By Charles Collier I have compiled a list of my predictions for the NFC North. Lions-The Detroit Lions stunned the Kansas City Chiefs last night in the NFL opener. The Lions beat the Chiefs in Kansas City 21-20. The Chiefs are 31-7 at home when Patrick Mahomes starts at Quarterback. The Lions were led by […]
Walking A Digital Tightrope
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In an increasingly digital world, social media has become an integral part of our lives, even for the youngest members of society. While these platforms offer various benefits, such as fostering connections and enhancing creativity, they also bring concerns about child safety. As parents, guardians, and concerned stakeholders, […]
Why Being “Woke” Without Doing the Work Is Detrimental
By LaKeshia N. Myers I am admittedly an “old millennial.” My contemporaries and I are part of a hybrid generation that lived before the advent of readily accessible technology, but we are also the generation that invented and popularized mediums like Facebook. We are also the cultural curators of being “woke;” being or staying “woke” […]
De-Dignification and Economic Exploitation of Black Americans
BlackEconomics.org® Introduction Those knowledgeable of the political economy recognize that US “democracy” is far from pure. BlackEconomics.org has highlighted many times the sway—near total control even—that oligarchs and plutocrats and their enterprises have over the political economy. For example, the airline industry reflects and projects inordinate power. We will discuss this power below as we […]
Top Five Packer Players of All-Time
By Charles Collier I have compiled a list of the top five players in Packer history. Reggie White (Minister of Defense). White was an ordained minister. Every Sunday White preyed on NFL Quarterbacks, and they prayed for safety and protection. White was one of the most dominant defensive linemen to ever play the game. At […]
Rep. Myers’ Summer Reading List #3: The ‘Girl Power’ Edition
By LaKeshia N. Myers Women are fifty percent of the American population, yet their perspectives have historically been ignored. In my quest to ramp up my reading this summer, I chose to focus on reading books by female authors. The women’s liberation movement had a bevy of female writers whose works created shifts in political […]
Lead Lateral Replacement Timeline Doesn’t Add Up
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor A few weeks ago, I was at an event with Vice President Kamala Harris. In her remarks, she mentioned federal funding to help replace lead lateral service lines across the country. Milwaukee continues to grapple with this threat to our residents’ health. Like other communities, we have lead-contaminated […]
Doing It Wrong All Along
BlackEconomics.org Let us begin by recalling two important facts. First, one cannot keep doing the same thing and expect a different outcome. Second, as of 2020, there were about 3.8 million Black American businesses, about 95 percent of which were non-employers. That is, they were small one-person operations with average receipts sufficient to survive at […]
Rep. Myers’ Summer Book Review: The Shattering
By LaKeshia N. Myers As promised, I am sharing reviews of some of the books I’m reading this summer. As a historian, I took interest in a book called The Shattering. The Shattering chronicles the multilayered and multifaceted growing pains of modern America. Through humor, contextualization, and historical anecdotes, Kevin Boyle weaves the story of […]
AI May Be the Future, But for Blacks It Continues Problems of the Past
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor It’s hard to miss all the stories discussing Artificial Intelligence or AI, as it’s called for short. Seemingly, the hottest new thing, the reality is that AI has been around for quite some time. In 1936, a mathematician, computer scientist, and theoretical biologist, by the name of Alan […]
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