By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Every ten years, legislative and congressional district boundaries are redrawn to account for population shifts reflected in the U.S. Census. Although those redrawn … [Read more...]
Justice for Trayvon Martin and all children
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. years ago once said, “Peace is not the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.” How true whether it is in a … [Read more...]
Occupy Consciousness: The American Spring arrives
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist We take due notice of the six-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The National Urban League just presented Occupy the Vote at … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Beware of Trojan Horses!
By State Representative, Leon D. Young With much ballyhoo and hoopla, Scott Walker recently signed legislation that expands access to a longterm assistance program known as Family Care. The … [Read more...]
Trayvon Martin’s death takes toll on family
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Sybrina Fulton knows what she will be doing tomorrow. It is the same thing she did yesterday. And the same thing she will do today. “I cry every day,” she … [Read more...]
Legislatively Speaking – Hyper-partisanship
By Senator, Lena C. Taylor The legislative session is over and we haven’t step out of the economic depression, and thousands of people are still waiting for better job opportunities. It is so … [Read more...]
The vanishing Black middle class
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist A chapter in the National Urban League’s 2012 State of Black America report reached a sobering conclusion about the Black middle class. “Our analysis of … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Do as I say
By State Representative, Leon D. Young As Mitt Romney scrounges around looking for anything to use as fodder for his negative political attacks, Mr. One Percent recently decided to weigh in on … [Read more...]
Legislatively Speaking – War on women brought home to Wisconsin
By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Surprising no one, a Republican State Senator has brought the War on Women home to Wisconsin. Senator Glen Grothman (R-West Bend) has presented Senate Bill 507 … [Read more...]
Circle of clowns playing with fire
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It is difficult to watch the spectacle of the Republican primaries and not agree with whoever it was that originated the description of those candidacies as … [Read more...]
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