By Charlene Crowell NNPA Newswire Columnist In recent weeks, a spate of news coverage has referred to America’s “inner cities.” Some may even interpret it as a new code word for minorities, usually referring to Blacks and Latinos. Yet today, according to Richard Rothstein, a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute, the inner city […]
Johnson Puts Faith In Church-Based Solutions To Poverty
Feingold Says Additional Options Are Needed By Chuck Quirmbach Wisconsin’s major party U.S. Senate candidates, Democrat Russ Feingold and Republican incumbent Ron Johnson, disagree over whether a faith-based jobs program is the best remedy for poverty in Milwaukee. Johnson is promoting the Joseph Project, an initiative that he helped create, in which a Milwaukee African-American […]
Average Student Loan Debt Rises 4 Percent For Class Of 2015, New Report Says
Wisconsin’s Average Debt For 4-Year Public, Private 2015 Graduate Is $29,460 By Ross Terrell The average student loan debt for 2015 Wisconsin graduates of four-year public or nonprofit private institutions was $29,460, according to a new report from the Institute for College Access and Success. Across the United States, the average student debt for 2015 […]
GOP State Lawmakers Look To Address Projected Health Care Worker Shortage
Rep. Ed Brooks Among 23 Republicans Planning To Introduce Package Of Bills Totaling $3.5M By Shamane Mills The number of older residents in Wisconsin is high compared to other states; that means the demand for health care is expected to rise at a time when the number of medical professionals is dwindling. Rep. Ed Brooks, […]
Engineer’s ‘Hustle’ Becomes Successful Construction Company
Avis Thomas-Lester Urban News Service Brunson L. Cooper dreamed of starting his own construction firm–but he had no money, no investors, and no connections. He decided to become his own rich uncle. The engineer spent 16 years working at Turner Construction, one of America’s largest builders. He always lived below his means and saved what […]
Black Farmer Fights to Kill Death Tax
by Avis Thomas Lester Urban News Service John Wesley Boyd, Jr., lives off the land raising cows and growing soybeans and corn on 400 acres he owns in rural Baskerville, Virginia. He works alongside his father, John Wesley Boyd, Sr., 75, who farms 117 acres nearby that he inherited from his own father. Together they’ve […]
Farming Is the Key to Economic Growth in the Black Community
By Armstrong Williams NNPA Newswire Columnist It is clear that it when it comes to jump starting the economy, generating jobs and wealth for the average American, we are in quite a fix. After coming out of the Great Recession, the economy is experiencing anemic growth rate of around one percent, and labor force participation […]
Finding Kunta: Black Entrepreneurs Connect the Dots After Roots
By Ronda Racha Penrice Urban News Service Kunta Kinte still haunts us. Nearly 40 years after it premiered, Roots – Alex Haley’s iconic quest, tracing his ancestry from slavery back to Juffure, The Gambia – still inspires African-Americans to reclaim their heritage. Today, the ripple effect of the 1977 ABC miniseries is evident in reality […]
From Homelessness to Hairstylist
Early Struggles Spur Beautician to Success By Avis Thomas-Lester Urban News Service She’s taught natural hair styling in Los Angeles and hair-loss prevention in Australia. She’ll be featured in New Zealand next month at the International Association of Trichologists’ Hairdressing Conference. “I do a lot of speaking engagements, so I travel a lot,” said Johnson, […]
United Way: 42 Percent Of Wisconsin Households Struggle To Pay Bills
New Report Highlights Families Living Above Poverty Line But Still Not Earning Enough By Hope Kirwan A new United Way of Wisconsin report claims 42 percent of Wisconsin households struggle to make ends meet. While 13 percent of Wisconsin households live below the federal poverty line, United Way found another 29 percent of households don’t […]
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