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 —...

Is ‘Minnesota Nice’ stifling important conversations about race?

Mar. 13 | By Sheila Regan Guest Commentator   This whole South High School situation is really affecting me. When I heard about the fight that happened two weeks ago, just two days after I had written an article about the anti-racism group at the school,...

MPS revising Black history curriculum

Feb. 27 |   Mahmoud El-Kati calls for a ‘radical’ change to educating youth     By Charles Hallman Staff Writer     Following two recent incidents that occurred at Minneapolis high schools — a Black doll hung by the neck from a...

Mpls high school athletics now stepsisters to suburbs

Dec. 14 |   Degree of affluence, open enrollment are factors in league’s decline     Is the Minneapolis City Conference today a non-factor locally, especially in the higher profile sports such as football and basketball? The city’s daily...