Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Senate Judiciary Committee Unfair to Blasey Ford If you are like most folks, you are watching the Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court … Read Full Article
The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s Celebrates 25 Years
By Nyesha Stone Joe Johnson served in the U.S. Army for 23 ½ years and said his disabilities directly stem from his time spent serving for others. Johnson is 100 percent disabled and is … Read Full Article
Tammy Baldwin Meets with Milwaukee’s Young Black Emerging Leaders at NAACP Office
By Nyesha Stone Last Friday, Sept. 14, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin came to Milwaukee to visit NAACP’s Office. While there, she sat down and spoke with the young Black leaders impacting Milwaukee … Read Full Article
What this Election Means for Wisconsinites’ Health Care
By U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Last month, Vice President Mike Pence visited Wisconsin. Moments after landing in Milwaukee, he was asked about my new legislation to protect the over 2 million … Read Full Article
Health, Housing, and the Fight for Basic Human Rights
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Lately there’s been a lot of talk about the things that make our country great, and just as importantly the things that don’t. Although I’ve … Read Full Article
Education Chief DeVos: Failing to Make the Grade
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Before she was even sworn in as Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos emerged as one of the most controversial members of the Trump … Read Full Article
Trump’s Mutterings are Stark Contrast to Lincoln’s Eloquence
By Jesse Jackson Last week, President Trump, in a rambling stump speech in Montana, bizarrely compared his oratory to that of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, arguing (incorrectly) that … Read Full Article
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Talks about “Becoming Kareem” at Marcus Theater
By Ethan Duran Last Friday night, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar arrived at the Marcus Theater of the Performing Arts to speak to over 100 Milwaukee residents in his interview about … Read Full Article
Walk to End Alzheimer’s® Celebrates 25th Anniversary in Milwaukee Sunday, September 16 at Henry Maier Festival Park
Compiled By Milwaukee Courier Staff The 25th annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Milwaukee County—the 12th largest event of its kind in the nation—will be held on Sunday, September 16 at Henry Maier … Read Full Article
Boston City Council Member Ayanna Pressley Becomes the Latest New Young Candidate to Win Big
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Last week, a stunning political victory came out of Florida with Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum’s unforeseen win in the Democratic gubernatorial … Read Full Article
Commentary: There is A Black Wave Sweeping Across the State of Florida
By Roger Caldwell NNPA Newswire Contributor Many political experts and pundits will admit that their polls were wrong, when they discuss which Democratic candidate would win the Florida … Read Full Article
Has Foxconn Changed its Business Stripes?
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young On its face, it looks like an extraordinary generous gift and would be the largest investment from a research partner in the University of … Read Full Article
When Talking About Suicide Awareness, Hope Matters
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Young people around the country sharpened their pencils and strapped their backpacks on for the start of another exciting school year. As I … Read Full Article
Senator Baldwin Announces New Coalition
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Last week, Senator Tammy Baldwin announced her new coalition: Business Leaders for Tammy. This recently formed alliance includes over 100 businesses across the state of … Read Full Article
We Are Witnessing History
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor In the 242 years of this country’s history, we have only seen four African-Americans hold the seat of Governor. Pinckney Benton Stewart … Read Full Article
Automatic Voter Registration: It’s a No-brainer
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Automatic (or automated) voter registration can be seen as new, or it can be seen as an updated version of processes put in place by the … Read Full Article
Proposed EPA Roll-Backs Have Air of Injustice
By Felicia M. Davis Director of the HBCU Green Fund and on the boards of Green 2.0 and The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. President Trump visiting West Virginia to announce a … Read Full Article
UWM Serves as a Partner on the Path to Pursuing Your Career
By Kathy Quirk Dianna Herron knew making the career change would be a challenge, but following her passion meant that challenge was worth it. Herron, a senior at the University of … Read Full Article
What’s Out, What’s In to Manage Snoring
Compiled by Milwaukee Courier Staff Most of us are familiar with the concept of sleep hygiene: creating the right conditions and habits to promote better sleep. Now there’s also snore hygiene: good … Read Full Article
“Hidden Figures” Katherine Johnson Turns 100
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor Katherine Johnson, who hand-crunched the numbers for America’s first manned space flight–a feat that finally got its Big Screen acknowledgement just … Read Full Article