By Richard B. Muhammad June 5, 2015 Jerome Lyles,15, wants effort for justice to keeping going. Photos: Richard B. Muhammad Richard B. Muhammad is Special to the NNPA from The Final Call. BALTIMORE, MD – Unrest in a city known yesterday for crab cakes, row houses, marble steps, downtown tourist spots […]
Fitchburg Addresses Diversity with Committee Appointments
By Brianna Rae June 5, 2015 Some of Fitchburg’s new committee appointees (from left to right) Jason Gonzalez, Jeanie Sieling, Mariam Maldonado, Frances Huntley-Cooper, Sabrina Madison, Arlene Silveira and Ada Deer. Photo: Kaleem Caire “If we have accurate representation, solving our problems in a way that treats everybody fairly becomes a lot […]
Madison College Board Postpones Decision on Closing Downtown Campus, Opening New Southside Location
By Elizabeth Stephens June 5, 2015 Images of the downtown Madison College campus over time. (Courtesy of Madison College) “It would offer the training that leads to a job. If you focus on a community and their needs, then you have a grand opportunity to improve the quality of life and economic […]
Poverty Still Major Affliction for Blacks
By Stacy M. Brown June 5, 2015 Congressional Black Caucus Chair G.K. Butterfield said Republicans must help Democrats fight poverty in African-American communities. (Courtesy Photo) Stacy M. Brown is Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer. Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson, […]
Brutal Aftermath of Police MOVE Bombing Still Resonates
By Askia Muhammad June 5, 2015 Row houses in Philadelphia burn after officials dropped a bomb on the MOVE house in this May 1985 photo from files. Ramona Africa, the lone adult survivor of the May 13, 1985 fire, and two other MOVE members sued the city of Philadelphia, and the former police and […]
Classifieds/Employment: June 5, 2015
EMPLOYMENT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR……. NEW POSITIONS: 2015 Summer School Teacher MMSD Building Services Summer Help Steamfitter Carpenter – 2nd Shift Benefits Technician – Senior Senior Secretary – Curriculum & Instruction OMGE – Instructional Design Coordinator Web Design & Desktop Applications Specialist Transportation Coordinator Achievement Connections High School Tutor […]
More Than Just A Bunch of Bears
By Jen Anderson, Photos by Jen Anderson June 5, 2015 Zoo’s New ‘Arctic Passage’ Exhibit Showcases Education and Sustainability Despite the humid and rainy weather of Memorial Day weekend, the opening of the Henry Vilas Zoo’s new Arctic Passage exhibit was a great success as zoo guests explored their […]
Brown Girl Green Money: Kesha’s Story: A Sound Financial Future
By Angela Fitzgerald June 5, 2015 Angela Fitzgerald As a follow-up to last week’s article about the debt snowball method, I found it very coincidental that I ended up in a conversation with another brown girl about the very same topic during a Memorial Day barbeque. Not one to believe […]
Local Events: June 5, 2015 –
June 5, 2015 To have your event listed, please contact TheMadisonTimes by sending as email to news@madtimes.com. SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Cows on the Concourse Capitol Square, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. June is Dairy Month and what better way to celebrate than to bring the whole family to meet and greet cows and […]
Blacks Least Likely to Get Business Loan from Banks
By Freddie Allen, Senior Washington Correspondent June 5, 2015 Ron Busby urges a personal relationship with banker. WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – Black-owned businesses face tougher challenges than other groups when seeking bank loans, according to a new study by the Gallup polling company commissioned by Wells Fargo. Nearly half (47 percent) […]