By Ariele Vaccaro January 9, 2015 Scott Walker For the second time, Scott Walker held up his right hand, pledged to perform his duty as governor, and stepped into another four-year term as Wisconsin’s political leader. At his inauguration on Tuesday, the governor made a lot of promises to Wisconsinites. If those […]
Cornell William Brooks, NAACP CEO, Confronts Police Brutality
By Tiffany Crouse January 9, 2015 Cornell William Brooks NAACP President and CEO, Cornell William Brooks, is described as “a pioneering lawyer and a civil rights activist” by his peers at the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is the 18th president and was appointed in May […]
Jesse Jackson Joins Hamilton Family in Fight for Justice
By Karen Stokes January 9, 2015 Hundreds of Milwaukee area residents and protesters gathered on a cold, wintry, Friday afternoon in downtown Milwaukee to rally in support of a fight for justice lead by the family of Dontre Hamilton, and to hear inspiring words from the family and civil rights leader, Reverend […]
Edward Brooke, 1st Black Elected U.S. Senator, Dies
By Sylvia Wingfield & Mark Pratt, Associated Press January 9, 2015 This Oct. 28, 2009, file photo shows President Barack Obama greeting former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a ceremony where Brooke received the Congressional Gold Medal. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (ASSOCIATED PRESS) […]
New Atlanta’s Founding Father’ Herman J. Russell dies
By John B. Smith, Sr ‘New Atlanta’s Founding Father’ Herman J. Russell dies By John B. Smith, Sr. Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Inquirer ATLANTA — Herman J. Russell, the native Atlantan born in 1931 from humble beginnings in the Summerhill community who ultimately grew to become founder of […]
Group focuses on developing black CEOs
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent Group focuses on developing black CEOs By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —In an effort to increase the relevancy of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) redesigned one of its signature programs to cultivate Black […]
St. Louis commits to police diversity
By Rebecca Rivas St. Louis commits to police diversity by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American St. Louis legislators will put $50,000 behind a police training program that black police officers created this year to recruit more African Americans into the police academy, said Mayor Francis […]
Black pollster: ‘Democrats got their [butt] whipped’
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —Even with overwhelming support from black voters, Democrats still lost control of the United States Senate in the mid-term elections and President Barack Obama will have to compromise with the GOP-controlled Congress in order to get anything done in his last two years. “First let’s put it […]
Massachussetts Schools Welcome New Students Who Fled Danger
By Jane Regan and Yuxiao Yuan SOMERVILLE, Massachussetts(IPS) — Pedro sought a safer life. He traveled to Somerville from Chalantenango, El Salvador on foot, by bus, car, and in the back of a tractor-trailer truck. Now he’s one of 60 new students from Central America who have enrolled in Somerville Public Schools after making it […]
Improved quality of Medicare plans and steady premiums are great news as Open Enrollment begins
By Marilyn Tavenner, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Fall is a wonderful time of year. Changing leaves. Cooler weather. It’s also the season for people with Medicare to review their current Medicare coverage, as Medicare Open Enrollment begins. As we prepare for Medicare Open Enrollment, which began on October 15 and ends on […]
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