By LaKeshia Myers “In fourteen-hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue”—we all know the chant well; and many of us believe we know the true story of Italian sailor Christopher Columbus’ journey to the “new world”. The sad reality is, most of what Americans believe about Columbus’ discovery is filled with trite inaccuracies that have […]
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Soaring Prescription Drug Prices Hurt Wisconsin Seniors
By Max Richtman No matter what ails Wisconsin seniors, they feel financial pain at the pharmacy counter. Prices for the most commonly prescribed drugs for older patients have soared roughly ten times the rate of inflation in five years’ time. According to AARP, the annual average cost of prescription drugs overall increased nearly 60% between […]
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I Got Five On It!
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Calls for A Fair Deal, Requires A Fair Assessment of Resources In Jordan Peele’s hit movie “Us”, many hip-hop music fans were reminded of the 1995 hit song “I Got Five on It”. Penned by the west coast rapper LUNIZ, the song has been an anthem of sorts […]
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Crisis of Leadership
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The Constitution Is Fine, It’s the Leadership That is the Problem If you are like many residents, you have begun to realize there are loopholes in the Constitution that have allowed for questionable behavior and dysfunction between the varying branches of government. Many of the rules that we […]
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Community Schools: A Model for the Future
By LaKeshia Myers As an educator, I have had the opportunity to teach and lead in many different school settings. While my area of expertise has been primarily focused in the secondary grades, one experience I relished was working in a community school. Stepping foot into Auer Avenue School was not something I did willingly. […]
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Republican Senate Stands in the Way of Moving America Forward
By Jesse Jackson Americans are disgusted that Washington has become dysfunctional, even as Americans struggle with ever greater challenges — from stagnant wages and growing inequality to catastrophic climate change to soaring health-care costs to a decrepit and dangerously aged infrastructure. President Donald Trump blames House Democrats, saying they are “getting nothing done in Congress.” […]
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When the Ditchdigger Comes
By LaKeshia Myers Mahalia Jackson is quoted as saying, “If you dig one ditch you better dig two cause the trap you set just may be for you.” How fitting was it that I reflected on this saying this week as the House of Representatives officially launched its impeachment inquiries. As the public continues to […]
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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Did you know that there were two Emancipation Proclamations? Okay, technically one was called the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It’s the proclamation that most of our textbooks leave out of our history lessons. It is the proclamation that is least understood. It is the proclamation that, had things gone […]
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Diversity in Agriculture is the Key to Success
By LaKeshia Myers Wisconsin farmers have been in the news recently. While recent publications have focused on explaining the hardships and losses in the field, little has been written to underscore the lack of diversity that exists in agriculture. Of the two million farms in the United States, nearly ninety-eight percent are operated by families […]
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Can America Break its Gun Addiction?
By Jesse Jackson After mass shootings in Southaven, Mississippi; Dayton, Ohio; and Midland, El Paso and Odessa, Texas, public demand for sensible gun reform once more soared. And once more, Republican politicians, led by President Donald Trump, were intimidated into inaction by the gun lobby, led by the National Rifle Association. Remarkably, it was America’s […]
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