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Black IT pros give back

Black IT pros give back

Jan. 30 |     News Analysis By Jerry Freeman MSR Senior Editor   Irwin Sylvah (l) and Emmaly ManchanthasoukPhoto courtesy of BDPA   Lots of people talk about “giving back,” “reaching back,” “paying it forward,” all expressions...

Todd Joseph Mitchell    July 23, 1962 ­— January 29, 2013

Todd Joseph Mitchell July 23, 1962 ­— January 29, 2013

Jan. 30 | Todd Joseph Mitchell was  born on July 23, 1962, in Minneapolis, MN to Joseph and Kathleen Mitchell. Todd Mitchell passed away while surrounded by loved ones on January 29, 2013. Todd was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Mitchell, and sister,...

Sports Authority Legislative Report, with Unequal Equity Plan, sent to  legislature

Sports Authority Legislative Report, with Unequal Equity Plan, sent to legislature

Jan. 23 | It is an unintended but very real sad irony of history that on the birth date of Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15, the Vikings, the NFL, and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) sent its first annual report to the state legislature...

Sports odds and ends: Hill’s college career earns her high praise as ‘a special talent’

Sports odds and ends: Hill’s college career earns her high praise as ‘a special talent’

Jan. 16 |   Despite playing sick, Tayler Hill poured in 24 points last week in her last collegiate visit to her hometown. In the process, the Ohio State senior guard and former Minneapolis South standout surpassed 1,700 career points — to do so, she...

The 252 lost to violence in just five years

The 252 lost to violence in just five years

Jan. 16 | It’s 2013, and we are still working on this issue of crime and violence across the country. However, I did get some feedback on my last article, so let me try to give some clarity again… The savage murders of 20 children is still outrageous and...

A healthy life requires much more than an annual resolution

A healthy life requires much more than an annual resolution

Jan. 16 | “There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only passion for life.” — Federico Fellini  New Year’s resolutions are a waste. People tend to make a promise on January 1 with great sincerity but follow it with little effort. Thus, 88 percent...

Decision announcement days:  January 15 & 18, February 1, 2013

Decision announcement days: January 15 & 18, February 1, 2013

Jan. 16 | Sports Facility Authority and the Minnesota Vikings   Will the “Stadium Powers” (Minnesota Legislature, Minneapolis City Council, Vikings, NFL and the Minnesota Facilities Sports Authority that oversees the stadium construction project),...

Bell ringer helps Salvation Army  stand in the gap for those in need

Bell ringer helps Salvation Army stand in the gap for those in need

Jan. 9 |     This past season, you may have walked by Willie Daniels downtown in either Minneapolis or St. Paul, ringing a Salvation Army bell in one of those Santa get-ups. You’d know if it was him or not. He’d be one of the ones who wasn’t...

In loving memory of Tracy Culp  April 29, 1959 —­ December 15, 2012

In loving memory of Tracy Culp April 29, 1959 —­ December 15, 2012

Jan. 2 | Tracy Culp was born in Minneapolis, MN, to the late William Joseph Culp and Jewel Elizabeth Hodge. Tracy was an only child and attended Minneapolis Public Schools. She graduated from Washburn High School in 1977. She graduated as a missionary from...

Young White men in crisis: Race, gender link mass shooters

Young White men in crisis: Race, gender link mass shooters

Dec. 26 | The most recent massacre, the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, took the lives of six- and seven-year-olds. It has shaken our nation to its core. The enormity of this devastation is incalculable. There are the small coffins...