By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) With buzz building for months, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recently unveiled the official portraits of President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama in Washington D.C. New York City-based artist Kehinde Wiley created the portrait of President Obama and Baltimore artist Amy Sherald was selected to […]
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Will.i.am Encourages Milwaukee to Get Out and Vote
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When it comes to elections, the campaign doesn’t end until the final vote is counted. With the November election just days away, campaigns are going harder than ever to only secure votes but to encourage everyone to vote. Historically, Milwaukee’s voter turnout hasn’t always been stellar and while part of that can […]
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Joe Biden’s Health Care Plan Puts People Over Politics
By Dr. Lyah Holmes Nurse practitioner and public health advocate in Milwaukee This week, Wisconsin surpassed 150,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,500 lives lost to the virus–– shocking and sobering numbers. As Wisconsin activates a field hospital to manage the surge of cases and struggles to restock personal protective equipment, Donald Trump continues to downplay […]
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SCOTUS Pick: Receiver of Stolen Goods
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor By the time you read this, Judge Amy Coney Barrett will be picking out drapes for her new office at One First Street, NE, in Washington, D.C. For those that don’t know, that is the address and permanent home of the United States Supreme Court. The problem is […]
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Joe Biden Will Build on Obamacare — Trump Will Repeal It
By State Senator LaTonya Johnson Represents Wisconsin’s 6th Senate District and lives in Milwaukee COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing in Wisconsin. Our hospitals are almost at full capacity. The economy is in shambles. And Black and brown communities are being hit the hardest. It didn’t have to be this bad. For months, President Donald Trump downplayed […]
Mike Bivins Endorses Biden-Harris Presidency
By Mrinal Gokhale Mike Bivins announced his endorsement for Joe Biden for president in 2020. Bivins is a member of Bell Biv DeVoe, a musical group, which was primarily active in the 90s. Bivins said that he went “out of his way” to vote for former President Barack Obama in 2008 when Biden served as […]
Joe Biden Accepts the Democratic Party Nomination for President
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz It’s been an eventful past week with the Democratic National Convention. The four-day convention came to a close on Thursday, Aug. 20 with former Vice President Joe Biden accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Biden’s political career began with the New Castle County Council, according to his bio. He later joined […]
Kamala Harris Accepts the Democratic Nomination for Vice President
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The Democratic National Convention came to town earlier this week and although it didn’t come in the conventional way, the Democratic National Convention Committee found a way to make it happen. On the third day of the convention, Sen. Kamala Harris stepped up to the microphone and accepted the Democratic party nomination […]
Joe Biden 2020 for President Campaign Commits Major Ad Dollars to Black-Owned Media
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden is ramping up his campaign with a record-setting $280 million advertising buy. During a telephone call on Wednesday, Aug. 5, with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), Biden campaign officials said they will spend $280 million for television ads, […]
DACA Program To Remain After Supreme Court Ruling
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz History happens every day, but historical events aren’t as common. Thursday, June 18, will be remembered as a historical day, especially for those under the Deferred Action Against Childhood Arrivals program better known as DACA. DACA began in 2012 under President Barack Obama. It gave undocumented individuals who came to the states […]
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