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Archive for December, 2012
Lawyers’ committee submits testimony to senate hearing: ‘Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline’
Dec. 26 | By Lawyers’ Committee staff Contributing Writers The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL) applauds Senator Richard J. Durbin for convening the important hearing “Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline” before...
A nation in pain, a nation whose heart is broken again
Dec. 26 | When news began to flash across the airways Friday, December 14, that a tragedy was taking place in Newtown, CT, the magnitude and the heartbreak of this violent and insane action began to sink in. Twenty of the 26 lost lives were six- and seven-year-old...
Child protection laws should better protect parents and children
Dec. 26 | For the last decade, I have watched the erosion within the judicial system concerning Children and Family Services’ child protection department. With few options, low budgets and stringent timeline laws, more single mothers and families are being...
Young White men in crisis: Race, gender link mass shooters
Dec. 26 | The most recent massacre, the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, took the lives of six- and seven-year-olds. It has shaken our nation to its core. The enormity of this devastation is incalculable. There are the small coffins...
This Week’s Entertainment Spotlights
Dec. 26 | Ray Covington Fri., Dec. 28, 9:30 pm Bunker’s Music Bar & Grill 761 Washington Ave. N., Mpls., 612-338-8188 or www.bunkersmusic.com Cover is $7. Sat., Dec. 29, 9:30 pm: Chase and the Ovation:the music of Prince Cover is $7. Every Tues.,...
Twin Cities Black Film Festival founder on 10 years of stars and screenings
Dec. 26 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer (l-r) Screenwriter Stacy Parshall-Jensen and Twin Cities Black Film Festival founder Natalie MorrowPhoto by Charles Hallman Ten years ago, Natalie Morrow wanted to establish an annual Black film screening event...
Melanie Rae (Dixon) Miles — May 26, 1953 — December 19, 2012
Dec. 26 | Melanie Rae (Dixon) Miles was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on May 26, 1953. She fought her good fight and reached her final resting place with Jesus Christ on December 19, 2012 at the age of 59 years old. Melanie was preceded in death by her husband...
