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Can a city stop people from posting a link to its Web site? That’s the question at the center of a federal lawsuit brought by a Sheboygan woman against the mayor and other officials there, in what appears to be a first-of-its-kind case, according to an Internet law expert. Jennifer Reisinger says the Sheboygan city attorney ordered her to remove from her Web site a link to the city’s police department, in what she believes was retaliation for her support of recalling Mayor Juan Perez, according to the suit filed last week. The city went further, the lawsuit claims, launching...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on a book tour, where she is being hounded by activists and questioned about her pledge that "impeachment is off the table." She responded on the TV talk show "The View": "If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story." Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind may have provided the evidence she doesn't want to see. Suskind has just published a book called "The Way of the World." He makes an explosive charge: that the Bush administration instructed the CIA to forge a letter that would support its claims...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Democratic dominance in presidential elections has been the norm for decades throughout much of the country's union-strong industrial Great Lakes region. The GOP presidential candidate is mounting strong challenges to Democratic rival Barack Obama in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and eyeing Minnesota — four states that have thwarted Republicans in at least four straight elections. The Arizona senator is also fighting to hang on to Ohio, a bellwether that President Bush won twice. They are home to large numbers of blue-collar whites, whom Obama has struggled to win over; senior citizens, who polls show tilt toward...

Milwaukee’s election chief on Wednesday turned 32 more voter registration workers in to the district attorney’s office for possible prosecution, saying they tried to submit falsified registration cards. That brings to 39 the number of registration workers under scrutiny, and the number could grow, Election Commission Executive Director Sue Edman said. An organization warned the commission staff late Wednesday afternoon about some questionable cards in the latest batch collected by its workers, Edman said. Of the 32 ACORN workers referred Wednesday to Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf, Edman said:

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20, 2008, 6:18 p.m. By Larry Sandler City refers 32 more to DA for voter fraud Milwaukee's election chief turned 32 more voter registration workers in to the district attorney's office for possible prosecution today, after they tried to submit falsified registration cards. That brings to 39 the number of registration workers under scrutiny, and the number could grow, Election Commission Executive Director Sue Edman said. An organization warned the commission staff late this afternoon about some questionable cards in the latest batch collected by its workers, Edman said. All of the workers targeted for investigation were paid...

The Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay areas do not meet tough new air quality standards designed to protect public health and may need additional regulations, federal regulators said Tuesday. The Environmental Protection Agency's announcement drew criticism from a top state air official, who warned it could hurt economic development and do little to improve air quality.The EPA said its review found Brown, Columbia, Dane, Racine, Waukesha and Milwaukee counties have unacceptable levels of fine particulate matter in the air or contribute to problems in neighboring areas. The pollution is largely caused by coal-fired power plants and diesel engines and creates...

<p>MADISON, Wis. - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, often mentioned as a potential running mate for Sen. John McCain, promoted McCain's energy policy and critiqued his rival's as he campaigned across Wisconsin on Monday.</p> <p>Pawlenty said Democratic Sen. Barack Obama would "slam the door shut" on additional nuclear power and offshore drilling if elected president because of his conditional support for those options.</p>

MILWAUKEE It's the beer that made Milwaukee famous. Now Schlitz is making the city nostalgic.That beer with the old-time mystique is back on shelves in bottles of its original formula in the city where it was first brewed more than a century and a half ago. Schlitz was the top-selling beer for much of the first half of the 20th century, but recipe changes and a series of foul-ups made the beer - in many a drinker's opinion - undrinkable, turning what was once the world's most popular brew into little more than a joke. But after decades of dormancy,...

LKHORN, Wis. — When Tallan "T-Man" Latz was 5, he saw Joe Satriani playing guitar on TV. "I turned around to my dad and said, 'That's exactly what I want to do.'" Three years and countless hours of practicing later, 8-year-old Tallan is a blues guitar prodigy. He has played in bars and clubs, including the House of Blues in Chicago, and even jammed with Les Paul and Jackson Browne. He has a summer of festivals scheduled and has drawn interest from venues worldwide. What, you might ask, would a boy not even in the third grade have the blues...

Workers from a second activist organization have been implicated in falsifying Milwaukee voter registration forms, bringing to 15 the number of voter registration workers who could face scrutiny for trying to sign up dead, imprisoned or fictitious voters, according to the Milwaukee Election Commission and the organizations that paid the workers. For two of the workers, managers at the Community Voters Project caught much of the fraud, fired the workers and reported the problems before the registration cards were turned in, said Sue Edman, the election commission’s executive director, and Ayodele Carroo, the organization’s national director. That involved 15 or...

Workers from a second activist organization have been implicated in falsifying Milwaukee voter registration forms, bringing to 15 the number of voter registration workers who could face scrutiny for trying to sign up dead, imprisoned or fictitious voters, according to the Milwaukee Election Commission and the organizations that paid the workers. For two of the workers, managers at the Community Voters Project caught much of the fraud, fired the workers and reported the problems before the registration cards were turned in, said Sue Edman, the election commission’s executive director, and Ayodele Carroo, the organization’s national director. That involved 15 or...

Some dreams are hard to kill, even when run over by invading tanks. As a youth, Gizo Ujarmeli of then-Soviet Georgia was drafted into the dreaded Interior Ministry. Posted as a border guard on the frozen steppe, he listened to Voice of America, taught himself English and dreamed of a day when he could live in freedom. Soon after the collapse of Communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Georgia declared independence, and Ujarmeli was on his way. In 2000, newly married, he and his wife Elena settled in Wausau. Central Wisconsin welcomed them and, in...

Washington - If Republican John McCain needs someone to vouch for his independence, he could easily do worse than Senate colleague Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, a liberal Democrat from a key battleground state. "He's a great guy to fight an uphill battle with legislatively. He keeps his word. . . . I probably shouldn't be saying this stuff, but to be honest about it, it was one of the better professional experiences I've ever had in my life," Feingold said. "It's unfair, because McCain's a blast. He's fun to be around. He's certainly young in spirit. He's actually very young...

A good friend who is also a journalist is out of a job after 20 years. She was recently laid off and isn’t sure what to do next. “I guess I’ll freelance or teach,” is what she told me. Frankly, she didn’t seem too excited about either possibility. Another friend took a buyout from his employer even though he already had his dream job; he wrote opinions for a living. He knew there was a possibility his job would be eliminated months ago and started considering his alternatives. He put a lot of energy into a job search but ended...

(Fines, legal action possible in dispute over land use) Wales, WI - The kettle is hot, but the corn isn't popping just yet. Threats of daily fines and a lawsuit, all over a 7-acre stand of corn, have people talking in the small village of Wales, just west of Waukesha. Property owner Kent Hanson says the corn crop is better for the community than a plot of unchecked, unsightly weeds.Village President Jeffrey Flaws wants the corn taken out because more property taxes can be collected if the land remains under business use and is not converted to the much cheaper...

Ten years ago today, U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed, causing a devastating loss of life and signaling that the United States faced new and more serious terrorist threats abroad and potentially at home. That potential became a reality on Sept. 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked, causing an even more devastating loss of life and sending an even clearer signal regarding the necessity of a smart and focused response to a challenge that could no longer be ignored. Unfortunately, President Bush did not get the message. He and his neoconservative advisers...

Wednesday night, Barack Obama was grilled by local reporters after he appeared at a Minneapolis fundraiser. One of the reporters questioning Obama was 9-year-old Eleanor Korum of Hudson, Wis. Eleanor entered a Time Magazine for Kids contest. Her essay made it into the local paper and out of 500 entries she made it into the top 20 to become one of the magazines young reporters. Eleanor got to ask the Senator two questions: the first one on the environment, the second question was about race. Eleanor asked Obama, "Do people treat you differently because of the color of your skin?"...

Barack Obama's 11-point lead in Wisconsin is now down to four. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows Obama leading John McCain 47% to 43%. When “leaners” are included in the totals, Obama leads 51% to 44%. Last month, in the first Wisconsin poll conducted since Hillary Clinton dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Obama was ahead of his Republican opponent 50% to 39%. Obama is supported by 86% of Wisconsin Democrats, McCain by 95% of Republicans. Voters not affiliated with either major party are evenly divided. The Democrat leads by a 2-to-1...

Criminal investigations could be launched against at least six voter registration workers who tried to add dead, imprisoned or imaginary people to the voter rolls, according to the Milwaukee Election Commission and the organization that employed them. Officials are reviewing some 200 to 300 fraudulent voter registration cards, Sue Edman, the commission’s executive director, said Wednesday. And even though the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now caught the fraud and reported it before the cards were turned in, the incident revived a four-year-old partisan debate over the integrity of Wisconsin’s voter registration process, as political groups step up efforts...

MADISON, Wis. -- Workers registering voters for a liberal group in Milwaukee turned in hundreds of fabricated registration forms and many more that were incomplete. That's raised fears among Republican Party leaders of an election fraud repeat. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has fired about a dozen canvassers and alerted the state election commission to most of the problem forms. Commission director Sue Edman said they'll make sure no fabricated or incomplete forms are entered into the voter database. Six of the former ACORN workers have been referred to the Milwaukee County district attorney's office...

The construction of a new Whole Foods grocery store at Hilldale Mall may be in jeopardy. On Tuesday, Whole Foods reported a 30 percent drop in the company's profit for the third quarter, and announced it will reduce the number of stores expected to open in fiscal year 2009 from 21 to 15.The company, which is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol WFMI, reported its earnings late Tuesday. The stock was trading around $20 recently, a 13 percent plunge."The challenging economic environment appears to be negatively impacting our sales," John Mackey, CEO and co-founder of Whole Foods, said in...

New Zealand inventor Glenn Martin publically debuted his 'Martin Jet Pack' Tuesday at AirVenture, the world's biggest air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Martin strapped his 16-year-old son into the pack and he hovered above the ground for a cheering crowd. Martin invented the 'Jet Pack' 11 years ago in his garage. It consists of a 200 horsepower water-cooled piston engine that runs on gas and uses car fanbelts to drive two fan propellers that spin inside what looks like two oversized soup cans. Martin say the fan design is much more efficient than an unshielded rotor of a helicopter....

In March 2007, Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan of Gainesville, Fla., launched a program designed to reunite some members of the city's long-term homeless population with family members. "It's not just a bus ticket out of town," Hanrahan told The Gainesville Sun at the time. "It's trying to reconnect people to the places and people that have the resources to get them back on their feet." The program was new to Gainesville at the time, but it was by no means a new idea; San Francisco already had a similar program in place for two years that had been hailed as a...

Well, they got her.Debra Bartoshevich, the duly elected Democratic Party delegate for Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin who vowed undying loyalty to the former first lady, has been dumped by the state party and barred from attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver next month.According to the Associated Press, the state party's administrative committee has officially whacked Bartoshevich from the 92-member delegation.(snip)"No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her," Bartoshevich told a local journalist. "That's by Susan B. Anthony."

Washington - Have Republicans found a way to put Democrats on the defensive over the economy? When asked to choose which of several approaches is "the best way to help solve the energy crisis and make America less dependent on foreign oil," Wisconsin voters broke down this way: 59% - RENEWABLE ENERGY Development of sources such as solar power, wind power and biofuels. 8% - HIGHER AUTOMOBILE MILEAGE STANDARDS 7% - NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 6% - DRILLING OFFSHORE AND IN ALASKA 4% - TAKING OIL FROM THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE Democrats were unsuccessful in advancing this short-term step in...

WAUSAU, WI -- The torrential rain and flooding that hit southern Wisconsin this summer, destroying tens of millions of dollars worth of farm crops, had a least one silver lining -- soil erosion was not a major problem, farm experts say."We found the fields that had conservation tillage and residue management no-till surprisingly have very little damage," said Don Baloun, a farm conservationist for the U.S. Agriculture Department's Natural Resource Conservation Service in Madison. "What happened is the crop that was planted is a complete loss."Added Susan Butler, a conservation specialist for USDA's Farm Service Agency in Wisconsin, "We expected...

Helene Hedberg is marching through much of Wisconsin to oppose the Iraq war. But first she had to fly to Chicago -- from Sweden.Hedberg helps Iraqi refugee children in Stockholm and got to know march organizer Kathy Kelly during a human rights conference in Sweden. So when she heard from Kelly that Voices for Creative Nonviolence was organizing a march from Chicago to St. Paul, Minn., to arrive Aug. 31 in time for the Republican National Convention, Hedberg decided she had to participate. "This has a lot to do with my work," said Hedberg, who is studying in a human...

James Travis set his fishing line in the murky waters off Monona Terrace Convention Center Saturday morning and pulled up one blue gill after another. Some were judged too small and tossed back into Lake Monona. Others were dropped in a pail on their way to dinner table. Travis, of Madison, said he eats locally caught fish about once every other week, which would put him within the state safety guidelines for exposure to mercury through fish consumption.But a local advocacy group, Madison Environmental Justice Organization, says its newly released research found that many local shoreline anglers, especially minorities, eat...

Debra Bartoshevich, a delegate to the Denver Democratic National Convention, did not help her case by repeatedly referring to the "Democrat Party" during Friday's conference call. That angered commitee members, who view that as a slur used by Republicans. One chastised her for using "Rush Limbaugh's talking points." Bartoshevich said she didn't understand and kept using the offending term......... Wisconsin Democrats on Friday ousted a delegate to their national convention for saying she would vote for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain in November. Embarrassed by a defection in their ranks, the Wisconsin Democratic Party's administrative committee voted 23-0 to...

MADISON, WI -- Wisconsin Democrats on Friday ousted a delegate to their national convention for saying she would vote for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain in November.Embarrassed by a defection in their ranks, the Wisconsin Democratic Party's administrative committee voted 23-0 to strip Debra Bartoshevich of her status as a delegate to the Denver convention next month. Bartoshevich was elected by party activists as a pledged delegate for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton from the 1st Congressional District in southeastern Wisconsin. But after Clinton dropped out of the race, Bartoshevich told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel she would support McCain over...

Declaring that "there is no task more important for this Congress than to seriously consider whether our nation's leaders have violated their oath of office," Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin on Friday morning told the House Judiciary Committee, "I now firmly believe that impeachment hearings are the appropriate and necessary next step."The Madison Democrat's opening statement to the Judiciary Committee's "Hearing on Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations" was one of many pointed and at times passionate declarations delivered during an extraordinary session that saw both Democratic and Republican representatives engage in serious discussions about how best to address what committee chair...

Republican John McCain is tightening the presidential race against Democratic rival Barack Obama in four key states, according to polls released Thursday.

Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain has gained support in four key battleground states, polls indicate. McCain, R-Ariz., who likely will face Democrat Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in November, leads Obama in Colorado, while narrowing the gap since June 26 in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin, Quinnipiac University polls show. In Colorado, McCain leads Obama 46 percent to 44 percent. In Michigan, Obama leads McCain 46 percent to 42 percent, while in Minnesota Obama narrowly leads McCain 46 percent to 44 percent. In Wisconsin, Obama leads McCain 50 percent to 39 percent.

Republican John McCain has quickly closed the gap between himself and Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama in several key battleground states even as the Arizona senator struggles to break through the wall-to-wall coverage of Obama's trip to Europe and the Middle East this week. McCain and Obama are in a statistical dead heat in Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota while the Illinois senator has a more comfortable double-digit edge in Wisconsin, according to polling conducted by Quinnipiac University for washingtonpost.com and the Wall Street Journal during the past week. Only in Colorado, however, does McCain hold a greater percentage of the...

The suspect, who led police on a multi-state chase, was identified as 27-year-old Grayson Lee Clevenger. Burnsville police said Clevenger answered his cell phone at one point during the chase, telling a detective he couldn't talk because he was being chase by the police.(edit)Detectives followed the vehicle until marked patrol cars could meet up and attempt a stop. In an attempt to end the pursuit peacefully, detectives called the suspect on his cell phone. Clevenger answered the phone, saying, "Dude, I can't talk, I'm being chased by the police" and hung up. (edit)Clevenger eluded police and remains at-large

Debra Bartoshevich received e-mail notification Monday evening about a conference call to decide her fate as a delegate. Rachel Strauch-Nelson, communications director for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, said the group also tried to reach Bartoshevich by phone Monday afternoon. The conference call will take place Friday and Bartoshevich will have an opportunity to explain why she should remain a delegate despite her reported endorsement for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. ORIGINAL STORY: Members of Wisconsin’s Democratic Party will vote Friday on the delegate status of Debra Bartoshevich, a Democratic National Convention delegate from Waterford who has publicly supported Republican...

The Gun Owners of America have launched a campaign to help support the family of a man sentenced to 30 months in jail for a rifle that misfired. Officials with GOA today announced they will be working to generate support for the wife and three children of David Olofson, on whom WND has reported in the past, while a GOA-orchestrated appeal of his conviction proceeds. "Not only is Gun Owners of American representing Olofson during his appeal, we have set up an Olofson relief fund so that his wife and mother of their three young children will be able to...

A sharp drop in oil prices the past 10 days is starting to show up at the local fuel pump. Madisonians found regular unleaded for $3.89 a gallon at many stations in the area Wednesday morning, down almost 20 cents a gallon from the record average high of $4.08 set only a week ago. The average price for regular unleaded in Madison Wednesday is $3.956 a gallon, according to the daily fuel gauge report from AAA, but more than a dozen stations were showing the $3.89-a-gallon price on madisongasprices.com. Oil dropped below $127 a barrel Tuesday, down $20 a barrel...

Collision might be due to growth in municipalities not accustomed to lifestyle Among the 600,000-plus hunters heading out for last year’s gun-deer season were three Clark County brothers who were cited for not wearing blaze orange — clothing, they said, that was against their Amish religion. Members of the religious sect noted for their black felt hats, dark trousers, long dresses and bonnets are barred from wearing bright clothing. But a Clark County judge ruled last month that there’s nothing in the Amish religion that compels them to hunt deer. So each brother was fined $143.10. It was the latest...

Barack Obama Wisconsin campaign officials today used local veteran Obama backers in seeking to counter an ad by Republican presidential candidate John McCain that accuses the Democrat of shifting his views on the war in Iraq. At a press event next to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Chief Warrant Officer David Boetcher, a 27-year veteran of the Wisconsin Army National Guard, blasted McCain's voting record on veteran's health care, hospital funding, veteran's education benefits and equipping soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. "It shows that he's no longer voting for veterans. He's voting for something else," Boetcher said. Boetcher, a Waunakee...

Madison, WI - Seated cross-legged onstage in a large upholstered chair, one of the world's best-known religious leaders delivered his trademark messages of compassion, peace and unity with typical humor, verve and humility Saturday afternoon. In response to a written question from the audience about Tibetan culture being strong enough to still mount widespread demonstrations against Chinese rule this year, he also ventured into the political arena. “I want to make clear. We always respect the Chinese people, not the Chinese government,” he said, to loud applause, adding that the uprisings were pro-freedom, not anti-Chinese. For the more than 7,000...

Waldo - Some 150 anarchists from throughout the United States and Canada descended on a strip of private land this week in this Sheboygan County village for four days of workshops, including some focused on strategizing for demonstrations at the upcoming Democratic and Republican national conventions. The 2008 CrimethInc. Convergence was the sixth annual communal campout organized by CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective, an international underground network that since the mid-1990s has published widely read anarchist texts such as "Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook." The group also has drawn the attention of FBI agents trying to infiltrate the protest movement. At...

Anyone fed up with the soaring price of gasoline should head to the Alliant Energy Center this weekend for the third annual Hybridfest, held in conjunction with the Dane County Fair. Co-founder Eric Powers promises a large selection of clean and sustainable cars that include hybrids, biodiesel, electric, propane and other experimental vehicles, as well as speakers who will share fuel-saving driving tips. Attendees will learn how to save between 35 cents to $1 per gallon in fuel costs -- or more -- by adopting fuel-efficient driving habits. The show, which drew more than 12,000 people last year, also includes...

Madison's gay-pride event to be much smaller this year CHRIS RICKERT 608-252-6198 crickert@madison.com Gone from this year's Madison gay-pride event are the long lists of performers and vendors, the beer tent and the always entertaining parade. Still trying the untangle the financial mess left by its former treasurer, Madison Pride will cut the usually weekend-long event to one day and spend only about $500 putting it on, after having spent about $30,000 on it last year, said Dawnne Edseth, co-chair of the volunteer organization's board of directors. Only one musical act, The Cowboy & The Frenchman, is formally scheduled to...

Debbie Kelly and her husband, Tom, have been living the dream for years. They've got a cozy home nestled in the Wyoming Valley, the bucolic Iowa County setting where architect Frank Lloyd Wright drew his inspiration. Deer graze in the yard. Orioles flock to the bird feeder. When nights are clear, the Milky Way lights the sky. It's a little slice of heaven -- save for the 45-mile commute to work.It wasn't a big financial drain driving into Madison, even as gasoline passed $2 a gallon in 2004 or $3 last summer. But for Debbie Kelly, $4 fuel has been...

BARRON - A former Rice Lake pastor pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting a boy more than 20 years. Angel R. Toro, 57, now of St. Petersburg, Fla., pleaded guilty in Barron County Court to four counts of fourth-degree sexual assault. Toro will be on three years of probation after he is released, according to Washburn County Judge Eugene Harrington's sentence. The victim, now 38, told police that Toro sexually assaulted him in the summer or fall of 1987 when the victim was helping Toro repair a fence at First United Methodist...

The Iraq war has many costs: millions of Iraqis displaced, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed, tens of thousands of Americans permanently maimed, thousands of Americans killed. Additionally, there is the direct cost to states such as Wisconsin, counties such as Dane, cities such as Madison, Middleton, Monona and Stoughton, villages such as Cross Plains and McFarland, towns such as Vermont, Dane and Burke. The steering of hundreds of billions dollars from the federal treasury to war profiteers and misguided missions has squeezed funding for local infrastructure, social services and community development programs. And another unwise and unnecessary war with...

Barney Lavin is a fifth-generation farmer in western Racine County who tries to run his 250-acre Angus cow-calf and grain operation in an environmentally friendly way. Lavin, 57, has restored some land to wetlands and last year went a step further -- by enrolling 31 acres in the Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program, in which credits are bought and sold on the Chicago Climate Exchange.Other Wisconsin farmers also have the opportunity to join the program, in which the Farmers Union collects carbon credits from farmers who use no-till crop production, convert croplands to grass, manage native rangelands sustainably, plant trees...

UW-Madison scientist David Mladenoff has been warning for years that some trees common to northern Wisconsin -- balsam fir, spruce and jack pine -- could disappear from the state as the climate warms.But now Mladenoff and fellow UW forest ecologist Robert Scheller are adding that it will be difficult for southern Wisconsin species -- oaks and hickories for instance -- to move northward to replace them. Why? Not only is warming expected to outpace the speed at which southern trees can migrate, but barriers to dispersal such as agricultural lands and urban areas also will delay progress, Mladenoff said. Consequently,...

None other than the Rev. Al Sharpton has come to Milwaukee. Well, at least his voice is here. Sharpton’s syndicated radio show recently began broadcasting from noon to 3 p.m. weekdays on WMCS-AM (1290). That’s probably welcome news for some in town; for others, not so much. For some Milwaukeeans, Sharpton is part of the unholy trinity — along with Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson — of outspoken black men who never let white America forget its sad racial past. To others, it’s a welcome relief to have a nationally syndicated African-American radio program with a political focus during daytime...