Maria Hamilton ‘Excited’ For The Nation To Hear Her Group’s Voice By Chuck Quirmbach The mother of a Milwaukee man killed by police during a confrontation will speak at the Democratic National Convention later this month. After her son Dontre was shot in 2014, Maria Hamilton helped create a group of mothers who have had […]
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It’s More Important Than Ever That We Vote Democratic This Election Season
We Must Mobilize Voters to Turn Out for Hillary Clinton By Searcy Williams Regional Organizing Director of Democratic Party of Wisconsin This week we’re at a milestone in this election – in Cleveland and in front of the entire world, the Republicans will officially make Donald Trump their party’s nominee, cementing his divisive, hateful positions […]
We Must Defend Women’s Health Against Donald Trump
by LaTonya Johnson In one of the most consequential weeks for women’s health since its ruling on Roe v. Wade more than forty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court last week strongly reaffirmed the constitutional right of women across the country to make their own health choices and access safe reproductive health care. The landmark […]
The Unnecessary Orlando Tragedy
By State Representative Leon D. Young This week, I join a stunned nation in offering my prayers and sympathy to the families of the victims and the entire LGBT community, in the aftermath of the horrific slaughter at an Orlando nightclub last Sunday morning. The human carnage is beyond belief: 49 confirmed dead; at least […]
Donald Trump Is Unfit to Lead
By Representative JoCasta Zamarripa The stakes this November are too high. We cannot allow Donald Trump anywhere near the White House. Nearly eight years ago we made history by electing Barack Obama our forty-fourth president, the first African-American president to ever hold the job. He has been a uniter in times of deep division, a […]
Race Still Plays a Significant Role in Determining Who Gets Ahead in America, Says Clinton
by Joan H. Allen Associate Publisher Daily Challenge It was a packed house at the National Action Network’s 25th Anniversary Convention’s Plenary Session for Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton’s speech. Rev. Al Sharpton addressed the press. “When we say, ‘yes’ and ‘amen,’ that’s not a heckler,” he quipped. “When the media asks, ‘why did Secretary […]
Japanese Internment Camp Survivors Decry Presidential Campaign Rhetoric
Speakers Warn Central Wisconsin Students Not To Let History Repeat Itself by Glen Moberg An acclaimed central Wisconsin school history program took a political turn this past week when survivors of World War II Japanese-American internment camps warned students about the rhetoric in this year’s presidential campaign. The Walk in Their Shoes program brought the […]
Blackonomics: The Silly Season is Upon Us
By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist The “Silly Season,” as many call it, is well under way; and Black people are up to our necks in it. The usual suspects are jockeying for position with certain presidential candidates. They are vying for the Black spokesperson positon, knocking one another down as they rush toward […]
Blackonomics: Hillary and Bernie Discover and Re-Discover Black People
by James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist One thing is for sure; Black folks are enjoying this latest political mating dance with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Sanders is discovering Black people in South Carolina and Georgia, and Clinton has reopened the “leading Blacks” vault to rediscover their loyalty and willingness to present her to […]
Black Republicans Back Trump As Democratic Mayors Unveil Urban Agenda
By Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service Days before the Iowa caucuses, the nation’s largest association of black Republicans is endorsing Donald Trump, a candidate with little history of working on civil rights, housing or other traditional African-American issues. “We, the grassroots activists of the National Black Republican Association, are pleased to announce our endorsement […]
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