By Lagloria Wheatfall Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Houston Defender [HOUSTON] – Dr. Cornel West, an outspoken activist, author and professor, recently shared his views on pressing issues during a speech at the University of Houston-Downtown. West, a professor of philosophy and Christian practice at Union Theological Seminary and professor emeritus at […]
Hundreds Celebrate as Nation’s African American Museum Nears Completion
By Savannah Harris Special to the NNPA News Wire from HU News Service WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people gathered at an inaugural event for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Monday night here to celebrate the completion of the museum’s exterior in a year that marks three significant moments in American […]
Soaring Costs, Social-Science Data Drive Slash in State Prison Populations
By Nick Chiles Urban News Service As Earth’s most prolific jailer, America faces a thorny question: What do you do with millions of inmates when they return home? That challenge is at the heart of many bipartisan prison reforms that are sweeping the nation. Georgia recently tackled this issue. The staunchly Republican state has become […]
Family & Reading Connections Programs Help Children of Incarcerated Parents
Family Connections and Reading Connections are programs run by Madison Urban Ministry that work to help children maintain contacts with family members who are incarcerated. Both programs are funded by donations and grants and are free to people making use of them and work to help maintain connections so a prison sentence doesn’t mean an […]
Milwaukee’s African-American Arts Scene Gets Boost From New Partnership
Milwaukee Rep Offers Residency To Bronzeville Arts Ensemble by KP Whaley Many African-American-led theaters around the country are struggling to stay afloat so the recent announcement that the Milwaukee Repertory Theater offered residency to the Bronzeville Arts Ensemble for their next season couldn’t come at a better time. “We’re at a crisis point, I do […]
County Approves Purchase of Property for Day Resource Center
The Dane County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of a property for use as a daytime shelter and resource center for the homeless in the 1300 block of East Washington Avenue. By a 30-4 vote, the County Board approved spending $1.4 million to buy properties at 1314, 1316, 1318 and 1326 East Washington Avenue […]
2015 Will Become The Most Productive Year for Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County
by Michael Johnson CEO of BGC Dane County In 2015 the Club graduated 113 seniors; more than 70% are students of color and all were accepted into college. BGC now has the largest public/private partnership in both the Madison and Verona School Districts with more than 1500 students enrolled in their college prep programs. UW […]
ObamaCare Improves Health of Black America
by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black Americans continue to face serious disparities in education, employment, and in economic development. While over 45 million Black Americans have made some type of progress during the past seven years of the Obama Administration, there is still much more to be done to end the vast racial […]
Black Churches Show Support for Obama’s Environment Plan
by Savannah Harris Special to the NNPA News Wire from HU News Service WASHINGTON – Leaders of the nation’s major Black churches — representing nearly 13 million African-American members — presented over 10,000 pastors’ signatures to Congressional Black Caucus members in support of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. The leaders said they are making the […]
Contemporary Dance Confronts Love and Liberation in Marley’s Music and Homophobia in Jamaican/West Indian Culture
Choreographers Chris Walker and Kevin Ormsby will tour “FACING Home: Love & Redemption,” a contemporary dance concert that investigates the global impact of Bob Marley’s music—its expression of humanity’s struggle and inspiration toward love, redemption and hope—and the active, deep-rooted homophobia in Jamaican/West Indian Culture. The tour opens in Wisconsin at the Margaret H’Doubler Performance […]
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