“The President’s Perspective” By Alderman Ashanti Hamilton Common Council President City of Milwaukee When talking about how we move Milwaukee forward, poverty must be a primary topic of discussion. As we see downtown continue to develop and grow, it is easy to let that put a mask over the parts of our city that are […]
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A Wall at What Cost
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor When will someone yell “uncle”? You know, that familiar word that indicates when you’ve had enough, give up, or you’re willing to walk away. Right now, the country is waiting to see who will blink first regarding the monetary demands for the infamous border wall…Donald Trump, Democrats, Republicans, […]
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Unity
“The President’s Perspective” By Alderman Ashanti Hamilton Common Council President City of Milwaukee What does it mean to be unified? Today, it seems nearly impossible to go 15 minutes without seeing an article headline or news clip emphasizing our challenge as a nation to reach consensus on almost any issue. It would seem we are […]
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Wisconsin Deserves Diversity, By Any Means Necessary
By LaKeshia N. Myers Forward. Not only is this Wisconsin’s motto, it was used as a clarion call by each of our constitutional officers during their inauguration. For many Wisconsinites, myself included, the election of Governor Evers was the dawn of a new era; the ability to move together as one, a united Wisconsin. However, […]
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Trump’s Flailing Will Get More Desperate and More Dangerous
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Since the striking victories of Democrats up and down the ballot in 2018, President Donald Trump has been flailing more and more wildly. He’s setting new records for the length of the government shutdown, watched his defense secretary resign after suddenly announcing the withdrawal of troops from Syria, forced his […]
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Rep. Maxine Waters: Trump Shutdown is Jeopardizing Integrity of our Financial Markets
By Congresswoman Maxine Waters Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee of Financial Services, made the following floor statement in support of H.R. 264, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2019, which would restore funding for federal government agencies to continue their important work on behalf of the American public: […]
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Either Trump Cannot Make the ‘Deal’ or it Wants to Bring about a Crash
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor For someone who sold himself to the public as the great deal-maker (i.e., The Art of the Deal), Donald Trump has made a mess of negotiations with Congress over the federal budget and his own demand for a Wall. In order to strike a deal, one must engage […]
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Remembering Dr. King and “The Other America”
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Newswire Contributor Once again on the third Monday in January, much of the nation will mark the anniversary of the death of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Countless programs and events will no doubt recall several of his famous speeches from the 1963 March on Washington’s “I Have […]
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The Time is Always Right to Do Right
By Representative LaKeshia Myers In his 1965 commencement speech at Oberlin College, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “the time is always right to do what is right.” I was reminded of this quote this week. Primarily, as the people of Wisconsin celebrated with new executive leadership and legislators as they took their posts. While […]
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Trump Administration is Intent on Weakening Civil Rights Enforcement
When new U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked on “60 Minutes” whether she thinks President Donald Trump is a racist, she responded with the candor that makes her a compelling force in Washington: “Yeah, yeah, no question.” This, of course, lit up the social media, with Trump supporters denouncing Ocasio-Cortez and progressives praising her. One […]
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