• Home
  • Archive
  • Media Kit
  • Contact Us
  • May 31, 2025

The Madison Times

The Paper That's More Than Black and White

  • News
    • Local News
    • National News
    • International News
    • Sports News
    • Education News
  • Columns
    • Columnists
    • Editorials
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Life Lessons with Alex Gee
  • Events
  • Health
  • Finance
  • Lifestyle
  • Classifieds
  • Community
    • Middle Spread
  • Milwaukee

Anniversary of Selma March Rekindles Ferguson Comparisons

March 13, 2015

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press March 13, 2015   In this March 13, 1965 file photo, a line of police officers hold back demonstrators who attempted to march to the courthouse in Selma, Ala. Police kept the demonstrators hemmed up in a square block area where they attempted several times to break through. (AP […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Anniversary, Black Lives Matter, Bloody Sunday, Civil Rights, Ferguson MO, MARCH 13 2015, Selma March, Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC, VOL. 25 NO. 9, Voting Rights Act VRA

A Brief Biography of Lorraine Hansberry

March 13, 2015

By Eelisa Jones March 13, 2015     Lorraine Vivian Hansberry III was an activist, author and playwright born in Chicago on May 19, 1930. She was the first African-American writer to have works appear on Broadway. Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun remains her best-known play, which centered on the experiences of black individuals […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Civil Rights Leader, Court Ruling, Lee v. Hansberry, Lorraine Hansberry, MARCH 13 2015, NAACP, Racial Segregation, Urban League, VOL. 25 NO. 9

Governor Walker: Sexual Assault Reporting, What You Should Know

March 6, 2015

By Lindsey Gapen March 6, 2015       Many websites have corrected or retracted stories about Governor Scott Walker this week in response to Walker’s proposal to remove requirements of reporting sexual assault incidents to the state government.    Walker, who may be the 2016 Republican candidate in the presidential election, faced an attack […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cleary Act, Jezebel, MARCH 6 2015, Scott Walker, Sexual Assault Reporting, UW System, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Critics Say GOP Education Reform Would Hurt Poor and Black Students

March 6, 2015

By Freddie Allen, Senior NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015   Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said that a strong ESEA is vital to ensuring that states and school districts are living up to their obligation to provide a quality education for all. (Freddie Allen/NNPA/File Photo) […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Center for American Progress CAP, Education Reform, Elementary and Secondary Education Act ESEA, GOP Republican Party, MARCH 6 2015, Nancy Hicks Maynard, No Child Left Behind Act NCLB, VOL. 25 NO. 8, Wade Henderson

Mary Jane McLeod-Bethune: The First Lady of the Struggle

March 6, 2015

By Vanessa Jenkins March 6, 2015   Mary McLeod-Bethune     Mary McLeod Bethune is referred to as "the first lady of the struggle,” due to her unyielding efforts to improve the lives of African-Americans. Her efforts additionally aided women through education and political empowerment.     In pursuit to unify the underrepresented in the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Association of Colored Women ACW, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School, MARCH 6 2015, Mary Jane McLeod-Bethune, National Council of Negro Women, Urban League, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Racial Disparities in Early Childhood Hurts U.S.

March 6, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015   Ready Freddy visits prekindergarten students at a public school in Buffalo, N.Y. (David Duprey/AP Photo)     WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Increased investment in early childhood education and care can eradicate many of the racial success gaps that persist throughout society, according to a new […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Center for American Progress CAP, Child Care Development Block Grant CCDBG, Early Childhood Education, Early Head Start EHS, Inequality, MARCH 6 2015, Racial Disparities, Racism, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Blacks Bear Brunt of School Suspensions

March 6, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015       WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — According to a report released last week, 3.5 million K-12 public school students were suspended in the 2011-2012 school year – enough to fill every stadium seat in Super Bowl I through Super Bowl XLV.    And Black children […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Civil Rights Project CRP, MARCH 6 2015, School Suspensions, VOL. 25 NO. 8

First Lady: US Experiencing Food ‘Culture Change’

March 6, 2015

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press March 6, 2015   First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the annual Building a Healthier Future 2015 summit in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)     WASHINGTON, D.C. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Michelle Obama said Thursday that the U.S. has undergone a “culture change” in the five […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Building a Healthier Future 2015, Childhood Obesity, First Lady, MARCH 6 2015, Michelle Obama, School Nutrition Program SNP, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Wisconsin Right To Work Law Divides State

February 27, 2015

By Karen Stokes February 27, 2015   (Photo credit, Karen Stokes)     This week, Republican lawmakers called an extraordinary session to officially introduce and debate the right-to-work bill. An extraordinary session limits debate and could fast track passage of the bill.   The right-to-work law secures the right of an employee to decide for […]

Popular Interests In This Article: ACT 10, FEBRUARY 27 2015, Protests, Right-to-Work Legislation, Scott Walker, Union Dues, Unions, VOL. 25 NO. 7

Justice Dept.: No Federal Charges in Trayvon Martin Death

February 27, 2015

By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press & Eric Tucker, Associated Press February 27, 2015   This image provided by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office shows former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman after he was arrested Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, in Apopka, Fla. Authorities said they responded to a disturbance call at a house earlier in the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Civil Rights, Eric Holder, FEBRUARY 27 2015, George Zimmerman, Justice Department, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, VOL. 25 NO. 7

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • …
  • 86
  • Next Page »


Connect With Us

Become Our Fan On Facebook
Find Us On Facebook


Follow Us On Twitter
Follow Us On Twitter

Editorials

Karma Chavez
Amanda Zhang
Julianne Malveaux
Benjamin Chavis
George Curry

Journalists

Jacklin Bolduan
Brianna Rae
Aarushi Agni
Rob Franklin
Claire Miller

Topics

Brown Girl Green $
Young Gifted & Black
Universally Speaking
Ask Progress
Civil Rights

Topics

Police Shooting
Police Brutality
Black Lives Matter
NAACP
Racism

Politicians

Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
Gwen Moore
Paul Soglin
Scott Walker

Contact Us

Phone:
414-449-4860

Copyright © 2025 Courier Communications. All Rights Reserved.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.