By Senator, Lena C. Taylor On this Sunday at sundown, the last day of the holy Jewish holiday of Hanukkah ends. Hannukah commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem in the 2nd … [Read more...]
Governor’s continued attempts to disenfranchise voters warrant arrest
By Alderman Ashanti Hamilton If a man was to threaten someone else with bodily harm or death in this country, that man would be arrested, charged with any number of crimes and likely jailed. … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Thank you, Jason Whitlock
By State Representative, Leon D. Young “Handguns do not enhance our safety, they exacerbate our flaws, tempt us to escalate arguments and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than … [Read more...]
Gift of fresh air
Letter to the editor I’ve been a smoker for about 34 years, and eight weeks ago I realized that I really didn’t enjoy it anymore. On October 5th I smoked my last cigarette at 7:00 pm. I decided I did … [Read more...]
Legislatively Speaking – How Wisconsin can be number one
By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Wisconsin can be number one in business. We simply need to take advantage of our most valuable resource: our people. We need an educated workforce to take advantage … [Read more...]
Obama stands by Susan Rice
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist All U.S. United Nations ambassadors sit in a perpetual hot seat. That comes with the assignment and to be periodically involved in public … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Looking for a political fight
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that Scott Walker and his Republican cohorts should have learned a valuable lesson from their blatant attempts … [Read more...]
Lincoln, Obama, and Voting Rights
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Within days of President Obama’s re-election, the U.S. Supreme took a case seeking to end certain voting rights protections for Blacks; an enraged minority began … [Read more...]
Legislatively Speaking – Voters lose without competition
As we move on from November elections, we can begin to look at the results and what they mean for the future of our state. While some suggested Wisconsin would be a battleground state in 2012 … [Read more...]
Giving thanks for the hard times
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Thanksgiving is a season when many Americans gather with our families over full dinner tables to count our blessings. Seventeen-year-old Eva Maria … [Read more...]
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