By Betty Banks Recognizing the F.A.C.E.S of our military veterans “I come from a long line of hard-working men. My father worked for 43 years as a longshoreman, loading and unloading ships. He became vice president of ILA Local 12. My grandfather was a porter on the trains. Both of these great men had an […]
UW-Madison Diversity Office to observe 50th anniversary of Civil Rights Act
MADISON — The Office of the Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer in partnership with the UW-Madison Afro-American Studies Department will host a daylong seminar focusing on the past, present, and future of civil rights for its premiere spring event this semester. “A Nation Still Under Construction: Observing the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights […]
MMSD Makes Progress on Strategic Framework District publishes second quarterly review of progress
Parks’ Place/Ray Allen: Kaleem Caire
Kaleem Caire by Ray Allen Kaleem Caire — a name that seems to bring out the best and the worst of Madison. The outgoing executive director of the Urban League of Greater Madison, for many, is a visionary who dared to challenge the community status quo. For others, he is a radical who […]
Darbo-Worthington Community Listening Session
Darbo-Worthington Community Listening Session City, County staff brainstorm with community by A. David Dahmer It was a packed house on the evening of March 5th as community members, politicians, and families came together for a Darbo-Worthington Community Listening Session. The Meet & Greet was held in order to provide an opportunity […]
“YES I CAN” Conference for Eighth Grade Girls
By A. David Dahmer
Blacks more likely to bully and be bullied than other groups
By Jazelle Hunt, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Blacks, who are already more likely than other racial groups to be involved in situations that involve bullying, both as a victim and as a perpetrator, are subjected to additional bullying because of other complicating factors, including poverty, according to scholars and experts on the subject.“African Americans […]
UW hosts national leader in new era of Alzheimer’s prevention research
By UW School of Medicine and Public Health MADISON — By the time today’s 30-year-olds are senior citizens, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia will have taken an overwhelming financial toll on the United States and other countries around the world, according to Dr. Eric Reiman.A professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona and one of […]
U.S. plans to speed poultry slaughtering, cut inspections
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON (IPS) — The U.S. government is in the final stages of weighing approval for an overhaul of regulations governing the country’s poultry industry that would see processing speeds increase substantially even while responsibility for oversight would be largely given over to plant employees.U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety Inspection […]
Gun Violence darkens political unrest in Venezuela
By Umberto Márquez and Mitchell Plitnick CARACAS (IPS) — Seven of the 20 people killed in the street protests that have shaken Venezuela since the second week of February were shot in the head, a testimony to the role being played by firearms in the political struggle in this oil-rich country.The armed forces and the […]
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