MCJ Editorial

Fatherhood summit: Helping men become fathers of worth and greatness

This weekend, from Friday October 10 to 12, thousands of Black men will gather to empower and uplift themselves when the third annual Mayor’s Fatherhood Summit is held at the Destiny Youth Plaza on the corner of Good Hope and 76th Street on the city’s northwest side. .... Read more

Why more university housing is so important to UWM

by UWM Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago

For the foreseeable future, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is placing great emphasis on building more university-operated housing for our students.

This might seem surprising, considering that we have recently opened two new housing developments: in 2006, Kenilworth Square, 1915 East Kenilworth Place (a block south of the intersection of Prospect an ... Read more

Common Sense vs. Intelligence

by H. Lewis Smith

In a three-way conversation between Tavis Smiley, Dr. Michael Dyson and Dr. Cornel West on the justification of Blacks using the n-word, the following ideas were exchanged during the discourse: Tavis Smiley: “With all due respect to the power of your persuasive argument, your big mama and my big mama would stand here in front of you with all of your education and say you still ain’t got no business, under no circumstances whatsoever, ever uttering that word White folks put on us to demean us -- period.” ... Read more

Signifyin’

Phenomenon of child abuse too great to ignore

by Mikel Kwaku Osei Holt

“Sometimes, I feel like a motherless child...” Eighteen-year-old Malcolm Eiland admitted to slamming 6-month-old Jaiden Eiland on his feet, shaking him so violently that the child went limp. When the baby passed out, the “father” ran the child’s hand under hot running water. Jaiden started crying and then Eiland squeezed his stomach area until he stopped breathing. The child died, and now his man/child father has been charged with murder. The only difference between Malcolm Eiland’s case and thousands of others investigated by local law enforcement each year is that Eiland’s case made the newspaper. If every similar case of abuse were reported, there probably wouldn’t be any room for anything other than the comics in the “Journal Sentinel” each day. ... Read more

Obama vs. Palin Partisan Politics

by Brandon Whitney

Obama doesn’t have to fight dirty, he just has to fight. I believe he’s doing so. When he directly addressed the McCain campaign’s false outrage at the lipstick comment, he took on a Republican machine that as successfully changed American politics into the dozens. Obama has thus far managed to energize the American public, teach Democrats how to run a successful campaign, and generate policy  discussion. The last great task is to overcome the Republican guerilla tactics that have brought them to power. ... Read more