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New voting machines rolling out next month

January 14, 2014

By Scott McDonell  MADISON — Starting in the spring primaries on February 18, your vote will be not only counted, but saved — in the form of a digital photo of your anonymous ballot — for verification in the event of a recount, thanks to new voting machines being funded in part by the Dane […]

Gates conceals real story of “gaming” Obama on Afghan War

January 14, 2014

By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON (IPS) — Criticism in the memoirs of former secretary of defense Robert M. Gates of President Barack Obama’s lack of commitment to the Afghan War strategy of his administration has generated a Washington debate about whether Obama was sufficiently supportive of the war.But the Gates account omits two crucial historical facts […]

Next step in Uruguay: Competitive, quality marijuana

January 14, 2014

By Inés Acosta  MONTEVIDEO (IPS) —  Uruguay, about to become the first country in the world where the state will fully regulate production, sale and distribution of marijuana, will spend the next few months selecting a good quality strain of the crop that can be sold at a price similar to current illegal prices.Uruguayan President […]

FIRST ANNUAL DREAM WEE: Edgewood to hold week-long celebration of MLK

January 14, 2014

MADISON —The Office of Diversity & Inclusion and the Center for Diversity & Inclusion at Edgewood College is pleased to announce Edgewood’s inaugural DREAM Week — a week-long celebration of the life, legacy and achievements of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Edgewood College is excited to announce the following events occurring on campus next week: 1.   […]

Change comes when change is demanded

January 14, 2014

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s declaration of a war on poverty brought long overdue attention to his commitment. Today, with one in five children in America still raised in poverty, an accounting is vital as part of a renewed commitment.But largely absent from the debate around the war on […]

MLK: Militant of the 21st Century

January 14, 2014

By Lee A. Daniels Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. hasn’t been this alive since 1968.He’s no longer that visually distant, two-dimensional figure, limited to speaking a single sentence taken out of context and shorn of its true meaning. Instead, the honest scholarship and media commentary considering what King faced and what he did have broken […]

BLACK WOMEN’S WELLNESS TOWN HALL MEETING Part II: Perceived orientation, quality of life

January 14, 2014

By Anita J. Martin  Part 2 of 2[The Madison Times continues its coverage on the Dec. 14 Black Women’s Wellness Town Hall Meeting, which took place at the Urban League of Greater Madison.  —Ed.] As the afternoon progressed, a Black woman that works in academia talked about that sense of feeling that you have to […]

Andrew J. Young, colleague and friend to MLK, to keynote 2014 King Holiday Observance

January 14, 2014

MADISON — The Madison/Dane County King Coalition is pleased to announce that the 29th annual City of Madison & Dane County observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday will feature Andrew J. Young as keynote speaker.Young is a civil rights activist, politician, diplomat, and pastor from Georgia. As executive director of the South Christian […]

Preserving Nelson Mandela’s legacy

January 14, 2014

By George E. Curry, NNPA Editor-in-Chief  PRETORIA, South Africa (NNPA) — A month after his death, there is a bitter struggle to define —and, in many instances, re-define — the legacy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected president.“There is an attempt to do in his death what they could not do in life […]

Afghans want justice before election

January 14, 2014

By Giuliano Battiston  KABUL (IPS) — Will we get justice? That is the question many Afghans are asking as their war-ravaged country heads for presidential polls in April. For, the list of candidates includes several warlords who have been accused of heinous crimes and who are yet to be brought to justice.“The upcoming presidential election […]

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