Wanted: Northside residents with passion for helping families
African American community members deliver message of the Zone By Vickie Evans-Nash Contributing Writer Later this summer, ...
Month: February 2012
Healthcare reform covers millions of young people
Affordable Care Act allows parents to insure children through age 26 By Charles Hallman Staff ...
Seven: Play captures the struggles of women around the globe
By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer “One of the most intriguing things about this play is that it ...
Community center honors 45 years of S. Mpls Black history ‘We Are Sabathani’ cultural preservation project underway
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Minneapolis’ Southside Black community has a legacy worth noting. Civic leaders, business owners, ...
A season of musical romance for jazz lovers on CD, in concert
When I think about the reasons I first fell in love with jazz, I think of tenor ...
Acclaimed journalist on civil rights and politics, past and present
By Elizabeth Ellis Contributing Writer Eugene Robinson, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his Washington Post newspaper ...
Is Cleo Manago the most dangerous Black gay man? Outspoken visionary works to unite Black men while rejecting White LGBTQ politics
Cleo Manago is despised by some in the LGBTQ community. Descriptors like “homo demagogue,” contrarian, separatist, and anti-White ...
Teenagers need permanency — help them find it
By Karen Franklin Guest Commentator Teens in foster care are first and foremost teenagers. As ...
Can Minneapolis taxpayers afford the CRA?
Is it too expensive for the average citizen? The Star Tribune story “New names, old pains on ...
Whitney was one of us
Whitney Houston was one of us; she was a human being with all the angst, pain and limitations ...
Memorial service for Sally Fitzgerald
To be held Friday, March 2, visitation at 6 pm, service at 7 pm, at Praise Tabernacle, 9511 South ...
MSR Readers: Make your own judgment on the state of St. Cloud State
The commentary below from Debra Leigh, a professor at St. Cloud State University and lead organizer for the Community ...
Penn State women’s basketball team the top seed in tourney
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Penn State will be the top overall seed in this week’s Big ...
Highland Park wins Twin City basketball championship
KIONDA NICKS scored 24 points, PARIS CRENSHAW added 14 and ASHALEE MORALES chipped in 13 to lead St. ...
Will the next Gophers athletic director be Black?
Search process makes this possibility not likely Will Blacks be included in the “thorough and inclusive process” University of ...
MN wins NCLB waiver
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Minnesota is among 10 states recently approved for a No Child Left Behind (NCLB) ...
Dr. Mahmoud Saffari:
By Charles Hallman, Staff Writer and Jerry Freeman, Senior Editor Last October 13, the MSR reported on ...
Northside Achievement Zone envisions a ‘tipping-point’ of success
By Vickie Evans-Nash Contributing Writer Over the next five years, just over 1,000 families in an 18-by-13-block area ...
Margaret Dobbins Gaskins
Margaret Dobbins Gaskins March 13, 1927 — February 12, 2012 Margaret Dobbins Gaskins passed away on February 12, 2012. She was ...
In retail liquor, customer relations can be stressful
The officially announced recession, which just as officially was declared at end more than a year ago, really hasn’t ...
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