Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The Story of Blacks in America Will Forever Be Told It’s hard to trace the exact origins of the saying “You Can Kill the Messenger, But Not the Message.” While research has pinpointed the adage’s roots to the Middle Ages, many also associate the idiom with ancient wars […]
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Commemorating Juneteenth
By Tammy Baldwin 158 years ago, word finally spread to enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War ended and they were free – officially ending slavery in our country and marking the freedom of every single African American. It was on June 19th, 1865, that our country had its second independence day. […]
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Should We Believe the NYT on Reading Education?
BlackEconomics.org® We begin this brief essay with Table 1 from the US Department of Education’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Table 1 tracks average 4th grade reading scores for Black and all Mississippi students and for the nation. We bring these statistics to your attention because the New York Times (NYT) published an opinion […]
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County Executive David Crowley Statement on Historic Local Revenue Reform Deal
Crowley and MoveForwardMKE Coalition Lobbied Since 2020 for additional revenue to avoid devastating fiscal cliff MILWAUKEE, WI – On June 8th, Governor Tony Evers, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced a bipartisan deal to increase shared revenue for communities across the state and provide Milwaukee County a revenue generation tool […]
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Pride Comes In Many Forms
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Every June, Pride Month is celebrated to raise awareness of the LGBTQI+ community. It is a time to reflect on the lives, families, contributions and issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. According to History.com, far from the celebrations we see today, the first documented U.S. gay […]
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Reading for Respite: Inside Wisconsin’s Libraries
By LaKeshia N. Myers Have you visited your local library lately? It’s a question I find myself asking constituents as of late. Primarily because I want to encourage students to read for leisure over summer break and second, because most people don’t know what they’re missing. Public libraries are hidden gems in our communities. They […]
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Open Letter to Black Americans Concerning the Media
BlackEconomics.org On March 10, 2023, BlackEconomics.org released its first media-related open letter: “Open Letter to HBCU Law School Deans: Reparations for Black American Defamation.” The letter urged litigation against the media for its promulgation of adverse stereotypical images of Black Americans that motivate racial discrimination and follow-on socioeconomic injury. The open letter hearkened back to […]
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The Top 5 NBA Players in The Game
By Charles Collier I have compiled a list of my top players in the NBA today. GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO Giannis is simply the best two-way player in the world. PERIOD. He is one of three NBA players to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. In case you are wondering, the […]
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Gun Violence Continues to Take a Toll
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Last week, I was checking my calendar for upcoming events, when I noticed a reminder: Remember to wear orange on Friday…… If Hadiya Pendleton were alive today, she would be twenty-five years old. You can’t help but wonder what this young woman’s future would have held. As a […]
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Solving the Copay Accumulator Scheme is an Issue of Health Equity
By Rep. Sylvia Ortiz Represents Assembly District 8 Time and time again, I hear from my community and those I represent in Assembly District 8 who are forced to make difficult decisions between affording the medications and treatments they need to survive, and other essential expenses. This issue is elevated even higher for individuals with […]
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