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Senator Drake Votes Against the 25-27 Biennial Budget

July 5, 2025

Madison – On July 2nd, Senator Dora Drake of the 4th Senate District votes against the 2025-2027 Biennial Budget. Senator Drake has provided the following statement: “After months of chaos and years of ineffective governance, Legislative Republicans have failed to secure votes in their own caucus and came to us in the midnight hour for […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dora Drake, Wisconsin State Budget

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The Echo of History: Douglass’s Question Resonates in Trump’s America

July 5, 2025

By LaKeshia N. Myers When Frederick Douglass stood before a Rochester audience on July 5, 1852, and delivered his searing critique “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, he exposed the fundamental contradiction at the heart of American democracy. His words cut through the celebratory veneer of Independence Day to reveal a nation […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Big Beautiful Bill, Frederick Douglass, Independence Day, LaKeshia N. Myers

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No One Should Ever Accuse Trump of Acting Like a Daddy

July 5, 2025

Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte has repeatedly called Trump “daddy” during and since the organization’s recent summit in The Hague. Most Republicans, at every level of government, certainly act like Trump is their father. Afraid to speak up, talk back, or challenge the U.S. President, many GOP men come […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Donald Trump, Fatherhood, Michelle Bryant, Say Something Real

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4th of U Lie

July 5, 2025

Kweku’s Korner By Kweku Amoasi & Noah Smith The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, and “signed on August 2, 1776. The words penned by the founding fathers of this nation were aspirational and unprecedented. They boldly declared “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Independence Day, Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi, Kweku’s Korner, Noah Smith

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Baldwin Statement on House Passage of Republicans’ Budget Bill That Guts Medicaid, Raises Costs for Families

July 5, 2025

In Wisconsin, the bill will terminate at least 250,000 people’s health care, reduce or eliminate 90,000 Wisconsinites’ food assistance, and threaten to close rural hospitals WASHINGTON, D.C. – On July 3rd, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement after House Republicans passed their budget bill: “Today, Republicans chose to put their super-rich friends over […]

Popular Interests In This Article: National Government Budget, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Tammy Baldwin

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Economic What Ifs: Premature Deaths of Actual and a Failure to Materialize Hypothetical Black Personalities

July 5, 2025

BlackEconomics.org® Introduction For a couple of months now, the subject topic has been on our mind. The initial thought was to only deal with the first half of the topic: Premature deaths of important Black personalities in our history. However, we must never forget that if we focus on the past, then we risk living […]

Popular Interests In This Article: B Robinson, Black Economics, Premature Deaths

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Brewers Are Playing Inspiring Baseball

July 5, 2025

By Charles Collier The Brewers are playing inspiring baseball under the tutelage of second-year skipper Pat Murphy. Murphy, who was the NL manager of the year last season led the Brewers to their third Major League Baseball National League Central title in four years. The Brewers have an excellent chance of winning the MLB NL […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Charles D. Collier, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers

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NY Mayoral Race Raises Questions for Black Voters

June 28, 2025

Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant Following the recent results of the New York mayoral race, some voters have likely found themselves between a rock and a hard place. With the emergence of State Representative Zohran Mamdani as the frontrunner in the Democratic primary, no one can deny that there is both excitement and trepidation […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Michelle Bryant, Say Something Real, Zohran Mamdani

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Milwaukee County Executive Crowley’s Statement on County Board of Supervisors’ Vote to Not Approve McGovern Park Senior Center Redevelopment

June 28, 2025

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley issued the following statement after the County Board of Supervisors voted not to approve the proposed redevelopment of the McGovern Park Senior Center: “My administration’s proposal to reimagine the McGovern Park Senior Center was a good-faith effort to deliver a sustainable future for a critical community asset. I […]

Popular Interests In This Article: County Board of Supervisors, David Crowley, McGovern Park Senior Center, Milwaukee County Executive

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ACT (V of V)

June 28, 2025

Kweku’s Korner By Dr. Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi This series on (ACT) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ends on the most powerful of notes. The note of doing. The note of executing. While taking drivers education class, our teacher informed us how to be great defensive drivers. He said the first step is to identify the situation […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi, Kweku’s Korner

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