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Local News [Archive]
Gov. Doyle announces $11.5 million for L...
Conference aimed towards jumpstarting bu...
New poetry compilation dedicated to chil...
Wisconsin has its first African American...
Stanley Sallay exhibits his work at UW's...
Mayor Cieslewicz, Congresswoman Baldwin ...
St. Louis provides model for developing ...
Delta G.E.M.S. making a difference First...
"Reducing disparities in Respiratory Dis...
Anthony Brown
New Local News Article
The Madison Times at 19
Governor doyle proclaims May
Hip-Hop healing classrooms and communiti...
Odyssey Project graduation to feature 30...
PEOPLE Program Spring Graduation monumen...
Celebrating 25 years of service to the M...
MSCR Shabazz After School Program partic...
Outreach diversifying as Madison and Dan...
Gov. Doyle announces $417,000 in Recover...
UW-Madison Odyssey Project
Wil-Mar Neighborhood group looks to make...
Click It or Ticket kicks off intensified...
Honoring our fathers
Rising star in the world of medical phys...
Wisconsin submits round two Race to the ...
Historic concert to feature hop hop pion...
Nothing beats a failure but a try
Women of Distinction honored for activis...
Centro Hispano continuing to grow and ev...
Wisconsin receives more than $300,000 in...
Madison City Council sends message to Da...
Four decades of dedication
Falk endorses Sanders
Nearly $36,000 in grants awarded to enga...
Girls challenge media's message
Helping to brighten futures for 38 years
Governor Doyle appoints Ismael Ozanne as...
Rainbow Project to celebrate 30th birthd...
The King of Pop is gone, but definitely ...
Giving children a leg up before kinderga...
United Way expands Schools of Hope
Insights into Hmong culture
Informational event at Harambe breaks do...
Pedaling for a great cause
Governor Doyle announces residents, busi...
PEOPLE Summer Enrichment Showcase highli...
ULGM looking to talk about solutions
Governor Doyle announces Transitional Jo...
5th annual Le Fete De Marquette is an in...
Students spend summer learning about sci...
Madison East student wins first place in...
Online enrollment coming
Middleton gets a taste of Columbia
Al Studesville honored at Diversity Picn...
Largest class ever completes UW Madison ...
Governor Doyle congratulates Martin Kaym...
"Riziki of the Ages: Nurturing the Fruit...
A place for the kid in all of us
Madison joins national initiative in tak...
Edgewood College again named a 'Best Col...
Professional collaboration time to alter...
Working to end death and suffering on th...
New assistant director for Equity and Fa...
Life-Saving program reaching out to Blac...
Cigarette Litter Prevention Program to l...
Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson to keyno...
Penn Park hosts day of learning and fun
Governor Doyle pushes for federal fuding...
Transcending Colorblindness
Madison Branch of the NAACP welcomes bas...
Working Mother magazine ranks UW Hospita...
An a-mazing first for Madison
Scholarly giant, NNPA columnist just "ne...
Building economic power through home own...
Federal funds to improve housing for Dan...
"Improving our quality of life through l...
Homebuyer's workshop a key step to commu...
ULGM president to be featured on Oprah W...
Symposium offers hope for us and our tro...
Giving local teens an important leg up
Closing the minority achievement gap in ...
Gov. Doyle signs Collaborative Trade Agr...
100 Black Men of Madison staying strong ...
Madison Schools enrollment up slightly t...


Entertainment [Archive]
Marimba Quartet to play annual Our Gift ...
Red Carpet Event 4th Annual Madison New ...
Popular historical play in high demand "...
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet: it's all abo...
"10 Perfect: A Lynching Story" Local Pla...
New poetry compilation dedicated to chil...
"All That Jazz" raises money for social ...
New Entertainment Article
Dane Dances Kicks Off
Second Decade bridges generations at Mon...
'Let Me Live' Mad City Poetry Slam
Mary Lou Williams Fall Festival Weekend ...
"The Good Soldier" wins Emmy Award


Middlespread [Archive]
Middlespread May 5, 2010
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May 26, 2010 - African American Student ...
Young Professional Leadership Summit and...
I am Empowered
Celebrate South Madison Festival!
Middlespread June16, 2010
21st Annual Juneteenth Celebration
Savia Andina in Madison
East Africa is a once-in-a-lifetime expe...
Southside Raiders 40th Year Celebration
Devin Harris' Youth Basketball Training ...
"A Celebration of Life XV: A Healthy Pla...
Centro de Residente Bolivianos in Madiso...
Bayview Triangle Ethnic Fest
100 Black Men Back to School Picnic
Celebrate National Heritage Month
Mexican Independence Day Festival and Pe...
Festival Viva Mexico 2010
Willy Street Fair 2010
Hat's on Breast Health The


Religion [Archive]
Heart and Soul/Let's go to Church turnin...


Health Matters [Archive]
Why get vaccinated against H1N1?
New issue brief explores causes, solutio...
The "Miracle" of a Stroke
Salt: The Bitter Truth
Only the Best for Baby
A Hearty Helping of Brain Food Keeps You...
De-stress to prevent distress


National News [Archive]
Obama downplays foreign policy agenda in...
Health: Ten-billion-dollar vaccine pledg...
U.S. Soldier faces court-martial for a t...
Cluster bomb ban to become law - without...
U.S.: CIA briefed Congress on renditions
From the August 10 edition of Dr. Laura ...
U.S.: Protests mount against immigrant c...
Pioneering Civil Rights reporter Evelyn ...
U.S.: Success of “The Pill” diminish...
President's message to Hampton Universit...
Film: Music for a new abolitionist movem...
U.S.: Urban centers are reclaiming the s...
Pain index still at crisis level for man...
U.S.: Cases of racial profiling reported...
Child Star Gary Coleman Dean at 42
U.S.: Fears over oil spill's long-term e...
U.S.: Health agency urged to probe CIA t...
Gulf residents protest, brace themselves...
Obama vows clean energy push, green grou...
USSF: A reform movement by and for undoc...
U.S. Gun control groups divided on High ...
NUL chief says America needs more civil ...
U.S.: Wealthy reap rewards while those w...
Senate goes on recess but unemployment ...
U.S. New oil and mining transparency sta...
U.S.: Leaked reports make Afghan War pol...
Sherrod Tells NABJ Convention She Will S...
Unique program for young children extend...
Obama needs race staff in the White Hous...
U.S. immigration system a broken behemot...
AIDS Activist Phill Wilson Works Tireles...
U.S. Deportations up for traffic tickets...
Energy: Is fracking even worse than dril...
Former Atlanta mayor accuses police of r...
U.S.: Secret “kill lists” fly in the...
U.S.-Afghanistan: Calls for change of st...
Carol Moseley Braun considering run for ...
U.S.: Rights groups call Hershey slow to...
U.S. Librarians lead fight against banne...
Black farmers rally on Capitol Hill
U.S.: One in seven U.S. Citizens sinks i...


Sports [Archive]
Vander Lee Blue Jr. - A leader on and of...
Football star puts NFL on hold for highe...
Adam McClain brings southern style to Ma...
Favre 2, Packers 0 Vikings have their wa...
NBA star and ex-Badger all about giving ...


OP-ED [Archive]
Black Activist Calls for Rangel's Ouster...
Why I'm Not Thankful We'll Have Obama as...
Obama and Honduras
Collaboration necessary to improve Wisco...
When fair isn't right
Setting the record straight on Thurgood
The Madison Times turns its focus toward...


Book Review [Archive]
"The Ruthless Dictator"
"Freedom Song" is music to the eyes
New book gets real scoop on Supremes
Scholar and historian reintroduces legen...
Nairobi Heat Kenyan author's new hard-hi...
"More Than Witnesses: How a Small Group ...


Local Politics [Archive]
Breaking down the health care bill Inter...
UW's Fiore one of two doctors nationwide...
Henry Sanders Jr. running for Lt. Govern...
Jobs are priority #1
Barbara McKinney looking to represent Di...
Latinos for Sanders
Henry Sanders trying to become Wisconsin...


International News [Archive]
Q&A: "Hamas accepts existence of Israel ...
Mideast: Corrupt Arab regimes - Who is t...
Development: EU countries set to break a...
Nigeria: U.S. concerned about Yar'Auda's...
Salvadoran international icon remembered...
Mideast: Egypt, Hamas complicit in Israe...
Mideast: Is Israel sliding towards a pol...
World: "Poor countries should have a sea...
Iraq: "We're not living, just not dying,...
South Africa: World Cup seen as magnet f...
Lebanon: Where the bikini finds sisterho...
China: Spate of factory suicides exposes...
Iran: Government "determined to shut dow...
Brazil: "Culture of Violence" drawing wo...
Health-Kenya: Few are aware of counterfe...
Development: China moves from aid recipi...
Israel: Blockade on Gaza is reduced but ...
Pakistan: Life at a time of suicide bomb...
Philippines: Despite ad ban, tobacco ind...
Mexico: Capital City badly in need of ur...
Africa: Economist says Africa is "rushin...
China: As wealth goes, so does appetite ...
U.N.: Sanctions weighted against perpetr...
Mexico: Crisis sparked by massacre spurs...
Mexico: Soaring bottled water use highli...
China: Second-richest economy receives m...


What's Up [Archive]
August 12th, 2010
10th Annual Streetball & Block Party set...
What's Up August 4, 2010
Africa Fest 2010
What's Up August 18, 2010
100 Black Men Back-to-School Picnic
"Riziki of the Ages: Nurturing the Fruit...
Taste of Madison happening this weekend
Rhumba 4 Rainbow to celebrate 30 years o...
2010 Diversity Forum


Q&A [Archive]
Critically Acclaimed Killer of Sheep mus...
Q & A with Stan Davis
Q&A with Sara Wagabaza
With Brenda Gonzalez
With Peter Munoz
Mexico hardest hit by world economic cri...
Q&A with Linda Ketcham
Q&A with Henry Sanders Jr.
Q&A with Will Miles
Q&A with Jacqueline DeWalt
Q&A with Richard Entenmann
Q&A with Dr. Daniel Nerad
Q&A with John Quinlan
Q&A with Michael Mell


Columnist [Archive]
Rosenwald schools: Reclaiming a legacy
Stimulus plan averted a second Great Dep...
Government is broken: Who broke it?
Economics is local
New Limits in effect for 2010
College mother makes difficult decision
Professor Gates and the blame for slaver...
The Playground Jail
Is gay the new Black?
Despite widespread appeals, Obama fails ...
Opposition to immigrants is nothing new ...
Let's reclaim the dream on Aug. 28th
Education as opportunity
Waters, Rangel seek to downplay race
“Beyond the Backpack”: Dora the Expl...
How about getting a Black person on the ...
Questions linger about Obama’s second ...
People are ready for change - again
Blame Obama
The Tom Joyner Morning Show on steroids
More threats to school diversity
Mobilize for jobs
Notre Dame valedictorian Katie Washingto...
The hazards of greed - death and destruc...
Artur Davis uses post-racial politics in...
Israel still gets special treatment from...
Institutional racism in Congress
Obama administration touts its record
Obama's oil spill leadership
Artur Davis made history running for Gov...
America's racial temperature rising, exp...
The Living Skills Fifth Grade Semester: ...
Interracial marriages: Blacks are last c...
Let us not be fooled by a few glimmers o...
Black Leaders annouce move against conse...
Sharpton to NNPA: Corporations 'owe' ad ...
Let's take back our jobs
Working to expand the child health safet...
Elder Bernice a. King: "Conflict is 'suf...
Let us reclaim the dream on Aug. 28 in D...
For one man, 15-minute wait for HIV resu...
Republican radicals reject unemployment ...
Honoring our legacies
Two lawyers' groups have reservations ab...
Steele draws new criticism for Afghanist...
Is your net working? A tribute to George...
Will Grant murder trial be repeat of Rod...
Republicans move against Federal Worker ...
The Marshall legacy shows what Supreme C...
The oil spill's impact
Education: Still a Civil Rights Issue
First Lady Obama tells NAACP not to rest
Obama to Arizona: "We'll see you in cour...
Obama to Arizona: "We'll see you in cour...
Black femail teens lead peers in quittin...
In first speech to NAACP Convention, Cha...
CDF Freedom Schools National Days of Soc...
Oscar Grant tiral exacerbates questions ...
LeBron made the right decision to be LeG...
CDC report: AIDS is a Black - and poor -...
Celebrating victory over Tea-Party racis...
Blacks split with Obama over education r...
100 years young - The State of the Natio...
Listening to Shirley Sherrod
Lessons from the Shirley Sherrod case
Nigerian-born U.S. Citizen purusing his ...
America - The new Third World?
Right-wing march called 'Slap in the Fac...
Report: Less than 50% of Black males gr...
Children need emergency help in this dee...
Open Letter to Dr. Martin Luther King, J...
Wanted: Black male teachers across the n...
Katrina, five years later
The 1963 March on Washington got off to ...
Thousands march for justice in D.C., Det...
Reality and poll reporting are poles apa...
Long after Tuskegee, Blacks still leary ...
Why Black communities can't settle for s...
Why we are marching on October 2nd
Gun violence and children: Have we no sh...
NAACP takes correct steps after Sherrod ...
Health care bill: A major political blun...
Blacks, Latinos hit hardest amidst natio...
Our responsibility to vote didn't end wi...
History-making "Little Rock Nine" member...
Jefferson Thomas and the courage of chil...
Ron Walters was a one-man civil rights m...
It is our responsibility to explore crea...
Young, gifted, and poor
One Nation Rally: Demand the change we v...
An open letter on poverty to America's l...
Limbaugh and Terry Jones - old classmate...
Jobs remain No. 1 priority for One Natio...
Seizing an opportunity in education refo...


Life Lessons with Dr. Alex Gee [Archive]
The "N" Word
Butts are the new accessory
Where is the training manual?
Fridays Fashion Tips
Mic Check...


Multimedia [Archive]
NNPA Chair Danny Bakewell Prepares to Ad...


Blogroll [Archive]
Update: Ebony, Jet orders reorganization...


Letters to the Editor [Archive]
Hanukkah, eight-day Jewish festival, beg...
Tips to prevent home burglaries
Paving the way to a positive future: Get...
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Tapping his unlimited potential, and oth...
Vietnam veteran gives his all
Dr. Laura's N-Word Laced Rant


Biz Section [Archive]
Obama's Inaugration
Obama on The View
La Vido personal estilo
Life Style Staffing is an impressive Mad...
Madison Network of Black Professionals
"If the customers are successful, we're ...
Seccion de Negocios Latino
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The Power of the Spoken Word
by A. David Dahmer
May 16, 2012


David Hart (left) and Tony Fudge prepare for the Madison Grand Poetry Slam this weekend.

Madison’s top slam and performance poets will compete in the Madison Grand Poetry Slam Saturday, May 19 at Gennas Lounge for a chance to represent Madison at the 2012 National Poetry Slam in Charlotte, N.C.
“It's Madison's best spoken-word poets. It's the best of the best,” says Tony Fudge, a finalist in the slam and one of the organizers for Urban Spoken Word. “It's all of the people who have won throughout the season. So, it's going to be a hot night of poetry.”
Every third Saturday at the Genna's Lounge, a diverse and energetic crowd of spoken-word enthusiasts come out for Madison's longest standing open mic. The May 19 slam will be the culminati... Read the full story »

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  Black women make major employment gains
by By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent
May 16, 2012


The jobless rate for Black women has fallen 3 percentage points over the past five months, the largest decline for any demographic over that period.
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  Press Conference at Doyle Administrations Building
by A. David Dahmer
May 16, 2012

 
City Council President Shiva Bidar-Sielaff (left) speaks as Superintendent Dan Nerad and Deedra Atkinson of the United Way of Dane County look on.
...
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  Voter registration and the 2012 election
by Lee A. Daniels, Special To The NNPA From The Defenders Online
May 16, 2012


It’s as dependable as the rise and ebb of the tides.
If a national election is near, then it’s time to cast doubt on the commitment of blacks and Lati...
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  North/Eastside Senior Coalition's 7th Annual Multicultural Senior Health Fair
by A. David Dahmer
May 16, 2012

Annual event continues to get bigger, more diverse

The 7th annual Multicultural Senior Health Fair was held at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center on May 11. Local seniors could enjoy community agenci...
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  Ethnic and minority youth lead new wave of student activism
by Gabriel Schivone
May 16, 2012

 
TUSCON, Arizona,  (IPS/GIN) — In December 1985, The New York Times reported on what was believed to be the first anti-apartheid conference of U.S. high schools discussing divestment from corporations operating in South Africa...
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  African American Student Recognition Program this weekend
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May 16, 2012


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