By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The first federal minimum wage of 25 cents an hour was established in 1938. Since then, it has been raised 22 times. It’s time to increase the floor for … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – How will Walker roll the dice?
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Scott walker is once again fudging on an executive decision that could have a significant impact on the state’s fragile economy. For weeks, Walker has … [Read more...]
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Legislatively Speaking – Raced-based mascots – Institutionalizing racism
By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Last week, Republicans in the state Senate passed a measure helping schools keep their Native American team names and mascots. This bill was passed despite … [Read more...]
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Open letter to the community from CYD
First, I would like to thank The Milwaukee Courier for allowing me on behalf of the Board of Directors and the dedicated, hard-working staff of Career Youth Development, Inc. (CYD) to publicly address … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Opposite sides of the same old coin
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Last weekend, I finally had an opportunity to see a movie that I have been waiting to see with great anticipation. The movie to which I refer is ‘12 … [Read more...]
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Legislatively Speaking – The International Violence Against Women Act
In early October, I participated in a peace conference alongside nearly two hundred leaders and legislators from around the nation and world, through a partnership of Women’s Action for New Directions … [Read more...]
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Do check cashers and payday lenders put banks to shame?
By Jim Gallagher, Courtesy of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch jgallagher@post-dispatch.com Payday loan companies often give this response to complaints from consumer groups; “We’re cheaper than the … [Read more...]
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Pawns in the public transit chess game
In the game of chess, the pawn is the piece of lowest value. And while there are more pawns in the game than any other game piece, in most circumstances it also is the weakest. This is how many … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Edward Snowden: Traitor or Patriot?
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Let’s not be naïve. Surveillance by the U.S. government against its own people is nothing new. Under J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI was notorious for … [Read more...]
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Legislatively Speaking – Higher ed, lower debt
By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Currently, the U.S. Federal Reserve System estimates that there are 753,000 Wisconsin residents with student loan debt. Student loan debt is the largest consumer … [Read more...]
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