By Milwaukee Courier Staff While incomes have stagnated over the last two decades for low-income Americans, rents have gone up at an unsustainable pace for most renters. According to a recent study by the Wisconsin Policy Forum, Milwaukee County has the highest percentage of renter households in the Midwest, more than half of households in […]
Bloomberg Unveils Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap During Speech in Tulsa
By Karen Stokes Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg visited Tulsa, Oklahoma on Sunday to unveil ‘The Greenwood Initiative’, his plan to close the racial wealth gap. The policy is named in recognition of the city’s district of Greenwood, known as ‘Black Wall Street’, that was once one of the most affluent African American communities in […]
Mike Bloomberg’s for Voting Access and Voter Protection
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Late last year, Mike Bloomberg announced he was running for president. With the election fast approaching, Bloomberg has been releasing his plans and policies. Earlier this month, Bloomberg released his plan regarding voting. Since the 2016 election, voting has become a bigger part of the discussion specifically voter accessibility and voter protection. […]
Lenovo Releases FY 2018/2019 Diversity & Inclusion Report
MORRISVILLE, NC – Lenovo, a leader in innovation and developing transformative products, services and solutions, recently released its 2018/2019 Diversity & Inclusion Report. One key highlight is Haben Girma, Harvard Law School’s first deaf-blind graduate joining the team as the first external D&I consultant helping to better integrate the needs of the disability community into […]
Protecting Birds is a Wisconsin Priority; Trump OK’s Killing Them
By James Rowen Want dramatic examples of Trump’s anti-environmental actions which are the direct opposite of local initiatives in Wisconsin? *Buried in news dominated by impeachment and holiday shopping, Trump just unwound basic legal protections for birds, essentially removing years of common-sense protections for birds and thus their role in stabilizing the environment already under […]
How Boeing is Moving Forward in 2020
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In 2019, Boeing, the American based company which designs and manufactures airplanes experienced some rough times. In October 2018, one of its planes, a Boeing 737 MAX was leaving Indonesia when it crashed shortly after take-off. It killed 189 people. The following year in March another Boeing 737 MAX being flown by […]
IN MEMORIAM: Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch: Remembering Carroll Spinney
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor Growing up, Sesame Street was a way of life. Modeled after a brownstone neighborhood in Harlem, it was familiar yet far with a cast of characters who looked and sounded like the melting pot of people growing up in America’s cities at that time. […]
The Impact of Newspaper Legend Garth C. Reeves
By Erick Johnson Garth C. Reeves, Sr., The Miami Times’ retired publisher who became the enduring patriarch of a family newspaper dynasty after decades of fighting the political establishment while guiding the Black community through the city’s racial problems, died on Monday, Nov. 25. He was 100. Regarded as a titan in the Black Press, […]
Why Employment is Unfairly Low for African Americans
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The wage gap is a well-known topic that spans genders and ethnicities, but its not the only thing. Employment rates for African Americans are low, especially when compared to their white counterparts and the Center for American Progress looked into the reason why. Earlier this week, the Center for American Progress published […]
End of Kamala Harris’ White House Campaign Ignites Discussion on Treatment
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor On Dec. 3, Senator Kamala Harris of California suspended her campaign for the White House. Harris’ decision was announced by video after four straight weeks of negative media coverage regarding her campaign organization and strategy. Harris’s campaign started with a bang and a ton of media attention. She […]
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