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Posts tagged with "Blog Talk Radio’s “ON POINT"
Status quo fixes won’t stop the frightening violence
Sep. 5 | It is the elephant in the room that people don’t want to talk about: the ongoing street violence affecting so many African Americans in this country due to the dysfunctional institutions, leadership and policies that allow caste-like barriers...
Where is Thinh Q.N. Tran? — Supposed business associate of Eric Mahmoud disappears with fraud case
Aug. 29 | The cascading unraveling of the schemes of Eric Mahmoud, reported in three recent stories in the Star Tribune (August 10, 20, and 22, 2012), began in Atlanta in 2005 and again in Minneapolis in 2010. On April 21, 2010, District Court Judge...
In Twin Cities, Blacks still need not apply
Jul. 11 | “Twin Cities Still Worst in U.S. for Black Jobseekers” (Star Tribune headline, July 2, 2012). “New report shows little change from 2009 unemployment rates.” — Economic Policy Institute. That is a repeat of the June 18, 2010 report...
Segregation again: Black educators are being purged
Jun. 20 | Richard Green was the first Black superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools who later became chancellor of the New York City Schools. He was an educator’s educator. He earned respect and affection of all involved with education,...
Two violations of Mpls City Charter in stadium bill
Jun. 13 | Requirement that stadium builders ‘make every effort’ to hire minorities is a cruel joke On the road to creating the Minnesota Sports Authority, the entity that will control and manage the construction of the Vikings stadium,...
Stenglein takes on task of making downtown safe for all
Jun. 6 | A May 30 Star Tribune article, “Stenglein builds on strengths,” announced Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Stenglein becoming CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council. (“…some 300 downtown businesses and large regional companies,”...
More than ever, all-Black sports radio’s time has come
May. 16 | A Spanish all-sports station may soon debut in New York City. Yet there’s still not an all-Black sports radio station anywhere in this country, neither on terrestrial regular radio nor on the nation’s only satellite radio service,...
America is on a racial ‘Razor’s Edge’
Apr. 18 | Will entrenched injustices cut us to pieces? The death of Trayvon Martin on February 26 was not just another event in America’s troubled and tainted history of abusing the rights of African Americans. The controversy surrounding...
Hiring mandates must be in place for Viking stadium project
Apr. 4 | Are job opportunity plans for Blacks mandated and in place for the Vikings stadium project and the development to take place around it? If yes, let’s see it. If no, set a date for revealing the mandates of a hiring compliance plan. A...
