Jonathan Ellis, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to release studies this spring that will provide more information about the types of foods purchased … [Read more...]
Scott Walker Unveils Wisconsin Budget While Focused on a Presidential Bid
By Karen Stokes Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has been busy. Between attending the Iowa Freedom Summit and appearances on Sunday morning news shows, it is apparent to all of Wisconsin that … [Read more...]
8-Year-Old Award-winning Miami Chef Runs Her Own Baking Business
Young, Gifted and Black By Taki S. Raton While most grade school girls may be busy playing with dolls and other kids’ stuff, Nigel Boys in Financial Juneteeth on June 5, 2014 says that our … [Read more...]
A Portrait of a Black Activist and Journalist: Ida B. Wells
By Eelisa Jones Ida B. Wells is widely acknowledge as the first anti-lynching activist in U.S. history. Born in Holly Spring, Mass. on July 16th, 1862, Wells was dedicated to the creation of a … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Business Divas Host Business Vendor Fair
The Milwaukee Business Divas Face Book Club is sponsoring their Business Vendor Fair on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at the Wisconsin African American Women’s Center (WAAWC), 3020 West Vliet Street, … [Read more...]
Is Ending Segregation the Key to Ending Poverty?
(The Atlantic) – Like many mothers raising children in Chicago’s housing projects in the 1990s and 2000s, Seitia Harris was afraid of the drugs and violence that were pervasive in the neighborhood … [Read more...]
Vision, Innovation, & Power at the Art Museum: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
By Ariele Vaccaro As the city moves into Black History Month, so will the Milwaukee Art Museum as it hosts a chic travelling exhibit called Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of the Ebony Fashion … [Read more...]
Gov. Walker’s Welfare Drug Testing Proposal
By Eelisa Jones Politicians and advocates have reignited a national debate over drug-testing welfare recipients in response to a January press release from Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker. Walker’s press … [Read more...]
NNPA Mid-Winter Conference
NNPA Mid-Winter Conference Nassau, Bahamas (Photos by Urban Media) … [Read more...]
Governor Kills Kenosha Casino Project
By Ariele Vaccaro Years of effort by the Menominee Tribe to erect a casino in Kenosha came to an abrupt and fruitless end on Friday, Jan. 23. Gov. Scott Walker killed the project with four … [Read more...]
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