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‘I Can’t Breathe – The Murder of George Floyd was a Lynching in Broad Daylight.’

June 6, 2020

The signs say Black Lives Matter. Yet the very people who are supposed to protect us too often, in too many places, don’t seem to agree. By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. President and Founder – Rainbow PUSH Coalition Three police officers stood and watched as a fourth, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd’s neck. They watched […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

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Americans Have United Before to Defeat an External Enemy and we can Again

May 30, 2020

By Jesse Jackson We live in a time of bitter divisions. Today, even the wearing of masks has become a partisan question. Yet, as this Memorial Day weekend reminds us, this country has united before to meet external threats. The calamity that has been wrought by the coronavirus is the result of an external attack […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Coronavirus, Jesse Jackson, Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

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Kneeling: This is America

May 30, 2020

Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Two years ago, the multi-talented Donald Glover, aka “Childish Gambino” made history and controversy with his hit song “This Is America.” The song, which requires the accompanying video to fully appreciate the underlying complexity of the verses, won a Grammy, Best Music Video and Best Rap/Performance. The lyrics […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena Taylor

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Price Controls Punish U.S. Innovators and Economy

May 23, 2020

By Sally C. Pipes America’s biopharmaceutical industry dwarfs most other economic sectors. It’s one of our nation’s single biggest job creators, supporting close to a million positions across the country. And its products save countless lives each year. Yet for some reason, politicians in both parties seem determined to snuff it out by imposing crippling […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Prescription Drug Prices, Sally C. Pipes

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Failure to Plan Is a Plan to Fail: Why Wisconsin Needs an Immediate Election Remedy

May 23, 2020

By LaKeshia Myers No matter where one falls on the political spectrum, it is abundantly clear that Wisconsin needs to implement measures to ensure our Fall elections are safe and accessible to all voters. To date, there have been no concrete plans to ensure accessibility to the ballot box for the August and November elections. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: LaKeshia Myers, Voting

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Where Do We Go from Here: Where Is the Republican Plan Post “Safer at Home”?

May 16, 2020

By LaKeshia Myers In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King published a book called “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?” In his book, King discussed the question of what African Americans should do with their new freedoms found in laws such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He concluded that all Americans […]

Popular Interests In This Article: LaKeshia Myers, Safer at Home

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Black Mentorship for Mental Health Professionals

May 16, 2020

By Angela Braggs, MS As an early career mental health professional, I was on a quest last year as a new graduate to be linked to a mentor within the field. I understood that becoming a “licensed professional” wasn’t going to be good enough for me. For the sake of my work and my future […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Angela Braggs, Mary Ellen Strong Foundation

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The Stigma of Mental Illness in the Black Community

May 16, 2020

By Jasmine Seymore, MSW When I attended college at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and completed my internship working with domestic violence victims and survivors, I immediately knew social work was my calling. Although this was good news and appeared to be a better fit for me, when I announced to my friends and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Jasmine Seymore, Mental Illness

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The Power of Race and Inequality in Amerikkka: The Miseducation of a Poor Black Girl from the North Side

May 16, 2020

By LaShunda Carter, MSW My previous ideologies about race and inequality came from my lived experiences and from what I learned in school. Even though I did not formally learn about these concepts, by growing up poor on the Northside of Milwaukee, I experienced the detrimental effects of inequality. I was raised by a single […]

Popular Interests In This Article: LaShunda Carter, Racial Inequality

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Home is Where the Heart Is: Why Fostering Youths Matter

May 9, 2020

By LaKeshia Myers Family is one of the most important aspects of my life. Both of my parents come from large families and special occasions are always filled with lots of great food, laughs and catching up with all of my cousins. Trust, it would probably take me hours to count all of my cousins! […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Foster Care, LaKeshia Myers

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