HealthPartners’ new diversity leader
Tonya Jackman Hampton faces racism, promotes inclusiveness By Elizabeth Ellis Contributing Writer This past September, HealthPartners ...
Month: November 2012
Activist initiates call to action in MSR — Spike Moss speaks ‘Straight Talk’ to the Black community
Spike Moss has been long known to speak his mind, and now he lends his voice to the MSR as a ...
Good and bad news: MN Orchestra, new singer’s debut, Down Beat poll results
Planning your holiday entertainment? Wondering about young African American female singers on the rise? Want to get caught up ...
This week’s Entertainment Spotlights!
Revelations: Judgment Day Fri.-Sat., Nov. 23-24, 7 pm & Sun., Nov. 25, 6 pm The O’Shaughnessy 2004 Randolph ...
A political Ponzi scheme: The fix was in with 2012 election
Shell-shocked Republicans are asking “What happened?” as they lick their wounds and offer recriminations and finger pointing regarding who ...
Hurricane Sandy: Slow response reveals the government’s priorities
Our country has a strange way of showing love to its citizens and especially certain segments of the population, ...
Malawi LGBTQs’ short-lived freedom
I’d like to believe that Malawi’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) citizens and tourists had a few ...
Hip hop lives
By Naomi Gaines Guest Commentator I have recently seen the Ice-T documentary Something from Nothing: The Art of ...
HBCU coaches tend to see athletes as students first
The latest NCAA graduation rates report shows that overall Division I student-athletes graduate at 80 percent, but the oft-overlooked ...
49ers knock Bears out of first!
Three weeks ago, the Chicago Bears were rolling along at 7-1 thinking Super Bowl with a dominating defense and ...
Division I hoops: big gap between number of Black players & coaches
Mike D’Antoni will begin coaching the Los Angeles Lakers, a couple of weeks removed from former coach Mike ...
Diabetic eye disease on the rise in U.S. — African Americans at higher risk
Diabetes affects nearly 26 million people in the United States. In addition, another 79 million people are estimated to have ...
Insights from experts at starting anew
Hello to all the followers of the “Starting Anew” column. I am pleased to announce that after many ...
America’s Black First Family symbolizes rise of African culture
Hotep (Be at peace, be at rest, be free) In this the second in a three-part series, I want to ...
Living, surviving and thriving with a disability
Living (the early years) Part two of a series Many of you may be wondering what my disability ...
First annual Baraza conference ‘a huge success’
Event launches movement to improve Black women’s health and wellness Part 2 — see part one in the current ...
Children shouldn’t receive a life sentence
My 99-year prison sentence started in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota’s only maximum-security prison. Built into the side of a hill, ...
Obama wins! Historic second term for the president
The 2012 presidential election proves 2008 was not a fluke nor an accident. The 2012 election demonstrates the peril of ...
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