Light rail construction poses threat to surrounding businesses

Oct. 17 | Black-owned club struggles to stay open while losing customers   By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer   Progress at what cost? Metro Transit’s impeding connection of the Twin Cities through light rail, all things being equal, is a step...

Best albums of 2011 make for optimism about 2012

Jan. 4 |     As the year 2011 ends and 2012 begins, one word comes to mind: optimistic. Optimistic is how I feel. Kind of like the song “Optimistic,” sung by the Sounds of Blackness and written by Jimmy Jam for his mother. It’s one of my favorite...