By La’Tasha D. Mayes (Executive Director, new Voices for Reproductive Justice) After Roy Moore’s defeat at the hands of Alabama voters—driven by Black voter turnout, especially the votes of Black women— we saw the celebration, credit-taking, and meaning-making that usually accompanies a progressive electoral victory. But one thing was different this time. This time, mainstream […]
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Sessions Stands for Outmoded, Unjust Law-And-Order Policies
By Jesse Jackson Attorney General Jeff Sessions gets it wrong. On core issue after core issue — civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, police reform and particularly mass incarceration — he is a destructive force. The United States locks up more people per capita than any country in the world. China, run by a brutal […]
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Supremes to Look at Ohio Purging Nonvoters
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Civil rights groups argue that when Ohio purged names of nonvoters it violated Federal law. Ohio counters that it is purging names to prevent voter fraud. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this troubling voting rights case. When Larry Harmon tried to vote in 2015 he discovered his name […]
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Walker Should Be Ashamed of His Inaction on Lincoln Hills
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor I guess I should be jumping for joy, but I am not. My feet are firmly planted in my frustration at the announcement of Governor Scott Walker that he may finally do something about Lincoln Hills Juvenile Correctional facility. It’s only taken about 6 years since a judge […]
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Re-Election Ploy, Pure and Simple
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Why hasn’t Scott Walker ever taken the time to visit the trouble plagued juvenile institutions (Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake) during his nearly eight years in office? Equally egregious is the fact that Walker has said he won’t go there before his second term ends in 12 […]
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Is Trump the Worst President in the Last 50 Years?
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Donald Trump, a man best known as a “birther” with a reality TV show and a real estate empire, who claimed that Mexico was sending drugs and rapists to the United States, was sworn in as president on January 20, 2017. What happened next was predictable and we […]
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The Justice Department Could Make it Harder for Minorities to Own Media Companies
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As the United States becomes increasingly diverse, the necessity for that diversity to be reflected in business becomes even more important. As one of only three African American owned TV station licensees in the country, I recently wrote the FCC voicing strong support for the advancement of minority ownership […]
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Looking Forward to 2018
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor What’s old is new again. The KKK. Heroin and Opioid Drug Addiction. Healthcare. Mass Incarceration. Justice Reform. Sexual Harassment. Threat of Nuclear War. And yet, depending on your age, level of awareness, or civic engagement some of the issues facing America today seems overwhelming and unfamiliar. However history […]
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A Solemn Mission … Betrayed!
Capitol Report By Leon D Young The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education in the United States. The organization was founded May 21, 1881 by none other than the legendary Clara Barton. And proudly purports that every […]
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Remember, Rekindle the Spirit of Emancipation Proclamation
By Jesse Jackson One hundred forty-five years ago on Jan. 1, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, helping to transform this country from a union of states into a nation, from a country stained by slavery into one moving at great cost closer to “liberty and justice for all.” On Jan. 1, 1863, in the […]
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