Milwaukee County Supervisor Johnny L. Thomas released the following statement regarding employee benefit costs in Milwaukee County: “It’s great to see that Board Chairman Lee Holloway is taking the … [Read more...]
Moderate senators call for action on education reform
Washington, D.C. – As committee work progresses on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a group of Senate moderate Democrats including Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl sent a statement … [Read more...]
Attacks on workers in Wisconsin are attacks on Black workers everywhere
Dr. L. Toni Lewis, SEIU Healthcare Chair In Wisconsin, nearly one in four African American workers is unemployed; Black unemployment (24 percent) is more than three times the rate of Whites (7 … [Read more...]
Embracing Black Economic History
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I was doing my thing a week or so ago, on another HBCU campus, supporting Brother President and the students who’d earned honors at the school. I was … [Read more...]
Continue sacrificing for the greater good
Walker’s statements at press conference were not limited to staffing the state prisons By Robert Kraig Executive director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin In the wake of Scott Walker’s remarks … [Read more...]
The Obama budget: Valentine Day Massacre
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist President Obama released his $3.7 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2012 on Valentine Day and it immediately became the object of a Valentine’s Day Massacre by … [Read more...]
Chris Abele represents new leadership for Milwaukee County Executive
Milwaukee County faces enormous challenges, and the old ways of doing things just aren’t working. We need new leadership to turn things around, and that’s why we need to vote Chris Abele for Milwaukee … [Read more...]
Ronald Reagan: A better friend of Blacks than Obama?
By George E. Curry Special to the NNPA from thedefendersonline.com There they go again. First, conservatives ranging from anti-affirmative action foe Ward Connerly, to combative talk show host … [Read more...]
Continue sacrificing for the greater good
By Lorraine Lathen, M.A. Throughout Black History individuals sacrificed their livelihood, wellbeing and even their lives for the greater good, and although African Americans have made … [Read more...]
Presidential Proclamation — National African American History Month
A PROCLAMATION In the centuries since African Americans first arrived on our shores, they have known the bitterness of slavery and oppression, the hope of progress, and the triumph of the American … [Read more...]
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