By Nyesha Stone It’s 2018 and America’s youth is showing the world how to use their voices in an impactful way. After the Parkland, FL shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, that killed 17 students and staff, students said enough is enough and decided to fight back. March for Our Lives is a nationwide […]
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We need to revive King’s campaign against poverty
By Jesse Jackson April 4 will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, shot down on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time, we had come to Memphis to support striking sanitation workers seeking a living wage and a union. Dr. King was focused on organizing a […]
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Extraordinary Session
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Walker and GOP: Don’t Like a Judge’s Order, Just Change the Law You can’t make this stuff up! A Wisconsin judge issues an order that Governor Scott Walker and Republicans in the legislature didn’t like. Their response; change the law, make it retroactive, and get around the court […]
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When Is Deadly Force Really Justified?
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young Just last Sunday night, Sacramento police officers shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark, a father of two who was unarmed, in the backyard of his grandparents’ home. According to a police department statement: Prior to the shooting, the involved officers saw the suspect facing them, advance forward […]
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Senate Lawmakers Seek to Gut Fair Housing
Senate Lawmakers’ Housing Reform Plan Threatens Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In just a few weeks, civil rights and housing advocates will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. Just six days after the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Congress passed the law on April […]
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Black Women Need Better Access to Reproductive Healthcare
OTC Birth Control Pills, Better Access to Reproductive Healthcare Could Be Game Changer for Black Women By Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley (Chief Medical Officer, Planned Parenthood of Maryland) I’ve been a practicing OB/GYN for nearly 15 years, long enough to see patient after patient struggle through the web of systemic barriers that make accessing healthcare needlessly […]
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It Needs To Be Said
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor In Spite of Trump Antics and GOP Inaction, We Are Going to Be OK The past year has been a frightening one for many Americans. Mass shootings. Racial tension. Immigration uncertainty. Political upheaval and the feeling of a loss of America’s standing in the world. We have seen […]
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#Support the March for Our Lives Movement
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young On Sunday March 24, high school kids, families and supporters of March for Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today. Organizers […]
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Trump-Kim meeting could make war less likely
By Jesse Jackson Donald Trump is taking a lot of heat for his snap decision to talk face to face with Kim Jong-un of North Korea. His aides caution that the meeting may never take place, that concrete conditions must be met for it to happen. Conservative pundits and foreign policy pundits fret that Trump […]
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Milwaukee’s Youth Bring Their Demands for Justice 50 Miles Further
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Local students have announced their plan to join in Madison on March 25 to march 50 miles south to Janesville, to the home of House Speaker Paul Ryan, in what they’ve named the 50 Miles More March. Led in part by Shorewood High’s own Katie Eder, the students […]
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