Mpls native’s memoir becomes a tool to unite community
Photo courtesy of One Minneapolis, One Read National Public Radio (NPR) host of All Things Considered and Minneapolis native Michele ...
Month: September 2011
Peavey Park progress: Community activism, cops help reduce crime—By Dwight Hobbes, Contributing Writer
“Is the Peavey Park area being left to wallow in crime?” asked the MSR in the August 4-10 issue. This ...
Miss Black MN USA hopefuls support children in need—By Donavee Chapell, Contributing Writer
On September 10, 2011, Miss Black Minnesota USA Scholarship representatives and over 20 pre-teen and teen contestants met at the ...
Where is the Black press in the 21st century?—By Charles Hallman, Staff Writer
Longtime media giants and others over the past three years have launched news sites primarily geared toward Blacks. Most recently ...
Carrie Janice Blakey Thomas: Friends, family celebrate local woman’s 90 years
After winter and spring, then comes summer… A 90th birthday celebration for Carrie Janice Blakey Thomas was held on ...
Greener homes and gardens promoted in N. Mpls
On Tuesday, August 30, about 60 urban farm enthusiasts participated in this year’s Urban Ag Tour. One of the stops ...
Davis execution represents the end of innocence
”I am innocent,” Troy Davis said moments before he was executed Wednesday night. ”All I can ask...is that you look ...
SOMETHING I SAID, By Dwight Hobbes—Jealousy. It happens in a relationship. Anybody who denies that lies.
God knows why — which may go to prove even He ain’t perfect — jealousy, like sugar, honey and ...
An excellent documentary with a glaring omission
Recently the Public Broadcasting System on its TV networks presented a very interesting and illuminating documentary on the life of ...
FITZ BEAT, By Larry Fitzgerald—Vikings have growing pains
SEATTLE — The consequences of change are sometimes demanding; the result is that you have to live with it. ...
Reach one, teach one: Mentoring key to keeping Blacks in sports journalism
People over the years have helped me along the way to be the Black journalist I am — yes, ...
Sports blogger Alana Glass sees clear future as a WNBA owner—By Charles Hallman Staff Writer
Since graduating in 2002 from the University of Minnesota, Alana Glass has diligently mapped out a path that ...
THROUGH MY EYES, By Ron Edwards—Murderopolis continues to flourish
Newspaper and Internet headlines: • June 30, 1996, New York Times, “Nice City’s Nasty Distinction: Murders Soar in Minneapolis” (cited ...
This week’s spotlights!
The O’Shaughnessy 2004 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, 651-989-5151 or http://oshaughnessy.stkate.edu Tues., Oct. 4, 7:30 pm: Esperanza Spalding Tickets are $35-$55. ...
‘Sistas’ talk about feminism, race and the media—By Charles Hallman, Staff Writer
Want an opinion on politics or policy, or any topic – just ask a Black “sista.” “I think it is ...
The death penalty: Is it time for a national moratorium?—By Charles Hallman, Staff Writer
Troy Anthony Davis was all set to join the U.S. military. Instead, he has been locked up in a ...
Actor Jo Mani breaks out of typecast into action films—Entertainment, etc., By Dwight Hobbes
Jo Mani -Photo by Nikki Love Multi-talented Jo Mani stands at what is, to say the least, an interesting point ...
Expanding wealth gap ‘a clear and present danger’—By Charles Hallman, Staff Writer
Could President Barack Obama’s jobs plan help reduce the Black jobless rate, which at almost 17 percent is nearly twice ...
MN racial disparities in joblessness called shocking, alarming, bleak—By Charles Hallman Staff Writer
A 2010 Economic Policy Institute report pointed out that the Twin Cities’ Black unemployment rate is three times that of ...
Will ‘good faith efforts’ get Blacks light rail jobs?
Current construction along the CCLRT line -Photo by James L. Stroud, Jr. News Analysis “Where are the Black people?” has ...
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