Archive for the 'Wisconsin' Category
• December 20, 2013 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Busting Out of Jail The Hard Way – Nathan Middleton Wanted His Mother to Provide Explosives and a Car for His Jail Break
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Rape/Sex Crimes, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Aprina Paul, Black Women, Blacks, Brittney Humphrey, Butch Cassidy, Children, Criminal Complaint, David O'Leary, District Attorney, Evansville WI, Inmate, Jailbreak, Kelly Mattingly, Mexico, Middleton, Mother, Motherhood, Nathan Middleton, Prison, Prosecutor, Public Defender, Rock County, Rock County Jail, United States
• November 21, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Aprina, Aprina Paul, Black Women, Blacks, Constables on Patrol, Craigslist, Fitchburg, Middleton, Murder, Nathan Middleton, Paul, Police, Sex, Sex Act, Sex Worker, United States, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Journal
• November 14, 2013 •
10 Comments
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Overdoses, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Accidental Death, African Americans, Aprina, Aprina Paul, Arrested, Black Women, Blacks, Casual Encounters, Cause of Death, Craigslist, Death by Misadventure, Death Under Suspicious Circumstances, Drug Paraphrenalia, Growing Up, Middleton, Murder, Nathan Middleton, Pandering, Paul, Recreational Drug Use, Rock County Wisconsin, Sex, THC, United States, Warrant, Wisconsin
• November 10, 2013 •
Comments Off on Aprina Paul Memorial Held Last Night at Death Site in Evansville, WI
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime, Health, Murder/Manslaughter, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Aprina Paul, Black Women, Blacks, Candlelight, Candlelight Vigil, Death by Misadventure, Death Under Suspicious Circumstances, Evansville, Evansville WI, Fitchburg WI, Madison Wisconsin, Memorial, Middleton, Murder, Nathan Middleton, Saturday, United States, Wisconsin
• November 6, 2013 •
18 Comments
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Overdoses, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Aprina Paul, Black Girl, Black Woman, Blacks, Common Sense, Corpus Delecti, Dane County Wisconsin, Drugs, Evansville WI, Fitchburg WI, Growing Up, Madison WI, Middleton, Murder, Nathan Middleton, Paul, Porter, Rock County Wisconsin, Sex, Sheriff, Spoden, WI, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• November 5, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Odyssey, Canada, Fitchburg WI, List of mayors of Toronto, NBC News, Parachuting, Romare Bearden, Shooting of Trayvon Martin, Toronto, Wisconsin
• October 2, 2013 •
Comments Off on Obamacare Is Winning
Posted in Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Cable, Class, Education, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, History, Late Night TV, Medicaid/Medicare, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, BarackObama, Blacks, California, Colorado, Common Sense, Connecticut, Funny or Die, Jennifer Hudson, Jimmy Kimmel, Kentucky, MSNBC, Obamacare, Olivia Pope, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Scandal, The Affordable Care Act, United States, Wisconsin
• August 13, 2013 •
3 Comments
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Vehicular Manslaughter/Murder, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, AT&T, Black Women, Blacks, Department of Transportation, Distracted Driving, Documentary, Documentary film, Gary Busey, Green Bay Packers, Grizzly Man, Herzog, Indiana, Milwaukee, Murder, New York City, PSAs, Public Service Announcement, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Texting While Driving, The Eighties, The Seventies, United States, Utah, Valetta Bradford, Vermont, Werner Herzog, Wisconsin, Xzavier Davis-Bilbo
• June 4, 2013 •
Comments Off on Jack and Renée: The Swirl Enters John McCain’s Family
Posted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 2008 GOP Presidential Nominee, 2008 Presidential Campaign, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, California, California Academy of Sciences, Captain, Gov. Scott Walker, Grace Cathedral San Francisco, Guam, Interracial Couples, Interracial Love, Interracial Marriage, Jack McCain, John McCain, John McCain IV, Lieutenant, Love, Marriage, McCain, Meghan McCain, Mitt Romney, Navy, Reserves, San Francisco, Senator John McCain, The Eighties, The Swirl, Wedding, Wisconsin
• May 3, 2013 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Ex-“Lambeau Leap” Footballer LeRoy Butler Gives a Four-Word Tweet of Support for Jason Collins; Loses Church Gig, But Gains More Fans for His Stand Against Homophobia
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gays in Sports/Coming Out, Hate Crimes, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Bullying, Butler, Children, Common Sense, Dunstan, Enforced Heterosexism, Green Bay Packer, Green Bay Packers, Jason Collins, Lambeau Field, LeRoy Butler, LGBT, Love, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sports Illustrated, Torment, Twitter, Wisconsin
• April 3, 2013 •
Comments Off on That Oscar Mayer Honey Baked Ham-Brutally Honest Grandpa Commercial
Posted in Class, Commercials, Cooking, Cultural History, Food, Health, Television, Wisconsin
Tags: BuzzFeed, General Foods, Health, Hot Dogs, Kraft Foods, Luncheon Meats, Madison, Oscar Mayer, Sandwiches, TV Commercials, United States, Viral Commercials, Wienermobile
• March 5, 2013 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: We STILL Have Snow
Posted in Class, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weather, Wisconsin
Tags: Channel 3000, Dane, Dane County, Dane County Wisconsin, Game, Haddie McLean, Hunting, Live Blog, Madison, Madison Metro, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Outdoors, Recreation, Small Game, Snow, Snow Plow Updates, Toni Morrissey, Turkey, UW Medical Center, Weather 3000, Wednesday, Wild Turkey, Winter Storms
• January 21, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in American History, American Politics, Arts, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Immigration, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Barack Obama, Blanco, Child Abuse, Colorado, Cuba, Cuban, Cubana, Florida International University, Gay, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Growing Up, Inaugural Poem, Inauguration of Barack Obama, Latina, Latino, Latinos, LGBT, Love, Poet, Poetry, President Obama, Racism, Richard Blanco, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, United States
• January 9, 2013 •
Comments Off on In a Blink of an Eye: It’s Been Forty-Five Years Since Otis Redding’s “(Sitting On) The Dock of The Bay” Was Recorded
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Otis Redding, Suicide, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: "(Sitting On} The Dock of the Bay", 45th Anniversary, African Americans, Anniversary, Bay, Blacks, Death, Dock of the Bay, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Eric Clapton, Fillmore, Growing Up, Jimi Hendrix, Lake Monona, Madison, Madison WI, Monterey Pop Festival, Otis, Otis Redding, San Francisco, Steve Cropper, Summer of Love, The Bar Kays, The Mar-Kays, The Sixties, United States, Wisconsin
• September 3, 2012 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Democrats and Independents, You Gotta Vote Come November and Here is How
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Education, History, National Issues, People of Color, Race, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Baggers, Blacks, Common Sense, Democratic, GOP, J.B. Van Hollen, Latino, League of Women Voters, List of Attorneys General of Wisconsin, Madison WI, Paul Ryan, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Republican, Republicans, Supreme Court, Tampa Florida, Teabaggers, The Tea Party, True the Vote, United States, Voter ID Laws, Voter Registration, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court
• August 11, 2012 •
Comments Off on That Political Video From Facebook: “Pickpocket” or “Get Your Hand Out of My Pocket, Mitt Romney”
Posted in Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Facebook, Health, Medicaid/Medicare, National Issues, Obama Administration, Social Security, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin
Tags: Bain Capital, Barack Obama, Common Sense, Elderly, Elderly Women, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Joe McCarthy, Lyndon Johnson, Medicaid, Medicare, Middle-Class, Move On.org, Poor, Poor People, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Social Security, The Great Society, The New Deal, Unemployment Insurance, United States, Vice President Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, Wisconsin
• August 5, 2012 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: We’ve Got a Shooting in an Oak Creek Sikh Temple
Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Immigration, India, Love, Mass Shootings, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Sikhs, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Amritsar, Chief of Police, Children, CNN, Drama, Guns, Gurdwara, Hate Crime, India, Indian Americans, Mass Shootings, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Murder, Muslim, Nichiren Buddhism, Oak Creek Wisconsin, Religions, Sikh, Sikhism, Sikhs, Temple Shootings, Terrorism, Turbans, United States, Wisconsin, World Peace, World Peace Gongyo
• July 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on What Obamacare Means for Blacks, Latinos and Other Communities of Color
Posted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Education, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, History, Love, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 3 Chics Politico, Affordable Care Act, African Americans, Alzheimer's Disease, Blacks, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, Insurance, Latinos, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Penalty, People of Color, Pre-Existing Conditions, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Scott Walker, Taxes, Taxpayers, United States, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Wisconsin
• May 8, 2012 •
Comments Off on It’s Only a Month Away, Wisconsin: Let’s Choose a Strong Democratic Challenger Today to Defeat Governor Scott Walker on June 5
Posted in American Politics, Class, Democrats, Egypt, France, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Democratic, Doug La Follette, Egypt, Forward!, Kathleen Falk, Kathleen Vinehout, Mahlon Mitchell, Rebecca Kleefisch, The Democratic Party, The Demoratic Party of Wisconsin, Tom Barrett, United States, United Wisconsin, Wisconsin
• April 28, 2012 •
1 Comment
Posted in American History, American Politics, Class, Journalism and Ethics, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 2012, Clerk, County Clerk, David Prosser, Democrats, Elections, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, Kathy Nickolaus, Madison WI, Republican, Republicans, State Supreme Court Justices, The Recall, The Supreme Court of Wisconsin, The Wisconsin Recall, United States, Vote Manipulation, Voter Suppression, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin-Waukesha County
• February 26, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some Sunday Love: “Pinky,” Elton John, 1974
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Elton John, Fashion, Japan, Love, Music, Sexuality, Wisconsin
Tags: "Caribou", Bernie Taupin, Clydie King, Daryl Dragon, Davey Johnstone, Dusty Springfield, Elton, Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Gus Dudgeon, Nederland CO, Nigel Olssen, The Seventies, Toni Tennille, United States
• February 18, 2012 •
Comments Off on Don’t Miss “An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford” Coming to PBS Stations This Month
Posted in African American History, American History, Ashford and Simpson, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Gwen Ifill, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Valerie Simpson, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Ashford, Ashford and Simpson, Berry Gordy, Black History Month, Black Women, Blacks, Brother Ray, Celebrity Deaths, Death, Gwen Ifill, Interview, Love, Love Songs, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Nickolas Ashford, Passing, Public Television, Ray Charles, Simpson, Tammi Terrell, Teddy Pendergrass, The Eighties, The Seventies, Tivos, Valerie Simpson, W, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Television
• January 22, 2012 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Democrats, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Economy, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "The Isthmus", BadgerCare, California, David Obey, Faux Noise, Fraud, Governor Walker, High Speed Train, Kathleen Vinehout, Madison WI, Mahlon Mitchell, Peter Barca, Rebecca Kleefisch, Recall, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Ryan Lawler, Scott and Jeff Fitzgerald, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Signatures, State Senator Jon Erpenbach, State Street, Steve Kagan, The February Uprising, The Koch Brothers, The Orpheum Theatre, United States, United Wisconsin, Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsinites
• November 24, 2011 •
2 Comments
Posted in Class, Holidays, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Television, Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: Achievement, All My Friends, All My Relations, Being Alive, Dreams, Giving Thanks, Gratitude, Hard Times, Holiday, Holiday Season, Love for Life, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Television, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner
• November 22, 2011 •
Comments Off on Retired Philly Police Captain Raymond Lewis Arrested with Other Occupy Wall Street Activists; He Says It Was the Proudest Moment of His Life
Posted in American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Budget Cuts, Class, Cultural History, Environmental Crimes, Homelessness, Joblessness, Labor History, Obama Administration, People of Color, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Action, Activism, Arrest, Captain Ray Lewis, Demonstration, Iraq War, Lewis, New York, New York City, New York City Police Department, New York Observer, NYPD, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Philadelphia Police Department, Police Officers, Political Activism, Rant, Ray Lewis, Retired Captain Raymond Lewis, Scott Olsen, Symbol, Sympathy Vote, Wisconsin
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