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President Obama Announces $175 Million in Apprenticeships

September 18, 2015

By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper President Obama this week announced new opportunities for Americans to broaden their horizons and forge successful career pathways. Speaking at Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich., on Sept. 9, the president announced $175 million worth of apprenticeship grants that will train 34,000 new apprentices […]

Popular Interests In This Article: College Promise Advisory Board, Jill Biden, President Barack Obama, Zenitha Prince

Madison Police Working to Integrate Voice, Needs of Community into Police Training

September 11, 2015

by Brianna Rae The City of Madison has recently been situated within the national discourse regarding issues of racial injustice and police brutality against communities of color. Since the shooting of Tony Robinson in March and the release of reports detailing the egregious severity of racial inequities that exist within Dane County and the larger […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Brianna Rae, Kristin Parks, Madison Police Department MPD, Tim Patton, Tyrone Williams

Feds Launch Pilot College Program for Prisoners

September 11, 2015

by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Brandyn Heppard usually arrives 30 minutes early for his visits to Northern State Prison in Newark, N.J. He puts his pre-approved belongings in a clear plastic bag made on-site and signs his name in the visitor logbook. Then, he walks through the first of a few […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Brandyn Heppard, Jazelle Hunt, Pell Grants, Prison College Education Program, Second Chance Pell Pilot Program

Human Trafficking Task Force Leader Aims to End Misconceptions, Spread Awareness

September 11, 2015

by Ariele Vaccaro The prevalence of human trafficking in Milwaukee struck Dana World-Patterson when she, an etiquette and image consultant at the time, asked a room of high school girls if they’d ever been touched inappropriately. Fourteen of the fifteen girls present raised their hands. She would later find that some of these girls had […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ariele Vaccaro, Dana World-Patterson, Human Trafficking, Milwaukee Human Trafficking Task Force, Unlucky Thirteen

Dane County Rethinks How It Deals With Teens Who Receive Citations

September 11, 2015

Young People Will Be Able To Work Off The Fine, Clear Their Record Under New Program by Gilman Halsted, WPR Dane County and the City of Madison are launching an ambitious restorative justice program aimed at reducing racial disparity in juvenile arrests and citations. Seventy-five percent of the citations that Madison police issue each month […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gilman Halsted, Rachel Krinsky, YWCA, YWCA of Madison

Wisconsin Assembly Considers Bill That Would De-fund Planned Parenthood

September 11, 2015

by Ariele Vaccaro A new bill that would give the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) priority over Planned Parenthood for Title X funding garnered passionate support and opposition during a Wednesday assembly hearing at the state capitol. Approval of Assembly Bill 310 could lead to the redirecting of money used for preventative care like […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Abortion, Ariele Vaccaro, Beth Hartung, Planned Parenthood

Wisconsin Has Highest Black Unemployment Rate In Nation, Says Report

September 11, 2015

by Gilman Halsted, WPR A new report by economists at University of Wisconsin-Madison finds Wisconsin has the highest black unemployment rate in the nation. The report fro the Center on Wisconsin Strategy found nearly 20 percent of black people in the state’s labor force are jobless, 4.5 times the rate for white people and twice […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Unemployment, Gilman Halsted, Unemployment

The Real ‘Aunt Jemima’ Found after Nearly 100 Years

September 11, 2015

by Erick Johnson Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Crusader Her name was Nancy Green. Away from the elaborate tombs and ornate grave markers bearing the prominent names of national celebrities, Chicago’s upper class and Black elite, she has been buried for nearly 100 years somewhere in Oak Woods Cemetery in Woodlawn. But for […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Aunt Jemima, Erick Johnson, Nancy Green, Sherrie Williams

Examining the Nicki Minaj Sculpture Incident

September 11, 2015

by Daria-Ann Martineau Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer In the summer of 2014, revered artist Kara Walker unveiled her much-discussed piece “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby.” The sculpture, a nude “Mammy” sugar statue in a provocative, sphinx-like pose, was mostly praised by critics. However, it was also subject to crude […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Daria-Ann Martineau, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, Nicki Minaj

Study: How Junk Food Advertising is Targeting Minority Communities

September 11, 2015

by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Companies that sell snacks, soda and other high-calorie foods are pouring millions into advertising campaigns that are targeted to Black and Hispanic communities, according to a recent study. Social scientists have long believed that disproportionately aggressive promotion to minorities of nutritionally-poor foods high in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Coca Cola, General Mills, Junk Food, McDonalds, Zenitha Prince

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