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...]
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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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Trayvon Martin’s cry for life
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The new forensic voice analysis of the desperate sound of the pleading cry for help captured on the 911 tape recording on that tragic night of … [Read more...]
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Legislatively Speaking – April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)
By Senator, Lena C. Taylor April is national Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and I would like take this opportunity to speak with my constituents and all my readers about the national … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Shocking Revelations!
By State Representative, Leon D. Young There were a number of shocking revelations in the Trayvon Martin case last week, and none seem to bolster George Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. … [Read more...]
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The railroading of Johnny Thomas
“You been took. You been hoodwinked. Bamboozled. Led astray. Run amuck.” Malcolm X Submitted by Curtiss Harris Somewhere somebody is either laughing or crying at how far Black America has come and … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin
By State Representative, Leon D. Young In 1955, the nation became transfixed with the brutal murder of Emmett Till. Till was a Black fourteen-year-old from Chicago, Illinois. The youth had … [Read more...]
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Legislatively Speaking – Redistricting plan halted
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...]
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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...]
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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...]
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