By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Pakistan (IPS) —Between government efforts to wipe out insurgents from Pakistan’s northern, mountainous regions, and the Taliban’s own campaign to exercise power over the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the real victims of this conflict are often invisible.Walking among the rubble of their old homes, or sitting outside makeshift shelters in […]
Board of Education completes Superintendent evaluation
MADISON —The Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education today issued Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham’s first evaluation, saying the superintendent has exceeded expectations in her leadership of the district.“The evaluation of the superintendent is one of the board’s most important responsibilities. We are pleased with Jen’s leadership and how much has been accomplished this year,” Board […]
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Thanks you
‘Revolutionary’ whites tried to incite unarmed crowd in Ferguson
By Richard B. Muhammad, Special to the NNPA from The Final Call FERGUSON, Mo. (NNPA) — The National Guard has rolled in and out, but the pain and passion of people in the streets, in homes and in businesses remain and broken hearts still ache. Tear gas, rubber bullets, gas masks, gas canisters and armored […]
Dr. Enrique Figueroa keynotes LUCES Scholarship Banquet
Dr. Enrique Figueroa keynotes LUCES Scholarship Banquet by A. David Dahmer Latinos United for College Education Scholarships (LUCES) recognized Latino scholars for their academic achievement and community service with scholarships sponsored by local businesses at the fourth annual LUCES Scholarship Banquet at the Madison Concourse Hotel on Friday, Aug. 15. Michael Johnson, president and […]
Housing Initiatives Inc. 20th anniversary party: Providing hope for the homeless
Housing Initiatives Inc. 20th anniversary party Providing hope for the homeless by A. David Dahmer Housing Initiatives Inc. is celebrating 20 years of providing permanent housing for people in the Madison community with severe and persistent mental illnesses who are experiencing homelessness because of it. The official celebration will take place on […]
Bayview Triangle Fest
Seven Madison Schools to Join Community Eligibility Provision
By Rachel Strauch-Nelson MADISON —Seven schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District will now offer free healthy school breakfasts and lunches to all students on regular school days, as part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Program. The program will begin at the start of the upcoming school year. “We […]
Despite current debate, police militarization goes beyond U.S. borders
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON (IPS) — The shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in the southern United States earlier this month has led to widespread public outrage around issues of race, class and police brutality.In particular, a flurry of policy discussions is focusing on the startling level of force […]
Burning the future of Gaza’s children
By Khaled Alashqar GAZA CITY (IPS) — “My child became blind and lost the ability to speak, his dad died and his three brothers are seriously wounded. He still has not been told about the loss of his dad,” says the mother of 7-year-old Mohamad Badran.Mohamad is in hospital for treatment after being seriously injured […]
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