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City confirms ballpark ‘minority’ hiring goals met
Apr. 10 | But participation by Black workers remains unverified By Charles Hallman Staff Writer This story was originally printed in the June 10, 2010 edition of the MSR regarding the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department’s...
Educator says help at home crucial to academic achievement
Apr. 10 | By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer It’s said you can’t change the world but you can do something about the few square feet you occupy. Try telling that to educator-motivational speaker Daphne Brown, who utilizes both practical...
Some Black women crack media’s glass ceiling
Apr. 10 | Josie Thomas optimistic based on her CBS experience By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The number of women in leadership positions virtually has not changed since 2009, says a Women’s Media Center study on females in...
Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity — Mpls/St Paul International Film Festival
Apr. 9 | St. Anthony Main Theatre Showtime 1: (First Screening) Fri, 04/12/2013 – 8:30pm Tickets : CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE Showtime 2: (Second Screening) Wed, 04/17/2013 – 9:20pm Tickets: CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE Director...
Black women hammering at media’s glass ceiling — Mainstream offers them ‘dismal’ opportunities
Apr. 3 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A new study points to a “stubborn gender inequality” affecting females in U.S. media. “The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2013” study, released in March by the Women’s Media Center...
Youth sports build more than just muscle — Laverne Turner helps students achieve academic success, learn leadership skills
Apr. 3 | By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer As a youth, local community leader Laverne Turner was heavily involved in organized team sports, and he remembers how positive an impact it had on him growing up. As an adult in 2003, he says...
Sisters unite to save youth’s life — Rare disease strikes physically active teens
Apr. 3 | By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer We know the expression “heart and soul.” You can even look up definitions, one of which reads, “the entirety of one’s energies or affections.” In that spirit, Minneapolis sisters Christina...
Jerry Freeman of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder talks about his new novel
Apr. 3 | By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer It’s said that those who can, do, and that those who can’t, teach. In the publishing racket, more than one grousing writer would attest that those who can’t do, edit. Not the case with...
Will Dave Chappelle come back to Minneapolis?
Apr. 2 | By Mel Reeves Anything is possible! Apparently the funny man whose Comedy Central vignettes are still popular, may be on the verge of a comeback. There have been recent sightings of the seclusive and private Dave Chappelle and he performed...
