‘It Has Been Set back Years Now’ By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. This story has been updated to correct an error. The plan involves free calls for those […]
Creative Survival: Rhodessa Jones Returns to Madison
By Elizabeth Stephens May 8, 2015 Rhodessa Jones performing on stage Rhodessa Jones is a creative survivalist. She has used theater to save not only her own life but the lives of women affected by drug addiction, sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS and incarceration in prisons. She is a performer, director and […]
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Time to End Mass Incarceration
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist April 24, 2015 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist Mass incarceration in the United States is counterproductive and disproportionately causes a long-term injury to Black Americans and others who remain trapped in poverty and disillusionment. How is it that the richest nation on earth and […]