The Wisconsin Coalition Against Homelessness (WCAH) is urging Wisconsin local government officials to open warming sites to house homeless families and single adults this weekend. Citing weather reports that predict below zero temperatures and noting the spike in homeless families in Milwaukee, WCAH urges Mayors and County Executives throughout Wisconsin to provide warm, safe places […]
Emanuel Charlie Brooks
Ambassador of Good Will November 7, 1949 – January 2, 2016 Charlie Brooks’s final curtain call came on Saturday, January 2, 2016, after a long, hard battle with liver cancer. Survivors include children Shawn Okelley Taylor (Terry), DJ Brooks (Heidi), Angelo Brooks (Melissa), Brittany Townsend (Xavier Sr.); grandchildren Jerry Okelley, Jordan Okelley, Amariona Okelley, Desi […]
Assault Charges Filed Against Cosby in Pennsylvania
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer In the wake of the criminal charges filed against legendary comedian and actor Bill Cosby, the voices that once supported the star have suddenly been silenced. And, while the Smithsonian Museum and Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C. still grapple with […]
As I See It: Black-owned Newspapers Benched During College Football Playoffs
by G. Napier Barnes III Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Arizona Informant The more things change, the more they remain the same. As a little boy growing up in the segregated South, it had never dawned on me that someday schools like the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama, Ole Miss […]
Lifetime GPS Monitoring Of Sex Offenders At Issue In Federal Case
State Argues To Appeals Court That Lifetime Monitoring Isn’t A Form Of Punishment by Gilman Halsted A federal appeals court is considering a challenge to a state law requiring lifetime GPS monitoring for convicted sex predators. Lawyers for Michael Belleau argue the requirement amounts to retroactive punishment. The 72-year old Belleau spent 15 years in […]
Supreme Court Puts Reliable Government Jobs At-Risk
by Wade Henderson NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist Both of my parents worked in stable government jobs, so I had the privilege of growing up in a family that owned a home, a car, and set me on a path to college and even law school. Among members of the African-American middle class, my story […]
Famed Psychiatrist, “Isis Papers” Author Frances Cress Welsing Dead at 80
By Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, the famed 80-year-old afro-centrist, has died. Welsing’s death was announced by close friends on social media and later confirmed by family members. “RIP to the elder, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, the inspiration behind ‘Fear of a Black […]
Milwaukee Democrat Praises Obama’s Gun Control Plan
Others, Including Speaker Ryan, Say Legal Challenge Is Likely By Chuck Quirmbach President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence has received a thumbs-up from a Wisconsin lawmaker whose district is often plagued by gunfire. Rep. Mandela Barnes of Milwaukee said Tuesday that he’s especially in favor of the president’s plan to require background checks […]
Ernest Green of ‘Little Rock Nine’ to Keynote Madison’s 2016 King Holiday Observance
The Madison/Dane County King Coalition is pleased to announce that the 31st Annual City of Madison & Dane County observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr.Holiday will feature Earnest Green, one of nine students, known as the “Little Rock Nine” to first integrate Central High School following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown […]
Black Boys, Black Men, In Black Tuxedos
By The Milwaukee Courier Staff On Saturday, December 12, an estimated 500 boys and men turned heads as they strutted through the streets of downtown Milwaukee. This was the second event held and coordinated by “We Got This” founder Andre Lee Ellis. Ellis shared, “The purpose of the walk is to show our young boys […]
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