Empowering Children to Succeed

  By Lori Sokol  "I wish there were no longer a need for organizations such as ours," says Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D., CEO of the YWCA USA. "I truly wish that we could have put ourselves out of business many years ago." And, after 150 years, who could blame her? The YWCA model, which was created over a century-and-a-half ago to eliminate racism,… Read more »

 By Congresswoman Gwen Moore   As the school year winds down, millions of children across our nation are thinking about their summers and eagerly anticipating the last bell. Yet, for many low-income families, the end of the school year also means the end of access to school lunch and breakfast programs. In a nation where almost 16 million children live in households… Read more »

   Contact: Staci Cox(202) 225- 4572  Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) released the following statement commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision:  “Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court helped ignite the ongoing struggle for civil rights as it rejected the notion that… Read more »

Today, not only functions as a reflection on the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, but let it also serve as a call to action. Let us come together to improve our nation by increasing educational opportunities for our kids. Read more »

  By Zoë Carpenter   Between 2003 and 2008, a Minnesota charter school executive named Joel Pourier embezzled more than $1.3 million from his school, the Oh Day Aki Charter School. While students at Oh Day Aki went without field trips and supplies for lack of funds, Pourier bought houses and cars and tossed bills at strippers. Because his school received… Read more »

  By Lauren French  For members of the Congressional Black Caucus, these are tough days. The Supreme Court upended two major civil rights laws in recent years, striking down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act and upholding Michigan’s ban on affirmative action. The CBC’s agenda is gaining little traction on Capitol Hill, where Republican… Read more »

  By Pema Levy  Should we keep anti-poverty programs? Or should we cut them? That was the underlying question at a contentious event Wednesday that pitted Republicans’ belief that the government’s effort to help the poor are hurting them against Democrats defending the worth of federal anti-poverty programs. Representative Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin,… Read more »

  Congressional Black Caucus and Budget Chairman Paul Ryan to meet next week. By Joyce Jones  Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin) thinks that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), who chairs the House Budget Committee and is in line to become the next chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, is "a nice guy." The budget he proposed earlier this month is not,… Read more »

   By Charles Devarics  A 2015 budget plan narrowly approved by the House of Representatives late last week would impose major cuts on higher education, including a 10-year freeze on Pell grants and reduced funds for student loans. The plan from Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., House Budget Committee chairman, would cut federal spending by $5 trillion and hit… Read more »

  Wisconsin's House delegation Thursday split along party lines as lawmakers passed the budget authored by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan.  All five Wisconsin Republicans supported the Ryan budget, while the state's three Dems were opposed. The bill passed 219-205, with 12 Republicans joining Dems in voting against the measure.  Ryan, R-Janesville, said in… Read more »