By Cassandra Lans Young people in Milwaukee organized a rally and march on Tuesday evening, July 12 to demonstrate unity against violence in the aftermath of the BP gas station mob looting and … [Read more...]
Barrett appeals to Walker to support grant application
By Lynda L. Jones Mayor Tom Barrett called a press conference this week to make an appeal to Governor Scott Walker to write a letter of support regarding the City of Milwaukee’s grant … [Read more...]
Bus drivers are fed up with physical attacks
By Lynda L. Jones Milwaukee County Transit bus drivers are fed up with the physical attacks that are continuing to occur on area buses, and on Monday, June 27 they took their voices to the … [Read more...]
Local NAACP release report: Milwaukee Today: An Occasional Report of the NAACP
The Milwaukee branch of the NAACP held a press conference Wed., June 22, to present a report on the devastating impact of segregation, job loss and the cycle of poverty and incarceration on African … [Read more...]
Despite $2.2 billion from Black consumers, Toyota shows no thanks
Black Publishers and National Leaders unite behind NNPA Chairman Bakewell to hold Toyota accountable By Jasmyne A. Cannick, NNPA Nat’l Correspondent WASHINGTON D.C. – Toyota Motor Sales USA … [Read more...]
“Walkerville” Tent City erected in protest of budget that steamrolls kids, families and seniors
Hundreds of Wisconsinites gathered outside the capitol building in a makeshift tent city with the purpose of bearing witness to Republican’s reckless action to crush education, health care and … [Read more...]
March to protest massive cuts to public education
Milwaukeeans will march Saturday, June 4, in recognition of the more than 80,000 Milwaukee Public School students who will lose math and reading programs, small-class sizes, nurses, arts programming, … [Read more...]
FoodShare privatization illegal
Hunger Task Force joins Cong. Gwen Moore in efforts to protect Federal funds By Lynda Jones Last week Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) wrote Governor Scott Walker and implored him to … [Read more...]
Senate Democrats fight against Voter ID Bill
Compiled by Courier Staff “On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 the Wisconsin Senate debated the Voter Suppression Bill; more commonly called AB 7, the Voter ID Bill. “This is a deliberate and calculated … [Read more...]
Black American economic progress
By Dr. Benjamin F.Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist If there was ever the best contemporary time to advance the economic status and condition of the African American community it is now. As of May … [Read more...]
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