Home » Editorial
Editorial
Update on MPD’s 2012 assault on Ames Elks Lodge — No contact with MPD for over a year
May. 8 | My May 2, 2012 headline was about the April 21, 2012 assault by the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) on the Ames Elks Lodge. What a shameful MPD disgrace. My subheading: “A 150-year-old Black Fraternal Organization was brutalized...
A skeptical take on the Boston tragedy
May. 8 | The tragic bombing that occurred at the Boston Marathon cannot be looked at in only black and white terms. Conspiracy theorists and political hacks are having a heyday with this. I am content with saying I don’t know what exactly happened...
Criminal incubation: the perpetuating factors of criminal behavior
May. 8 | By A.J. Briscoe Guest Commentator “Incubation: to keep under conditions favorable for development.” There is a glorification of destructive behavior and habits formed around bad monetary management. These decisions...
Abortion a threat to Black women, Black families, Black population
May. 8 | I appreciate responses from Spokesman readers regarding the truths being provided in my column. The documentation is irrefutable. I challenge anyone to disprove the content of my column by focusing on other mentions instead of Ms. Sanger....
People’s Stadium in trouble! — Can the funding really be found?
May. 1 | How does “the People’s Stadium” stand at this hour? Answer: wobbly, as we see from the fierce and personal debates within the Minnesota legislature regarding how to pay for the “People’s Stadium.” Why the silence from the...
Another tackle in the world of homophobic sports
May. 1 | Another former professional athlete came out last month — 6’-7” Jamaican-born NFL offensive tackle Kwame Harris. With news of LGBT equality in the news daily, one may wonder why this is news at all. But it is. The world of sports...
Begging works: let Smokey Robinson do it for you
May. 1 | Fellas, say you find yourself in a situation where this woman who just came back to your crib is absotively, posilutely irresistible. She digs you or she wouldn’t be there. But that doesn’t mean she wants to do what you’ve wanted...
