The Paper That's More Than Black and White
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 […]
By Dr. John Y. Odom The passage of time provides the competition for our attention that distracts us from the hard work required to solve problems. ISIS, Ray Rice and Justin Bieber showing his drawers are enough to push Ferguson, Missouri, off of the front page. Yet, Ferguson remains a snake pit of unanswered […]
By John Quinlan The words comprising the obituary of an amazing life were suitably elegant in their simplicity: “Eugene Farley M.D., M.P.H. died at age 86 on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. He leaves behind not only a devoted family but a whole community that has been inspired by him in his indefatigable work to make […]
By David Hart As is the case with perhaps all presidents, President Barack Obama can point to a number of times when he has been measured and thoughtful in his tenure. No matter what we think about the president politically or personally, I think we can all agree that he has had moments where he […]
By Melissa Sargent Now is the time to pass immigration reform America has a broken immigration system. Both Democrats and Republicans agree on this fact. For too long this issue has been left unaddressed while millions of immigrants face uncertain futures.According to a recent poll, 80% of Americans today support immigration reform that includes a […]