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Black Minnesotans lobby at the State Capitol
Mar. 27 | Can the new ‘Black agenda’ move the community forward? By Charles Hallman Staff Writer There was nothing new revealed last week during the Council on Black Minnesotans (COBM) Lobby Day at the State Capitol presenting their Black...
‘Harlem Shake’ videos spark effort to ‘resist the fad’
Mar. 27 | News Analysis By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer On March 13, Hamline University in St. Paul hosted a forum titled, “The Harlem Shake as Blackface: A Critical Look at Cultural Appropriation.” The forum was a panel discussion...
Tubby Smith relieved of coaching duties at Minnesota
Mar. 25 | University of Minnesota Director of Athletics Norwood Teague announced today that head basketball coach Tubby Smith has been relieved of his coaching duties, effective immediately. A national search for the 17th men’s head basketball coach...
Job vacancies at highest point in seven years
Mar. 21 | DEED report shows 318 occupations in demand By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A recent Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) survey found that job vacancies in Minnesota have risen 18 percent over a year...
Way to Grow shows one way to close the achievement gap
Mar. 21 | Intensive home program supports students and their families News Analysis By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer Way to Grow Executive Director Carolyn Smallwood is passionate about the community empowerment institution. Sitting in...
Film documents a year of inner-city high school reality
Mar. 21 | School’s former principal recalls many ‘tough conversations’ By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A documentary on one year at an American high school will premiere on public television next week. 180 Days: A Year inside an American...
South High students walk out to protest lack of Native cultural activities
Mar. 21 | By Sheila Regan Contributing Writer The smell of burning sage filled the commons area of South High School on Monday morning, March 11, as what was planned as a student walk-out was turned into a school-sanctioned assembly —...
Black in the USA
Mar. 19 | Sixteen year old Brooklyn youth shot and killed , protests held Kimani Gray was shot and killed last week in Brooklyn, after being hit by 7 bullets fired by two plain clothes New York City police detectives. Autopsies so far revealed that 3...
Oprah and Terrance are heating up the internet!
Mar. 18 | The web has been buzzing and howling about the back and forth between Terrence Howard and Oprah Winfrey who star in the upcoming movie The Butler. Howard had said rather coyly in an interview with Movie Fanatic about Oprah that...
