By Senator, Lena C. Taylor In the spirit of the back-to-school season, August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Those of you with school-aged children will know that preteens must … [Read more...]
Paul Ryan: The most conservative congressman picked for VP in 100 Years
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist After studying the records of vice presidential candidates for more than a century, Nate Silver wrote in Saturday’s New York Times that Paul Ryan, the person … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Making the case for multiculturalism
By State Representative, Leon D. Young If you are at all like me, you have been transfixed by both the pageantry and spectacle of the Olympics these past two weeks – or as the British would say … [Read more...]
Need I say it again…
By Cloves C. Campbell Chairman of the NNPA Last week I penned an article titled “Show Me the Money.” The article questioned whether or not the Black Vote was being taken for granted by the … [Read more...]
Legislatively Speaking – Teachers go back to work
By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Before you knew it, summer flew by. Now the beginning of Milwaukee Public School’s academic year is fast approaching. At a few MPS institutions, including Rufus King … [Read more...]
Show me the money
The Black Vote AGAIN taken for granted By Cloves Campbell, Chairman of The NNPA There are less than 100 days until voters throughout the country cast their votes for the next President of the … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – The more things change…
By State Representative, Leon D. Young It has been more 44 years since an assassin’s bullet gunned down The American Dreamer, Dr. Martin Luther king, Jr., in Memphis. Much has changes in the … [Read more...]
Legislatively Speaking – Voting Rights matter
By Senator, Lena C. Taylor In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. It was one of the most important pieces of legislation in history. It was designed to ensure that … [Read more...]
Where’s the outrage over kids dying in Chicago?
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist From July 20-July 24, I refused to watch TV or listen to the radio. The 20th was the day the media frenzy began in the aftermath of the shootings in Aurora, … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Where are the jobs?
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Just recently, I had the occasion of watching a riveting HBO documentary entitled “Hard Times: Lost on Long Island.” This documentary takes a hard look at … [Read more...]
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