By Graham Thomas Kilmer February 13, 2015 Gov. Scott Walker On Tuesday February 3 Governor Scott Walker released his budget proposal, a plan that includes a proposed $300 million cut in funding to the UW-System and the installation of a public authority in the place of the UW’s existing governance structure. […]
Madison Native Attends State of the Union Address
By Ariele Vaccaro February 13, 2015 Above: Arianna Goodwin and Mark Pocan Pocan Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan’s (WI-02) released the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Pocan’s guest for the speech was Arianna Goodwin, a constituent […]
Civil Rights Leaders Upset Over Non-Voting Rights Act Hearing
By James Wright February 13, 2015 President Lyndon Johnson (left), Martin Luther King (right) and Whitney Young in 1965 (AP Photo) Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, he sparked controversy on Jan. 14 saying that, “The Voting Rights Amendment Act” […]
A Moment in Black History: Remembering W.E.B. DuBois
By Ariele Vaccaro February 13, 2015 W.E.B. DuBois Among his numerous titles, “civil rights activist” might be William Edward Burghardt DuBois’s most influential. He’s more commonly known as W.E.B. DuBois. Although the Lenin Peace Prize Winner grew up in the relatively integrated town of Great Barrington, Mass., he was no stranger […]
Classifieds/Employment: February 13, 2015
EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST (100%) CENTER FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CCED) As a Community, Natural Resources, and Economic Development (CNRED) program area and CCED member, the Community Development Specialist will provide leadership, direction, and coordination of the University of Wisconsin-Extension community development applied research and outreach education efforts. These efforts […]
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God Made Man in His Own Image, Why? Part 3
By Rahim Islam February 13, 2015 Rahim Islam Continued from last week Man has abused his position by portraying himself as the God and has led man down a poisonous path that supports hate of other humans and the destruction of the earth. We hear about the ultimate friction between […]
Dare to be a Queen!
By Heymiss Progress February 13, 2015 Dear Progress: What if you have convinced yourself you are better alone, because in all other relationships, you’ve given too much of yourself away and have ended up hurt? Dear Find Yourself: Oh, so you’re going to allow all the times that you got […]
Police Killings Underscore Need for Reform
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent February 13, 2015 People participate in a protest in response to the grand jury’s decision in the Eric Garner case in Times Square in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. The grand jury cleared the white New York City police officer Wednesday in the video taped chokehold death […]
Signs of Segregation: The Singular Challenges Facing Black, Deaf Families
February 13, 2015 It’s no secret that the stamp of historic segregation is still seared into black and white Americans’ speech. But it did surprise readers to learn a few years ago that a group of linguists and sign language experts had published a book and DVD – “The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL” (Gallaudet […]
The Scholastic Art Award Artists Now on View at Milwaukee Art Museum
February 13, 2015 Juried work by middle- and high school students allow for national recognition The Milwaukee Art Museum’s annual exhibition of works by Wisconsin students grades 7–12 is now on view. Over 3,000 individual artworks from 116 schools across the state participated in the Scholastic Art Awards – Wisconsin in 2015. […]