By Elizabeth Stephens April 3, 2015 Another round of Joint Finance Committee hearings occurred last Thursday in Reedsburg amid continued controversy over Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2015-2017 state budget. For the last several weeks, crowds have been packing high school and college auditoriums for a chance to testify before a panel of […]
Q&A: John Legend on Race, Common, Sam Smith, ‘Blurred Lines’
April 3, 2015 John Legend (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett) AUSTIN, TEXAS (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — John Legend says he's concerned that the "Blurred Lines" verdict could set a scary precedent for artists creating music inspired by others. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, the Grammy winner said he understands why people […]
Report: Racial Disparities In Arrests Persist With legal Pot
By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press April 3, 2015 (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) DENVER, COLORADO (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — The legalization of marijuana in Colorado hasn't solved the racial disparities in enforcement that drug-policy reformers had hoped to end, with blacks still far more likely than whites to be charged with pot-related crimes, a new […]
Recent Documentary – Vel Phillips: Dream Big Dreams is Relevant to the Racial Tensions of Today
By Lindsey Gapen & Elizabeth Stephens March 27, 2015 Vel Phillips Airing for the first time last February, Director and Producer Robert Trondson’s Wisconsin Public Television documentary “Vel Phillips: Dream Big Dreams” tells the incredible life story of one of the most iconic civil rights leaders in Wisconsin’s history. Velvalia “Vel” […]
A Celebration of Women’s History Month
By Brianna Rae March 27, 2015 Beginning as International Women’s Day in 1911 and eventually becoming Women’s History Week by 1982, the designation of March as Women’s History Month became nationally recognized in 1987. Since then, it has continued its legacy of bringing the focus on women’s immense contributions to culture and society […]
Little League Star Mo’ne Davis Named AP’s 2014 Female Athlete Of The Year
By Rob Maaddi March 27, 2015 Mo’ne Davis PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — No one in the sports world had heard of the 2014 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year until August. That's when 13-year-old Mo'ne Davis became an instant celebrity as she took the mound in the Little League […]
Preparing for 2016 Campaign, Hillary Clinton Embracing Obama
By Julie Pace & Ken Thomas, Associated Press March 27, 2015 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) “Candidates that get all tangled up trying align with or separate from their party or their president have a very poor track record of success.” WASHINGTON, D.C. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Rather than keeping him at […]
Male Nurses Scarce but Make More Money Than Women RNS: Study
By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer March 27, 2015 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Even in an occupation that women overwhelmingly dominate, they still earn less than men, a study of nurses found. The gender gap for registered nurses' salaries amounts to a little over $5,000 yearly on average and it […]
Starbucks Baristas Stop Writing ‘Race Together’ on Cups
By Candice Choi & Tom Krisher, Associated Press March 27, 2015 (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) NEW YORK, NEW YORK (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Starbucks baristas will no longer write "Race Together" on customers' cups starting Sunday, ending a visible component of the company's diversity and racial inequality campaign that had sparked widespread criticism in […]
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Legislation
By Aubrey Koski March 20, 2015 Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of president Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1965 speech urging Congress to enact voting rights legislation. President Johnson’s speech, delivered before Congress on March 15, 1965, culminated in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the nation’s hallmark Civil Rights legislative […]
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