The Paper That's More Than Black and White
By Rahim Islam May 1, 2015 Rahim Islam We Want Freedom, Justice and Equality Black people, like all other people, want freedom, justice, and equality. The mere fact that these words were used in the O’Jay’s 1975 song “Give the People What They Want” suggests that Black people […]
By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist May 1, 2015 George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist When the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act nearly two years ago in Shelby County v. Holder, many of us suspected that Chief Justice John Roberts in particular was distorting the severity […]
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist April 24, 2015 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist Mass incarceration in the United States is counterproductive and disproportionately causes a long-term injury to Black Americans and others who remain trapped in poverty and disillusionment. How is it that the richest nation on earth and […]
By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist April 24, 2015 Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist In the House and Senate budget proposals for fiscal year 2016, passed with only Republican votes at the end of March, there are big winners and big losers. The big winners are defense spending and contractors and very […]
By By Lee A. Daniels, NNPA Columnist April 17, 2015 Lee A. Daniels Without the video, North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael T. Slager would likely have gotten away with murder. Without the video, we wouldn’t see Officer Michael T. Slager have the, shall we say, presence of mind, to quickly […]
By Julianne Malveaux April 10, 2015 Julianne Malveaux Eleven Atlanta teachers have been convicted of altering student test scores on standardized tests. They are charged with racketeering and conspiracy. The much-celebrated Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools Beverly L. Hall was among the indicted but was too ill to stand trial. She died […]
By The Madison Times Staff March 13, 2015 Photo: Hedi Rudd. Tragic. Heart-wrenching. Difficult to fathom. Those are just a few of the emotions that arise when attempting to understand the shooting death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson by a Madison police officer. The death of Robinson has triggered protests by hundreds of […]
By Eelisa Jones February 27, 2015 When New York’s Republican Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, told a room packed with fellow GOP members that our 44th President had no love for The United State of America, he succeeded in complicating the campaign trails for a number of high-profile potential candidates for the 2016 presidential race. […]
By Srijan Sen January 23, 2015 Every now and then a nation experiences dramatic social change due to internal or external conflict. Countries like Russia, France, South Africa, Germany, India and China have gone through historical change through public introspection and overhaul of domestic and foreign policy. Smaller nations currently undergoing sociopolitical change […]
By Tony Evers We joined together in April to work on the most important issue facing education in our state: closing the achievement gap. While Wisconsin has had some outstanding academic results over the years — overall high achievement on the ACT college admissions exams and among the top states for graduation rates — we […]