by Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service MILWAUKEE — Nate Hamilton sat in his living room, smashed a cigarette into a glass ash tray, and spoke purposefully about his 31-year-old brother, Dontre, who died last year after being shot 14 times by a Milwaukee police officer during a struggle over the officer’s baton. “I loved […]
Julian Bond Praised for Unselfish Devotion to Human Rights
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Julian Bond, a founding member and communications director of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and immediate past board chairman of the NAACP, is being praised for his lifelong human rights contributions by people ranging from President Obama and his former civil rights colleagues to ordinary […]
Family Files Lawsuit In Tony Robinson’s Death
Family Alleges Officer’s Conduct Violated Robinson’s Constitutional Rights by Gilman Halsted The family of a 19-year-old unarmed black man shot and killed by a Madison police officer in March has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and Officer Matt Kenny. The suit seeks both compensatory and punitive damages. In documents filed in […]
Training Camp: From Football to Education
by John Holman George Koonce, Ph.D., and retired Green Bay Packers linebacker, has returned home from a summer of training and is ready to get back to work as Vice President for Advancement at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wis. Koonce spent much of his summer sharing ideas and solutions to challenges in higher […]
Black Entrepreneurs Address Community Health Concerns
by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service Bad knees forced fitness enthusiast Kendra Blackett-Dibinga to quit her passion of running and training. But those same knee troubles ultimately lead her to a business that has not only relieved her pain, but also provided her Washington, D.C.- area African-American community with a haven for improved health. An […]
Trump’s Trump Card: The Conservative Mob
by Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The fate of the Republican Party’s presidential sweepstakes at the moment is being controlled by two political Frankensteins – both of them of the GOP’s own creation. One, of course, is Donald Trump, the wealthy demagogue who is leading the crowded GOP primary field precisely because he doesn’t have […]
Bradley Tech Joins Urban Agriculture Movement, Supplies Food Pantries with Food From Community Garden
It’s no secret that Milwaukee is spotted with food deserts struggling to find fresh, healthy food on a daily basis. But, what some have coined as the ‘Urban Agriculture Movement’ is making strides to shrink those deserts. Rather than depending on grocery stores to supply what they need, Milwaukee residents are taking it upon themselves […]
Prince to New Recording Artists: “Don’t Sign”
by Alexis Taylor Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Prince has a message for new artists eager for a record deal: “Don’t sign.” According to National Public Radio, Prince’s comment came during a meeting with selected journalists in his Minneapolis hometown for the 2015 National Association of Black Journalists Convention. “Record contracts are […]
Efforts to Diversify Break Boundaries of Classical Theatre
by Brianna Rae & Claire Miller American Players Theatre (APT) is known and respected both locally and nationally for its high-caliber performances of classical plays. It draws audiences from across the country to an outdoor theater nestled in the woods of the quaint little town of Spring Green, Wisconsin. While APT boasts undisputed success as […]
Ferguson – One Year Later
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — It’s been one year since the murder of Michael Brown galvanized the Ferguson, Mo. community and forced the nation to face the horrors of police violence. And as the activist slogan asserts, the ensuing protests have become a movement, not just a moment. “One of the […]
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