By U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Earlier this year, I decided to tell a very personal story that I hadn’t shared with many people before. I often talk about being raised by my grandparents, especially during discussions in Milwaukee about the importance of strengthening Social Security or Medicare, supporting family caregivers or bringing down skyrocketing prescription […]
Senator Tammy Baldwin Gets a Firsthand Look at African American Small Businesses
By Karen Stokes The focus was primarily businesses and reaching out to the Black community last Saturday for Senator Tammy Baldwin during the latest stop in Milwaukee on her ‘In Your Corner Tour.” Baldwin 56, the first woman elected to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Congress was elected to the Senate and has been a […]
It’s Time to Put Politics to Work
By Kurt Kober Well, we are almost to the Democratic Primary. In fact, it’s only days away. There has been a lot of noise in this primary, but here’s what it boils down to: August 14th is a chance to make your voice heard, and it’s a chance to elect leaders who are ready to […]
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Tells Authentic Stories from the Movement
By Freddie Allen (Editor-in-Chief, NNPA Newswire) In the early morning hours of January 10, 1966, civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer Sr. was jolted from his sleep, as members of the Ku Klux Klan surrounded his house just north of Hattiesburg, Miss. Dahmer, a Black land-owner, had been actively working to register Blacks to vote and, […]
Cracked, Packed, or Hijacked
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Attempts to Suppress Black Voter Participation IS Real A few days ago, a group of Milwaukee residents gathered to provide personal stories of voting challenges suffered since Governor Scott Walker and Republican state legislators implemented Wisconsin’s voter ID laws. Often described as some of the strictest voter laws […]
Kavanaugh and Republican Control of the Wisconsin Legislature
By Matthew Koch Educational background, Vanderbilt University Department of Political Science, Nashville TN MA, PhD candidate August 2010 – Present ● Conducted research concentrating on political theory, international relations and public law • Researched differing definitions of Justice in Western and Islamic legal traditions • Completed full core graduate course load in econometrics and statistics […]
The Black Press Challenges Fake News
By Lauren Poteat As Donald Trump’s persistent “fake news” rhetoric continues to fester in the media, Black publishers across the nation, recently took charge of the conversation, giving way to a special forum entitled “Black Press vs. Fake News.” The forum took place during the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) annual convention. Dorothy Leavell, the […]
Racial Divides Found in Student Loan Defaults
Unsustainable Debt Trajectory Needs to Be Managed By Charlene Crowell With 44 million consumers owing student debt that now reaches $1.5 trillion and still climbing, a lot of people want to better understand how and why this unsustainable debt trajectory can be better managed. For Black consumers who typically have less family wealth than other […]
It’s Time for Blacks to Pull the Trigger on Politics
By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor) How often do we hear messages about the amount of money Black people spend every year as consumers? In a recent report by Nielsen titled, “Black Dollars Matter: The Sales Impact of Black Consumers,” the message was once again highlighted: While African Americans make up just 14 percent […]
Patients, Health Professionals Observe World Sickle Cell Day
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) It’s been 100 years since sickle cell disease (SCD), a hereditary blood disorder, was first discovered. And, according to health experts, it’s no secret that an alarming number of children and adolescence have died, and the condition remained in the province of pediatrics. Known as “the silent killer,” […]
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