By Senator, Lena C. Taylor New numbers released show that Wisconsin lost 4500 jobs in March, even while the rest of the nation slowly overcomes the worst of the Great Recession. I have to ask … [Read more...]
Recalling Walker, Barrett is the one to get the job done
Residents of the Milwaukee community have felt the effects of Scott Walker’s war on Wisconsin. As mayor, Tom Barrett also knows first-hand the devastating effects of Scott Walker’s ideological war and … [Read more...]
All-Black revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire”on Broadway
Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The landscape of any Tennessee Williams play is the human heart, and I have a cast of people with heart.” -Emily Mann, director of the new Broadway revival of … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – You do the math
By State Representative, Leon D. Young On the very day that Mitt Romney thought that he had finally turned the corner in vanquishing his last serious threat, Rick Santorum, in the primary, the … [Read more...]
Legislatively Speaking – Child abuse prevention
By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Since becoming a mother twelve years ago, I have found a new and unexpected concern for the safety of my child and thousands of children like him. This is not to say … [Read more...]
Don Lemon favors reporters using the n-word
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Between the drama surrounding the arrest of George Zimmerman for the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. and the White terrorists who … [Read more...]
Blacks: Zimmerman would have been arrested if Trayvon had been White
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief African Americans are more than twice as likely as non-Blacks to believe that if 17-year-old Trayvon Martin had been White, his killer would have been … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – Why are two-thirds of the country against the Universal Healthcare Law?
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Thirty-two of the thirtythree developed nations have some form of universal health care, with the United States being the lone exception. All that changed … [Read more...]
Legislatively Speaking – Stop the assault on voter rights!
From Selma to Madison By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Nearly half a century ago on “Bloody Sunday,” police officers and militia with billy clubs, tear gas, boots, fists, and attack dogs brutally … [Read more...]
A “New” open letter from Spencer Coggs
We did it! We won. And I really mean “We”. With God’s guidance and your help, the City of Milwaukee elected me the first Black City Treasurer, and the first Black elected to a citywide executive … [Read more...]
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