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  Compiled by MCJ Staff The second six months of 2013 was about injustice, from a courtroom in Florida to the hallowed chambers of the nation’s highest court, where an iconic ruling protecting the sanctity of voting rights was stripped of its essence. The second half of the year witnessed the celebration of another iconic moment in American and Black American history,… Read more »

  By Jan Uebelherr   JPaul "Benji" Johnston, 6, climbed onto a 2-foot-high stool, leaned into the microphone, took a deep breath and made his case. "Why do people hurt other people? Is it because they get mad? Is it because they want something they can't have?" said Paul, the first-place winner in the kindergarten-to-second-grade… Read more »

 Reprinted by Milwaukee Courier  This week, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI- 04) voted in support of the omnibus appropriations bill that provides $1.1 trillion in funding for the 2014 fiscal year.She released this statement: “Our government cannot continue to operate from one manufactured crisis to the next.Although the omnibus does not restore pre-sequester… Read more »

  Senate to act by week's end By Jim Myers Washington — The U.S. House easily passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill Wednesday to keep the federal government funded for the rest of the fiscal year, avoid threats of another shutdown and provide at least partial relief from the unpopular across-the-board budget cuts put in place two years… Read more »

  By Rep. Gwen Moore  Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope--some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America. I urge this Congress and all Americans… Read more »

  By Rep. Gwen Moore  Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope--some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America. I urge this Congress and all Americans… Read more »

  By Ray Baker   The political scene will heat up in 2014. Not only will this year bring midterm elections but also there are many interesting political battles to come. An extension of unemployment insurance is already early session drama and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has made it a point to offer a conservative agenda in the war on poverty.  Equally… Read more »

  In a piece for the Huffington Post, Wisconsin Congresswoman Gwen Moore notes the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty. She says it's time this country return to the days when governmental leaders actually tried to do something about poverty instead of attacking programs aimed at combating it.  To view the entire article online, please click here. Read more »

  By Rep. Gwen Moore  Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope--some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America. I urge this Congress and all Americans… Read more »

  By Tom Kertscher   Some political notes and quotes from the past several days. -- “The unemployed aren’t bums who don’t have any grit in their craw.” -- U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) told a Milwaukee gathering, according to UrbanMilwaukee.com. Moore also predicted that if Congress doesn't raise the federal minimum wage,… Read more »