The Fourteenth Amendment (Section 1): "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside.
"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
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MCJ Editorial
While the accusations of aldermanic challenger C. Orlando Owens against Alderman Ashanti Hamilton that the incumbent allegedly threatened him has yet to be proven, it nevertheless reveals, sadly, that civility during elections may be on the brink of sinking to an all-time low. Read more
Milwaukee’s "Mason-Dixon Line"
They say childhood experiences are like injuries; some will leave small invisible scars that are hardly ever noticed. Read more
Jena Case won’t help black teen offenders in Louisiana (or anywhere else)
by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Four years before an indifferent, drowsy press and public finally fumed at the news that a prosecutor and judge tossed the book at six Black teens in a small Louisiana town for beating up a White teen following a racially charged incident, a Louisiana legislative investigating team sternly warned that the state’s juvenile justice system was horribly mangled. Read more
Free the Jena Six
by Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist
The recent conviction of Black high school student Mychal Bell in the small rural town of Jena, Louisiana, demonstrates why the struggle for civil rights and equal justice must continue with renewed vigor. Read more
Poor coverage of the poor
by George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist
The poor will always be with us. Just not on TV news. That’s the headline of a recent report by Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), the New York-based media-monitoring group. Read more |
