By Natalie Cole, Our Weekly Publisher and CEO The primary and most trustworthy source of news and information to Black Americans has been and continues to rest in the bosom of the Black Press.So why is it that in the year of our Lord 2014—during Black History Month no less—the NAACP needs to be reminded […]

By Taki S. Raton  Nationally Certified School Psychologist Dr. Umar Abdullah Johnson will be returning to Milwaukee as a featured speaker this Black History Month on Sunday, February 23, at the Milwaukee Brotherhood of Firefighters Hall, 7717 West Good Hope Road.Doors will open at 1 p.m. The program begins at 2 p.m.Sponsored by the Milwaukee […]

By Taki S. Raton Mayor Tom Barrett announced last week Alderman Willie L. Hines, Jr. will become the associate director of the Housing Authority.Hines will be responsible for the day to day operations of the Housing Authority’s affordable housing portfolio.He will report to secretary/ executive director of the Housing Authority Tony Perez.“I appreciate the working […]

By Taki S. Raton Our YG&B feature this week was headlined in the August 2013 edition of Forbes Africa, thereby being at the age of 10 the youngest person ever to be interviewed by Forbes.She is young, gifted and Black. Zuriel Elise Oduwole has been touted in the August 6, 2013 post of Naij as […]

By Michael R. Lovell, Chancellor University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee More than a year ago, UWM, the University of Wisconsin System and the University of Wisconsin Extension were very excited to announce the UW Flexible Option, a way for students of all ages to earn college credits, certificates and degrees in a more personalized, convenient and affordable […]

By Jarett Fields Last year, when Nashville leaders were trying to place a moratorium on new charter schools, the response was overwhelming.From County Boards and voters, to charter school leaders and education organizations, people protested and wrote letters.One of those letters was written by Dr. Michael Lomax, the President and CEO of the United Negro […]

By Cassandra Lans Craig Stingley, father of Corey Stingley, a 16 year-old Nathan Hale High School student in West Allis who died on December 29, 2012 of positional asphyxia, announced that his son’s case would be reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice at a news conference held Wednesday evening.Stingley called the news conference along […]

By The Milwaukee Courier MADISON — During a visit with UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank today, AT&T Wisconsin State President Scott T. VanderSanden announced a $35,000 AT&T donation to support UW-Madison's PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) program and help underserved students prepare for and successfully complete higher education.   PEOPLE is a year-round […]

By The Milwaukee Courier  Citizen Action of Wisconsin and Representative Melissa Sargent held a media conference call to release a memo by the Legislature’s Fiscal Bureau showing the impact of federal Medicaid funds from the Affordable Care Act on each county. While Governor Walker rejected these federal funds for BadgerCare, the state can accept them […]

By Congresswoman Gwen Moore  Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope–some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both.Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.I urge this Congress […]