By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You can’t allow 15,000 school boards to home bake their own little standards subject to their own political pressures and think we are going to have … [Read more...]
What's Happening In MadisonArticles Courtesy of The Madison Times Weekly
Interview with MMSD School Board candidate Wayne Strong Safe schools and high academic achievement
By A. David Dahmer “African American students lost over 4,100 days due to suspensions in the last academic year. It’s amazing. It’s alarming. That’s a huge problem and we need to attack it,” … [Read more...]
NAACP spends lion’s share of Image Award ad budget with non-Black media
What could they be thinking? By Natalie Cole Our Weekly Publisher and CEO The primary and most trustworthy source of news and information to Black Americans has been and continues to rest in … [Read more...]
Aviation record holder now among world’s youngest commercial airlines pilot
Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton Eight years ago, a December 11, 2006 Electronic Drum posting reports that our then 14 year-old helicopter and airplane pilot successfully … [Read more...]
The next leader of the 15th Aldermanic District
Jarett Fields ER Room By Jarett Fields On Thursday, March 13 at 5:30pm the “Sustainable Communities” forum will take place in an effort to familiarize the community and the 15th district with … [Read more...]
A student job that helps the community
Jasmine Woodley has discovered a way to help pay for her education while helping others. Woodley, a nursing student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, works as a tutor through the … [Read more...]
Homegoing services held for Edith T. McMillon
Edith Tarrant McMillon was born on July 28, 1919 to the union of Ella Bell and Julius Caesar Young, Sr. of Louisville, Kentucky. As a child, she attended Douglas Elementary School and Central … [Read more...]
What's Happening In MadisonArticles Courtesy of The Madison Times Weekly
Justified anger Town Hall Meeting
Alex Gee: “Madison is at a ‘tipping point’” By A. David Dahmer “We have the wherewithal and we have the goods. The question is: Do we have the will to change this on our watch?” Alex Gee … [Read more...]
Milwaukee’s potential has been ignored
By Mary Burke Milwaukee has always been a city defined by its work ethic. Full of hard-working men and women who are willing to roll up their sleeves, put in an honest day’s work, and are … [Read more...]
Capitol Report – The “500-Pound Elephant” in the room
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Michael Dunn is going to jail. For some, this is good news. However, for many others, particularly in the Black community, the verdict is a legal sham … [Read more...]
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