Black Minnesotans lobby at the State Capitol

Mar. 27 |   Can the new ‘Black agenda’ move the community forward?    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   There was nothing new revealed last week during the Council on Black Minnesotans (COBM) Lobby Day at the State Capitol presenting their Black...

Where’s the outrage over local Black unemployment?

Feb. 15 |   Support HIRE’s campaign against Minnesota’s ‘economic apartheid’   The time for talking is past. Last year the Economic Policy Institute reported that the Black unemployment rate in the Twin Cities was as much as three and a...

For churches, Christmas is not about the man in the red suit

Dec. 21 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Christmas this year falls on Sunday. We talked with some of our local pastors and church leaders about their plans to celebrate the holiday and how they thought it might affect their Sunday worship. Most anticipate...