmen Navarro Gercone: Our laws and Access to High-Powered Weapons Don’t Allow Us to Stop Tragedies Like Uvalde
By Carmen Navarro Gercone My husband and I currently have custody and are raising our grandsons, ages 6 and 8. My initial response to the atrocity in Uvalde, Texas, was as a law enforcement … [Read more...]