By LaKeshia N. Myers Growing up, my parents often told me, “you get out of it what you put into it”—the “it” could be a variety of things: school, sports, or overall effort in one’s life. But what was certain, was that there had to be an investment. I find that our society’s investment in […]
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OP-ED: Investing in Military Spouses is Good for Wisconsin
Who are the best workers employers never thought to hire? Military spouses. Military spouses bring skills, training, and characteristics needed by Wisconsin employers, especially in the face of a workforce shortage. Their commitment to their country, following nearly two decades of American’s longest war and millions of service member deployments, shows they are the unsung […]
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It has Been a Tough Week for Education
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor If you are African-American and ever received the “speech” from your parents, you can recite it with your eyes closed. No, not that speech, the other one. Life is not always fair and therefore you will have to fight hard to be treated equal. In order to get […]
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Working Twice as Hard to Get Half as Much: A Requiem for Education
By Representative LaKeshia N. Myers This has been a tough week for education in the United States. First, Argosy University closed its doors leaving hundreds of students in academic limbo. Then, news of the college admissions cheating scandal involving celebrities Lori Laughlin and Felicity Huffman have left many wondering what else could possibly go wrong […]
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Let’s Clamp Down on Tobacco and Vaping Product Access for Young People
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor Nearly half a million people die every year from complications from smoking. About a tenth of them never put a cigarette to their lips–they die from exposure to second-hand smoke. Death from tobacco is, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the leading cause of preventable death. But too […]
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Doctors, Lawyers with Monetary Motives Cause Painful Decisions in Women’s Health Care
By Glenn Ellis Research Bioethics Fellow at Harvard Medical School Women, especially women of color and poor women, tend to suffer disproportionately in our healthcare system. The problem is growing worse now that there’s a group of trial lawyers eager to exploit female victims, under the guise of offering help. Take for instance that roughly […]
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Black History Beyond February
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor “If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.” ~Carter G Woodson, 1926 When Woodson declared the second week of February Negro History Week, it was […]
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Kidneys: Small but Mighty
By Representative LaKeshia N. Myers Did you know March is National Kidney Month? Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a serious condition that affect more than thirty million adults in the United States. According to the National Kidney Foundation, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) means your kidneys are damaged and can’t filter blood the way they should. […]
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Selma, the Birthplace of Modern Democracy in America
By Jesse Jackson This past weekend, political leaders from across the country gathered in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate “Bloody Sunday,” the 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where peaceful demonstrators, attempting to cross the bridge, were violently driven back by Alabama State Troopers, Dallas County Sheriff’s deputies and a horse-mounted posse wielding billy clubs […]
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Time Limits on Coming Forward Must Go
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Last week, Pope Francis held an unprecedented meeting regarding the crisis of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic church. He called for “concrete and effective measures” in the effort to deal with the many accusations of misconduct involving sexual abuse, to include that of adults who have come […]
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