Ian Walters and Matt Schlapp Should Be Fired Over Steele Comments at CPAC By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I stopped attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), because it reminded me of “The Flintstones” and “The Jetsons”; Blacks were noticeably missing from both cartoons. There were no Blacks in the past (The Flintstones) and […]
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Janus Case is Part of Continuing Attack on Workers
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Janus v. AFSCME; a ruling is expected in a few months. The case is the culmination of a concerted right-wing attack on the unions of teachers, police officers, firefighters, nurses and other public sector workers. If successful, it […]
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Do You Hear What the Children Are Saying?
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor School Students Want Safe Schools We have watched, in horror, as yet another mass shooting occurred in an American grade school. Without doubt, gun violence is one of the most unrelenting public health issues we face today. In the absence of adult leadership and consensus on how to […]
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Exposing the Gun Culture’s False Narrative
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Let me begin by asking what I consider to be the most important question in the current gun debate: Why does any law-abiding civilian need a semi-automatic or automatic weapon? We hear talk about these types of weapons all the time, but what exactly are they and […]
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We Need Educational Equality in Our Schools
This Black History Month, Let’s Take Back the Fight for Education Equality By Kay Coles James (President, The Heritage Foundation) Frederick Douglass. Condoleezza Rice. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clarence Thomas. Ida B. Wells. Shirley Chisholm. All these leaders will receive renewed national attention during this Black History Month. And all have something else in common: […]
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Wisconsin’s First Hemp Expo
By Mary Freeman On Nov. 30, 2017, Governor Walker signed SB119, a bill resurrecting the Hemp Industry in Wisconsin. Thirty-one states have already legalized the billion-dollar crop which allows family farms not only survival but the chance to thrive. Hemp is used for bio fuel, medicine, oils and clothing among a myriad of other materials […]
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Stronger Gun Laws Is Not the Answer
We Don’t Need Stronger Gun Laws. We Need Stronger Communities. By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Here we go again. Another school massacre and another overreaction by liberals who want to play politics with the Second Amendment. On Valentine’s Day, 17 students were murdered by a former classmate at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in […]
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Raising Emotionally Competent Children
How My Grandparents Taught Me to Love Myself By Lynette Monroe (Program Assistant, NNPA/ ESSA Public Awareness Campaign) I don’t remember my grandparents assisting me with homework beyond holding up flash cards for me to recite. They could have, I just don’t remember. I do remember Lil’ Bow Wow’s release of “Beware of Dog” in […]
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Unemployment Claim Mistakes Could Lead to a Felony
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Many people may not know that Wisconsin was the first state in the nation, in 1932, to offer unemployment benefits. Our legislative predecessors understood that workers needed help in between jobs, after a layoff or plant closing. Unemployment benefits, which help to pay rent and mortgages, buy groceries […]
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Out of the Mouth of Babes
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Regrettably, in the wake of another mass shooting in this country, the GOP has responded in its usual fashion: guarded lip service and no thought of political action. If there has been one ray of hope in the aftermath of this horrific event, it’s been the courageous […]
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