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Designer poverty: Come to the Twin Cities — we do it right!

Designer poverty: Come to the Twin Cities — we do it right!

Apr. 17 |       By Don Allen Guest Commentator   There is something to be said about organizations, politicians and community spokespersons who become ingrained in the process of using humans as a way to gain access for nonprofit funding...

Dating tips for sistahs who don’t get it

Dating tips for sistahs who don’t get it

Apr. 17 |       Hard as it might be for sistahs to believe, everything that goes wrong in the pursuit of life, liberty and a relationship that works out is not necessarily the man’s fault. Much as the ladies like to believe the only mistake...

Congratulations, Tubby!

Congratulations, Tubby!

Apr. 10 |      Texas Tech hires Tubby Smith while U of M keeps looking There is no mystery about the well-designed plan to oust six-year U of M Gopher men’s basketball Head Coach Tubby Smith. Well designed, but ill-advised and poorly executed,...

Hearye, Hearye, Justice  Scalia — voting is  a right

Hearye, Hearye, Justice Scalia — voting is a right

Apr. 10 |       By Marc Morial Guest Commentator   No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any...

Abortions not voter ID a threat to ‘Black vote’

Abortions not voter ID a threat to ‘Black vote’

Apr. 10 |   Members of the KKK or any other hate group must be working at one of the 80 percent of abortion clinics in minority neighborhoods. Where else can you kill over 14 million Black babies in America using your Black tax dollars? Where else can...

We must produce the schools Minneapolis needs

We must produce the schools Minneapolis needs

Apr. 10 |     By Bernadeia H. Johnson, Ed.D. Guest Commentator   Our world has been changing at a pace that most of us struggle to comprehend. It is full of products and services that simply did not exist a few years ago. We now engage one another...

Thank you Tubby for an  excellent run! — Tubby Smith: a man of principle and integrity

Thank you Tubby for an excellent run! — Tubby Smith: a man of principle and integrity

Apr. 3 |     First things first: we join and support the observations made by our longtime friend Sid Hartman in his columns last week that “Firing Smith would be a big mistake for Gophers.” Once again, the University of Minnesota (1) showed...

Occupy March madness

Occupy March madness

Apr. 3 |     “We are protesting because we believe that institutions of higher learning like FAU have the responsibility to stand up to the systemic racism, corruption and human rights violations that define the prison-for-profit system, and advocate...