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Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney announces re-election campaign

May 7, 2014

By Dane County Media  MADISON —  Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney, who was overwhelmingly elected to a second term in 2010 with 71% of the vote, has announced he is seeking re-election this November 2014.“Working together, we’ve improved public safety, cracked down on drunken driving, and eliminated overcrowding in the jail,” Mahoney said. “But there […]

Where guns and gangs meet orange velour

May 7, 2014

By Kim-Jenna Jurriaans    NEW YORK  (IPS) — It’s four o’clock on a sunny afternoon in Harlem and 19-year-old Solideen Rann is spread out on a plush hand-me-down couch inside an old glass-and-aluminum storefront on Malcolm X Boulevard.His body language is making no effort to conceal he’s only reluctantly participating in a conversation with Dedric […]

Kyrgyzstan ponders the impact of Russia’s Citizenship Law Amendments

May 7, 2014

By Asel Kalybekova  BISHKEK (EurasiaNet) —   Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation recently offering fast-track citizenship to Russian speakers anywhere within the former Soviet Union.Analysts believe the law is motivated by a desire to enhance Moscow’s influence in Ukraine and elsewhere, but it may have unintended consequences for the Kremlin in Central Asia.“Soon we may […]

Catholic Multicultural Center to celebrate planting of new community rain garden

May 7, 2014

By Kristin Van Spankeren MADISON — The Catholic Multicultural Center (CMC) is pleased to announce the unveiling of its new community rain garden on May 17 with a celebration from 1-2:30 p.m.In partnership with UW-Arboretum Earth Partnership with support from Friends of Lake Wingra and Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, the CMC seeks to empower […]

Obama administration to grade teacher training

May 7, 2014

By Jazelle Hunt, Washington Correspondent  WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Teachers have always graded students. The Obama administration feels the time has come for someone to grade teachers. Teacher training programs—from colleges and universities, to for-profit certification courses and non-profit preparatory programs—have few, if any, external evaluation systems to check for and improve quality. In fact, only five […]

Sotomayor: A voice of reason among reckless rhetoric

May 7, 2014

By Marc Morial “Race matters…because of the long history of racial minorities being denied access to the political process…because of persistent racial inequality in society — inequality that cannot be ignored and that has produced stark socioeconomic disparities.”–  Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court of the United States. Two weeks ago, in a disturbingly lopsided 6-2 vote, […]

MUM to celebrate 41 years of social justice work

May 7, 2014

MADISON — “Planting seeds, nurturing growth, strengthening community” will be the theme as friends and supporters of Madison-area Urban Ministry (MUM) gather at the East Side Club on Monona Drive to celebrate the agency’s 41st anniversary fundraiser on Thursday, May 22ndThe festivities will begin at 5 p.m. with cocktails and Hors d’Oeuvres. This year’s event […]

Wisconsin ruling proves Voting Rights Act can still be effective

May 7, 2014

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent  WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After suffering  a major setback last year in the Supreme Court, voting rights advocates are buoyed by a decision last week by a federal judge in Wisconsin striking down the state’s voter ID law as racially discriminatory. John Ulin, a partner at Arnold & Porter LLP and […]

MS Gets On My Nerves Benefit Basketball Game

May 7, 2014

By A. David Dahmer, Photos by Leann Schwarz The 3rd annual MS Gets On My Nerves basketball fundraiser was held at Pooley's Restaurant on Madison's east side on May 3.“We raised a little over $2,000 from the event,” said Daze Entertainment Basketball Owner Troy Dean (pictured at right). “That will go to one of the […]

Pepsi Cola’s Volunteer of the Month

May 7, 2014

By Pepsi Cola of Madison

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