A back-to-school editorial by State Superintendent Tony Evers The new school year is an exciting time. Students meet new teachers, reconnect with friends, and have an opportunity to learn the … [Read more...]
Alderman Davis speaks out on flood
As I have been patiently gathering information on the storm events that occurred on July 16th & 22nd, there is information that I’m compelled to release concerning the unfortunate personal loss of … [Read more...]
State Republican candidates show no respect on President Obama’s visit
Yes indeed it is campaign season, and yes, politics can get ugly, and that is just what some state Republican candidates did on Monday, when President Obama visited Milwaukee. Their campaign tactics … [Read more...]
How to improve justice in Milwaukee County
By Chris Moews If you haven’t heard, I am currently running for Milwaukee County Sheriff against David Clarke in the upcoming Democratic primary election. Should I have the honor to be your … [Read more...]
Let’s ‘Reclaim the Dream’ on Aug. 28th
by Rev. Al Sharpton (NNPA) - Forty-seven years ago, our nation was in the midst of uncertainty, trepidation, fear, frustration, anger and unrest. Forty-seven years ago, we were simultaneously … [Read more...]
Education as opportunity
By Marian Wright Edelman (NNPA) - African Americans have always seen education as a key to life and freedom. In his autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, … [Read more...]
Congresswoman Waters challenges investigation
“No benefit, no improper action, no failure to disclose, no one influenced: no case” “I have not violated any House rules. Therefore, I simply will not be forced to admit to something I did … [Read more...]
The un-abolishable N-Word
By Ezrah Aharone To pacify society, “Media Band-Aids” are constantly placed on open wounds of unhealed racism as the Shirley Sherrod incident demonstrated. Although the William Morris Agency … [Read more...]
Deal or no deal, voters must remove Rangel
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Embattled Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel sure knows how to come up with a zinger. Speaking to reporters during a recent tour of a Harlem hospital, Rangel said that it … [Read more...]
Race and Beyond: Obama should speak up
This column marks the first of a new weekly series on racial issues by Sam Fulwood III. Try as he might, President Barack Obama can’t elude the nation’s complicated racial passions. For plainly … [Read more...]
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