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What Does It Take to be a Successful Entrepreneur?

February 26, 2016

by Armstrong Williams NNPA News Wire Columnist Time is one of those magical dimensions of the human experience. At certain instances it seems like there is not enough of it. And at others, it seems like the moment lasts forever. The intellectual and emotional experience in the passage of time is one of those unique […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Armstrong Williams, Entrepreneurship

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

“Wisconsin no es Arizona”

February 26, 2016

‘Dia Sin Latinos’ a Powerful Demonstration for Human Rights by Amanda Zhang On Thursday of last week, Wisconsin was forced to imagine what a world without Latinos and immigrants would look like. Thousands of workers, estimated between 14,000 – 20,000 Latino workers, students, and allies gathered in front of the capitol to protest bills AB450/SB36 […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amanda Zhang

Specimens from George Washington Carver discovered at UW-Madison

February 19, 2016

by David Tenenbaum George Washington Carver (c. 1864-1943) was a prominent African-American scientist with a long record of achievement. Born a slave in Missouri, he became the first Black student at what is now Iowa State University, then its first Black faculty member. He spent 47 years directing agricultural science at the Tuskegee Institute, which […]

Popular Interests In This Article: David Tenenbaum, George Washington Carver, Herbarium, Microfungi, UW-Madison

Love Shouldn’t Hurt: How adults can support teens

February 19, 2016

Love. It seems to be all we talk about during February leading up to and following the intimate dinners, Valentine’s Day parties and as we exchange tokens of affection all month long. While the thought of love brings a smile to our lips and a flutter to our hearts, for millions of Americans – particularly […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dating Violence, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Abuse Intervention Services DAIS, Economic Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Kyle Martin, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Verbal Abuse

Literacy Problems Called A ‘Silent Crisis’ In Wisconsin

February 19, 2016

1.5 Million Adults In Wisconsin Qualify For Literacy Services by Erika Janik Wisconsinites struggling with various literacy skills is a “silent crisis,” according to a local literacy expert. Michele Erikson, the executive director of Wisconsin Literacy Inc., a coalition of 77 literacy agencies throughout Wisconsin that strives to make learning to read, write and interpret […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Erika Janik, Literacy, Michele Erickson, Wisconsin Literacy

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

From the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement, Writers Who Changed the World

February 19, 2016

Black History Profiles by Brianna Rae Zora Neale Hurston A self-possessed woman with infinite curiosity, Zora Neale Hurston was a key figure in the literary movement of the Harlem Renaissance, but also in the fields of anthropology and folklore. Known for saying, “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amiri Baraka, Black History, Brianna Rae, LeRoi Jones, Zora Neale Hurston

Thomas Moorehead Rolls into the World of Ultra-Luxury

February 19, 2016

by Eric Easter Urban News Service The world’s first African-American Rolls Royce car dealer got there through hard work and perseverance, but only after disappointing his family. Thomas Moorehead’s parents thought the key to respectability was a Ph.D. Both teachers, they lived by an old-school axiom that the one thing you never can take away […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Eric Easter, Rolls Royce, Thomas Moorehead

Urban Prep Academy Turns Boys into Scholars in Chicago’s Roughest Neighborhoods

February 12, 2016

by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service CHICAGO — In some of Chicago’s lowest income neighborhoods, African-American teenage boys are overcoming their challenging surroundings. They are the young men of Urban Prep Academy, an all-male charter high school with a 100 percent graduation rate. All of those students earn college scholarships. And it all starts each […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Curtis Bunn, Roosevelt Moneyham III, Urban Prep Academy

Artist Misses New Orleans 10 Mardi Gras Since Katrina

February 12, 2016

by Eric Easter Urban News Service Jennifer Renee Johnson desperately misses New Orleans during Mardi Gras. But the New Orleans she misses, she says, no longer exists. Johnson is one of thousands of native New Orleanians who, in this 10th Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina, have yet to move back after fleeing the 2005 disaster. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Eric Easter, Hurricane Katrina, Jennifer Renee Johnson, Mardi Gras, New Orleans

The Mojo and the Sayso Comes to Madison: An Interview with Artistic Director Malkia Stampley

February 12, 2016

by Aarushi Agni In collaboration with Theatre Lila, Milwaukee’s Bronzeville Arts ensemble will bring Aisha Rahman’s play, The Mojo and the Sayso, to the Overture Center’s Promenade Hall from February 18 – 21. The play depicts an African-American family’s experience after their 10-year-old son is shot by a white police officer. A new context revitalizes […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Aarushi Agni, Malkia Stampley, Overture Center for the Arts, The Mojo and the Sayso

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