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Posts tagged with "Twin Cities"
Message to student-athletes: ‘No means no!’
Jan. 16 | Apparently based on recent events, two suggested prerequisite courses for all college studentathletes at all three NCAA division schools should be, first, an English class on the true meaning of the word “no,” and second a class on “making...
Tracey Ashley: Witty comedian brought the heat to local club
Jan. 2 | There aren’t many things worth going outside for on a December night in the Twin Cities. Comedic ace Tracey Ashley is one. Homegirl truly got skills. This summer, Tracey Ashley opened for Dave Chappelle at the State Theatre and was a hit,...
Just the facts! A lack of diversity in Minnesota sports
Dec. 26 | I hope you had a great Christmas. This time of year grips me like you cannot imagine. It’s a time of joy and reflection. I have taken to social media at FitzBeatSr., my Twitter handle. No Facebook for me. Again I had the suspicion that hatred is...
This culture of violence is tearing us apart
Dec. 26 | Once again the African American is being told he is not human…during the recent acts of murder of 20 innocent children and eight adults in the state of Connecticut. All of a sudden the White majority is outraged because they see themselves as the...
Encore careers: They’re not just for seniors anymore
Dec. 26 | Upon entering my 40th year, I decided that I needed a mid-life career change. I knew that it would be something drastically different from the course that I had embarked on in 1988 as a bright-eyed, newly graduated genetics student. My growing concern...
‘No Black talent on the air’
Dec. 19 | White perspectives dominate local mainstream media By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Black voices are barely heard on local mainstream radio. It’s even worse in local sports radio. “There is no Black talent on the air in the Twin Cities...
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...
When good people essentially do nothing
Dec. 12 | Power, politics, and policy and the influence they have over African American people According to Pastor Terrance Jacobs, former director with the Gamaliel Organization who was appointed to Africa, power is the concentration of “organized people...
Janis Lane-Ewart leaves KFAI — Station struggles to increase online and airwave audiences
Dec. 5 | By Sheila Regan Contributing Writer As if to complete the trifecta, this week Janis Lane-Ewart became the third female executive director of a Twin Cities community media institution to leave her position, following...
