Peacemakers making a grassroots difference by A. David Dahmer Earlier this year, Today Not Tomorrow-Club TNT, in collaboration with the Madison Police Department and local community members, launched The Peacemakers initiative at a press conference at the Neighborhood House. Peacemakers is a grassroots effort to really get to the heart of community-based […]
Gloria Reyes named new mayoral assistant
Gloria Reyes named new mayoral assistant MADISON —Madison Mayor Paul Soglin has announced that Madison Police Detective Gloria Reyes will be serving in the Mayor’s office as the liaison to a number of agencies. Reyes will replace Astra Miriaku Iheukumere who has accepted another career opportunity. Detective Reyes has served City of Madison […]
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 […]
2014 MadMarket Double Dollars Program extended
By Mark Woulff MADISON —The City of Madison and Community Action Coalition are pleased to announce the extension of this year’s MadMarket Double Dollars Program through Dec. 16. FoodShare users can continue to participate in the Double Dollars program at the Northside and Eastside Farmers’ Markets at their indoor locations. The indoor Northside Farmers’ Market […]
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 […]
The young, female face of HIV in East and Southern Africa
By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI (IPS) — Experts are raising alarm that years of HIV interventions throughout Africa have failed to stop infection among young women 15 to 24 years old. “Prevention is failing for young women,” says Lillian Mworeko, HIV expert with International Community of Women Living with HIV in Eastern Africa, based in Uganda. […]
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 […]
Race and the 2014 mid-term elections
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Is there any doubt about the preeminence of the race factor that helped to determine the outcome of the 2014 midterm elections across the United States? I have no doubt. Many of the Democrats who lost their campaigns for Congress and statewide office made no sustained effort to […]
Lynch nomination will test Obama’s relationship with new Congress
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — In what may be the first test of the GOP-controlled, United States Senate’s willingness to work with the White House, President Barack Obama nominated United States Attorney Loretta Lynch to succeed Eric Holder as the next attorney general. If confirmed, Lynch would become the first Black […]
Goodman Community Center strives to provide Thanksgiving Baskets for 3,000 families
MADISON —The Goodman Community Center has pledged to provide 3,000 families in Dane County with ingredients for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. With just under two weeks to completely fill baskets for registered families, the Goodman Community Center needs more food. The most critical items are turkeys, gravy, canned fruit and vegetables, cranberry sauce and stuffing. […]
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