By Mrinal Gokhale July 24, 2015 CEO of Milwaukee’s Social Development Commission (SDC), George Hinton. After recent shootings, Police Chief Edward Flynn stated Milwaukee has the fourth highest murder rates of the nation. Given this statistic, Milwaukee’s Social Development Commission (SDC) strives to reach out to the poor to achieve their […]
Disparate Treatment for Blacks in Liberal San Francisco – #JusticeOrElse
By Charlene Muhammad July 24, 2015 Charlene Muhammad is Special to the NNPA from The Final Call. A recent study of ethnic disparities in San Francisco’s justice system shattered the notion that the racism and economic injustice against Blacks by police, courts, and the officials in St. Louis, Missouri is […]
Obama: Prison Reform Needed – President Strong in NAACP Speech
By Stacy M. Brown July 24, 2015 Stacy M. Brown is Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer. Even before his keynote address in front of a cheering crowd at the annual NAACP convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday, President Barack Obama was busy practicing what he had already prepared […]
For the PEOPLE: UW’s Pre-College program continues to shine
By L. Malik Anderson July 17, 2015 “Many PEOPLE program students are the first in their families to potentially attend college. The guidance and support the program offers to students makes college a real possibility for them.” – Gail Ford Eighty diverse, intelligent, and unique students from the Pre-College Enrichment Program for […]
Tear Down the Walls of Economic Inequality
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist July 17, 2015 Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist After a spirited debate, the South Carolina House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to remove the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse grounds at the urging of Gov. Nikki Haley, who quickly signed the measure into law. The flag was lowered for […]
HUD Announces New Rule to Combat Housing Discrimination
By Zenitha Prince, Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper July 17, 2015 Zenitha Prince is Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released a new rule to assist the department’s grantees in meeting their anti-segregation and anti-discrimination mandates. […]
Noted Author John A. Williams, Dead at 89
By Herb Boyd, Special to the NNPA July 17, 2015 Herb Boyd is Special to the NNPA. NEW YORK, NY (NNPA) – “Mine was a simple hunger,” John A. Williams said of his early desire to become a writer, “to know more than I then knew, and to set it […]
UW Spotlight: Adele C. Brumfield Finding Her Path
By Brianna Rae July 10, 2015 Adele Brumfield speaks to prospective students and their parents during an event sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions in Santa Monica, CA. Photo credit: UW-Madison, University Communications. “I was a kid who was bussed and had no money to go to college, and now I’m […]
Dominican Republic’s ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent July 10, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – A Dominican Republic court order threatens to force more than 200,000 Dominican-born Haitians from their homes in an effort that many human rights watchers have called modern-day ethnic cleansing. Just days after the Rachel Dolezal episode captivated […]
‘Love Wins’ in U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
By L. Malik Anderson July 3, 2015 “Just as I can’t fathom living in a time where blacks and whites can’t marry, I’m happy to know that my son (who is one year old) will feel the same about same-sex couples,” Madison resident Kady DeBerge said. Friday, June 26, The […]
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