Mint Condition: New CD an improvement, but not a return to glory days
Music @ the Speed of Life is an improvement on 2008’s E-Life, a static, paint-by-number disappointment from a band renowned ...
Month: September 2012
Black lawmakers almost killed Title IX
Landmark bill caught in race vs. gender equity wrangling Long before Title IX, Black females have been participants in sport. ...
College baseball player aspires to be a major leaguer
As young African American males think about playing professional sports, primarily football and basketball, there is a sport out there ...
Redistribution needed when the rich reap what the poor sow
“I know there are some who believe that if you simply take from some and give to others, then we’ll ...
Where is the equity plan for the Viking Stadium?
The Minneapolis City Council passed a binding resolution May 10, 2012, directing the ...
The McKnight Foundation awards recipients for community service
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Gino Nelson with wife Staceyand sons Najee (middle) and RajaPhotos by Charles Hallman Gada ...
African American lupus ambassador shares her personal battle
Fifty-nine percent of Americans have limited knowledge about lupus and its destructive impact, yet one in every 200 individuals is ...
Local food broker brings global food to Twin Cities
African, African American and Caribbean foods now available at Cub By James L. Stroud, Jr. Contributing Writer According ...
Conference brings Black environmental thought to Twin Cities
Everyday Black folks missing from the eco-dialogue By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Tuskegee University hosted the first-ever Black Environmental ...
Five million people of color made voting history in 2008
Will voting trend continue in 2012? By Charles Hallman Staff Writer According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ...
Police officers need to live among the people they serve
During one of my summer breaks from college, I was sitting outside enjoying the summer breeze. In one hand I ...
Chuck Wexler in town, security plan in place
While Democratic and DFL Party heavy hitters were in Charlotte, NC for the Democratic National Convention, including Mayor R.T. Rybak, the legendary Chuck Wexler, executive director of the powerful Police Executive ...
What has President Obama done for Blacks?
Affordable Care Act, HBCU investment top some advocates’ lists By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Since Barack Obama took ...
Back in the Day gathering celebrates S. Mpls
On Saturday, September 1 at Phelps Park on 39th and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis, the Third Annual Back ...
The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ will hurt all of us
Economy faces devastation without action from Congress Ignorance is not bliss. However, there are too many of us who are ...
Marriage amendment divides Black Christians
Local Black clergy on opposite sides express their views By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The issue of same-sex ...
From Selma, Alabama to Minneapolis
MPS superintendent reflects on voting rights, proposed voter ID amendment By Alleen Brown Contributing Writer At a recent ...
Lysistrata move: Sex strikes could stop violence against women
Take a page from the ancient Greek play Lysistrata, in which women figured ...
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