Park Board as ‘hostile workplace’ revisited

May. 8 |       MPRB officials, NAACP see positive change; workers still ambivalent     By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   The MSR last year published a series of stories on the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) about unfair...

Blacks have a different agenda from Whites on gun control

Feb. 20 | Let me state what’s important to African Americans on the gun issue. White Americans who have invented the Black boogieman will never give up their guns that they feel will protect them from the American Black uprising, which has always been a myth,...

Who’s honing Twin Cities’ media focus? Blacks in management still a rarity in local television, radio news

Dec. 12 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Blacks are barely represented on the air and in management at Twin Cities television and radio stations. The MSRrecently examined four local station websites — WCCO (Channel 4), KSTP (Channel 5), KMSP (Channel...

Park Board, NAACP meet to address worker grievances

Jan. 18 |   Meanwhile, complaints continue to surface By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) officials and the Minneapolis NAACP now are meeting to address concerns raisedby Black employees and customers....