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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Gov. Evers, State and Local Officials Announce Open Enrollment Period for Health Insurance
By Dylan Deprey Out of twenty cities, former President Barack Obama visited Milwaukee to celebrate a first-place victory in his Healthy Communities Challenge back in 2016. Milwaukee signed up 38,000 of its neighbors for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA.) Three years later, the numbers have drastically declined across the city and the […]
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Unemployment Insurance: A Bridge Over
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In 2018, nearly 22 million workers were laid off jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Roughly, two million people collected unemployment last year. Now imagine if those people were required to take a drug test to be eligible to receive unemployment benefits. Can’t quite wrap […]
All of Us Brought their Journey Bus to Milwaukee to Engage with the Community on the Future of Precision Medicine
By Nyesha Stone Historically, minorities have been left out of research because the “average individual” is seen to be a white male, even though we all know the world is more diverse than that. During Barack Obama’s presidency in his 2015 State of Union address, he launched the Precision Medicine Initiative. Most medicine, is tailored […]
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Everyone Must Condemn Trump’s Sly Encouragement of Lawless Violence
By Jesse Jackson Racism is not natural. Babies—black, brown, white—explore the world and each other with wonder, not hate. Racism has to be taught. It is learned behavior. To assume that a person is inherently superior or inferior to another based upon race is unnatural and ungodly. Racism is used for political manipulation and economic […]
#CancelKamala: Kamala Harris and Cancel Culture
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) is running for president of the United States. Harris, a black American who is the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, was born and raised in Oakland, CA and then Toronto, has announced her intentions on MLK Day. […]
In Wake of Professor’s Comments, Katherine Johnson is Still Celebrated in Physics
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia For many, the words of a senior scientist who said physics “was invented and built by men,” stung. The words earlier this month of Professor Alessandro Strumia, who was suspended from working with the European nuclear research center, Cern, served as a reminder of the great accomplishments […]
2018 Election Results Cast Tony Evers as New Governor
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In case it wasn’t clear by all the advertisements, including billboards, commercials and visits by former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden, this past Tuesday was Election Day. All across the nation, people exercised their constitutional rights and voted. Although it was a harrowing election for some, for others […]
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No Shame in the GOP’s Game
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young The Senate is called on by the Constitution to provide “advice and consent” regarding presidential nominations of “judges of the Supreme Court.” This is an explicit charge that outlines a clear duty. Yet, hundreds of thousands of pages of relevant records of Brett Kavanaugh’s service to former […]
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 about a variety of topics. The leaders who talked with Baldwin were: Ranell Washington, assistant vice president of Business Banking at Town Bank; […]
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