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Reggie Jackson: Why the Emmett Till Antilynching Act is mostly just another empty gesture

Reggie Jackson: Why the Emmett Till Antilynching Act is mostly just another empty gesture

Posted by | Apr 13, 2022

Nearly seventeen years ago my mentor Dr. James Cameron returned from a trip to the Senate chambers when they issued an apology for never passing an anti-lynching bill. As a lynching survivor and creator of America’s Black Holocaust Museum, he was center stage as the Senate did something to “make up” for never passing a federal law to make lynching a federal crime. That same year, 2005, I made the second of what would become three trips to Marion, Indiana, the site of the lynching Cameron survived on August 7, 1930. I visited the jail he was removed from...

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Countdown to Chaos: Understanding the active movement within America trying to start a Civil War

Countdown to Chaos: Understanding the active movement within America trying to start a Civil War

Posted by | Apr 13, 2022

Congressman Adam Kinzinger is worried about a second American civil war. “I don’t think that’s too far of a bridge to recognize,” he said, adding, “It’s going to be armed groups against armed groups, targeted assassination and violence.” There is an active movement within the United States trying to start a civil war. They are armed and serious, having already tried to kidnap and murder the Governor of Michigan and the Vice President of the United States. You may not recall names like Pat Crusius, Anders Breivik or James Fields, but members of a dozen different White supremacist groups in...

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Housing First: Milwaukee County recognized with lowest unsheltered homeless population in America

Housing First: Milwaukee County recognized with lowest unsheltered homeless population in America

Posted by | Apr 12, 2022

Milwaukee County, the City of Milwaukee, key business leaders, and community partners gathered on April 7 at the 3rd Street Market Hall on Wisconsin Avenue to announced that Milwaukee County had been recognized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with the lowest unsheltered homeless population of any community per capita in the nation. Every year HUD commemorates National Fair Housing Month in April to advance equity in housing and securing equal access to housing opportunities for all. In recent years, Milwaukee County has taken a holistic approach to improving health outcomes in the community by...

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First Black female Justice: Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history after Senate confirmation to Supreme Court

First Black female Justice: Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history after Senate confirmation to Supreme Court

Posted by | Apr 12, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to become Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on April 7. The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee by a vote of 53 to 47, with three Republicans joining all 50 Democrats in favor of confirmation. The three Republicans voting yes were Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Mitt Romney (R-UT). Jackson’s elevation will not change the legal philosophy of the court. She will replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who was one of the three justices still on the court who do not adhere to the concept of “originalism,” which argues that...

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Officials warn that Putin may use support for Ukraine as pretext to further interfere in American politics

Officials warn that Putin may use support for Ukraine as pretext to further interfere in American politics

Posted by | Apr 11, 2022

Vladimir Putin may use the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine as a pretext to order a new campaign to interfere in American politics, US intelligence officials have assessed. Intelligence agencies have not found any evidence Putin has authorized measures like the ones Russia is believed to have undertaken in the 2016 and 2020 elections in support of Donald Trump, according to several people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. But given Putin’s antipathy toward the west and his repeated denunciations of Ukraine, officials believe he may see the U.S. backing of Ukraine’s resistance as a...

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