By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press & Eric Tucker, Associated Press February 27, 2015 This image provided by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office shows former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman after he was arrested Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, in Apopka, Fla. Authorities said they responded to a disturbance call at a house earlier in the […]
Blacks Underrepresented in STEM Classes
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent February 27, 2015 Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights talks about the 2014 Voting Rights Amendment Act at a press conference on Capitol Hill. (Freddie Allen/NNPA) WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Many young African Americans will be shut […]
How Black Twitter Ignited An Oscar Viewing Boycott
By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon February 27, 2015 This photo released by Paramount Pictures shows a scene from the film, “Selma,” from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Atsushi Nishijima) “The Oscars aren’t designed for us.” In 2011, Idris Elba was a featured speaker at Rutgers University during a series […]
Comcast, Al Sharpton Hit With $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
By Eriq Gardner February 27, 2015 Rev. Al Sharpton (Roger Askew photo) Even though the FCC hasn't yet ruled on the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, one group has already filed a lawsuit claiming at least $20 billion in damages from the way the two giants allegedly discriminate against […]
Website Glitches Extend Obamacare Enrollment
By Natalie Villacorta February 20, 2015 In his Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, on a laptop screen, shown in Portland, Ore. Being uninsured in America will cost you more in 2015. In 2015, all taxpayers have to report to the Internal Revenue Service for the […]
The Mystery of Lower Voter Registration for Older Black Voters
By Nate Cohn, The New York Times February 20, 2015 A man held a Confederate flag as demonstrators, including one with a sign saying "More than 300,000 Negroes Are Denied Vote in Ala," marched in front of an Indianapolis hotel where George Wallace, the governor of Alabama, was staying in April 1964. Credit Bob […]
Don’t Disrespect Our President, Black Lawmakers Tell Netanyahu
February 20, 2015 Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., sits behind President Barack Obama at a memorial ceremony for the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas S. Foley at the Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The audience for Israeli Prime Minister […]
Moment in Black History: Frederick Douglass
By Graham Thomas Kilmer February 20, 2015 Frederick Douglass, originally named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born the son of a slave and a white man in Talbot County, Maryland. Some believe Douglass’s father was the owner of the very plantation he spent the first eight years of his life on. Before the […]
UW System Gets Hit By Walker’s Budget Proposal
By Graham Thomas Kilmer February 13, 2015 Gov. Scott Walker On Tuesday February 3 Governor Scott Walker released his budget proposal, a plan that includes a proposed $300 million cut in funding to the UW-System and the installation of a public authority in the place of the UW’s existing governance structure. […]
Madison Native Attends State of the Union Address
By Ariele Vaccaro February 13, 2015 Above: Arianna Goodwin and Mark Pocan Pocan Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan’s (WI-02) released the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Pocan’s guest for the speech was Arianna Goodwin, a constituent […]
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