Month: January 2012

    A primarily Black Urban Women’s Movement is officially launched   By Vickie Evans-Nash Contributing Writer   On Saturday, ...

    Martha Reeves reflects on her life then and now     By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   As ...

    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Hennepin County this month introduced a “patient-centered” pilot healthcare program designed to ...

    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   A new documentary about an Iraqi women’s basketball team will be featured at ...

The MSR recently published an appeal from an African American grandmother living in Mississippi for help gaining custody of her ...

But they were not, nor do Black athletes or  Black colleges share in the sport wealth   A week ago, ...

    Brian Herron has lived and breathed the practice of forgiveness in his lifetime. It is only recently, after ...

    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Gopher basketball has previously had parent-sibling combinations on its bench: Former head ...

  This week I saw two of the state’s top 4A teams in the state. Each team, representing the girls ...

    Last week Todd Bozeman was reinstated as Morgan State men’s basketball head coach. He had missed three games ...

    Storylines can sometimes make you scratch your head in disbelief. One such story is that of two brothers, ...

    Task force reports to legislature Feb. 15   By Alleen Brown Contributing Writer   In a few short weeks, ...

    History Theater in St. Paul, headed up by Artistic Director Ron Peluso, continues its sham of supposed cultural ...

    “With the people, for the people, by the people, I crack up when I hear it; I say, ...

  Entertainment, etc. Dwight Hobbes   When the Broadway musical The Lion King saw its world premiere hereabouts, give or ...

    It’s a tough undertaking to succeed Disney’s The Lion King’s original Broadway cast. That ensemble starred John Vickery ...

  News Analysis By Mel Reeves Contributing Writer   “This is not fair. It’s not fair to single out one ...

  Meanwhile, complaints continue to surface By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) officials and the ...

  By Stephani Maari Booker Community Editor   Jennette E. Brown has made uncovering and spreading the history — indeed, ...

  There aren’t many lines of work where simply being you is an advantage to getting the job done. A ...