By Rob Franklin In a world that focuses on social media as a primary means to gather information, being able to sit down and snuggle up to a good book seems to have become a lost art. But looking at the lineup for this year’s Wisconsin Book Festival is proof that the literary world is […]
Women Left Mark On Million Man March
By Michael H. Cottman and Courtney Bledsoe Urban News Service WASHINGTON—The most surprising element of Saturday’s Million Man March was its women. The 20th anniversary celebration of 1995’s landmark gathering included women of all racial origins, religions, creeds and cultures. They filled the National Mall from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial. Christian women […]
Madison Council Rejects Contentious Homeless Ordinance
Mayor Backed Ban On Downtown Sidewalk Sitting, Sleeping By Parth Shah The chants of protestors outside the City County Building carried upstairs into the Madison Common Council meeting Tuesday night as members voted down a controversial ordinance affecting the city’s homeless. Mayor Paul Soglin unveiled the Downtown Pedestrian Protection Ordinance in late July. It would […]
Rebecca Bradley Takes Spot On Wisconsin Supreme Court
Walker Appointed Bradley Last Week By The Associated Press Rebecca Bradley has been sworn into office as a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Court spokesman Tom Sheehan said that Chief Justice Patience Roggensack administered the oath of office to Bradley on Monday morning, about an hour before the court was to hear oral arguments […]
Parole Agents Would Be Allowed To Carry Guns Under New Bill
Many Agents Assert They Need To Be Armed When Tracking Down Repeat Parole Violators By Gilman Halsted Community corrections agents in Milwaukee are backing a bill that would allow them to carry guns on the job. Current law bars parole agents from carrying guns, but many agents say they need to carry firearms for protection […]
Milwaukee To Release Teen Pregnancy Statistics, At Time When Prevention Funding Is In Jeopardy
Teen Pregancy Rates Have Dropped Dramatically In Milwaukee Over Past Decade By Shamane Mills Milwaukee is expected to release its most recent figures for teen pregnancy soon, at a time when some lawmakers want to cut funding for federal pregnancy prevention programs. Milwaukee once had the second-highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation. The most […]
Myths Cause Flu Vaccination Disparities
by Sarafina Wright Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Washington Informer The National Influenza Vaccination Disparities Partnership [NIVDP] kicked off flu season with free vaccinations for underserved communities whose livelihoods depend on them not falling ill to this disease. The NIVDP and the Mayor’s Office of Latino Affairs along with support from Walgreens […]
Black Polo Player Kareem Rosser is Smashing Polo Balls and Stereotypes
By Denise Meridith Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Arizona Informant Jackie Robinson in baseball, Tiger Woods in golf, Bill Pickett in rodeo: there have been many American pioneers, who defied the odds to become legends in sports, where Blacks had previously been excluded. On September 10, Arizonans may have gotten a glimpse […]
Number of Black Teachers Rapidly Declines as Minority Student Population Increases
By Robert Bess Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Westside GazetteA The minority population has grown tremendously since the year 2000. According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic population growth is due to U.S. births–and Asian population growth is due primarily to immigration since 2012. That alone has fueled a 5 percent population […]
Wisconsin’s First Conference for Queer People of Color A Success
by Aarushi Agni Safe spaces can be hard to come by for a queer person of color on a mostly white college campus, steeped in a heteronormative, capitalist culture. Attendees and organizers of the first-ever Wisconsin Queer People of Color Conference strived to create this safe space last weekend. Among other measures, conference participants wore […]
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