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What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Say About the World Today
In times of great turmoil and great triumph, we often find ourselves looking back on our past for guidance. As the cliché saying goes, history has a way of repeating…
Got the Home-School Blues? Make Education Fun In 2021
Let’s face it: 2020 was the year when every parent in America realized teachers should be paid six figures and have statues erected in their honor. Whether it was struggling…
U.S. House of Representatives Impeaches Trump for Second Time
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump made history. After much debate, the U.S. House of Representatives made the decision to impeach Trump. This is Trump’s second impeachment and the first…
A Day of Reckoning
Legislatively Speaking We’ve Been Warned and Yet We Keep Making the Same Mistakes As we near the national observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s holiday, we realize that…
City of Milwaukee Launches Vaccine Site for City Employees
While the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t yet widely available for the masses, it is available for a select few, namely persons employed by the City of Milwaukee. Eligible employees will be…
Black Coalition of National Organizations Collaborate to Address Questions on COVID-19 Vaccine
“Making it Plain, What Black America Needs to Know About COVID-19 and Vaccines,” is part of a series of virtual town hall conversations that connect a historic coalition of primarily…
Rioters Storm the U.S. Capitol While Congress Counted Electoral Votes
This week, members of Congress gathered to count the electoral votes from this past November’s Presidential Election. Congress planned to affirm that President-elect Joe Biden had won, but those plans…
No Charges Made in Jacob Blake Shooting
Last August, Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Shesky. After an investigation into the shooting, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced…
Capitol Chaos: A Tale of Two Americas
Legislatively Speaking The comparisons were immediate. If these were Black people, they would have been arrested. If these were Black people, they would have been beaten and shot. If these…
Georgia’s Runoff Election Yields Results
When it came to the November 2020 Election, no one was quite sure what would happen. Between the coronavirus pandemic and potential threats of voter intimidation, it was an intense…