An interview with Mike Tyson — Undisputed champ’s undisputed truth
By Kam Williams Contributing Writer Born in Brooklyn on June 30, 1966, Michael Gerard Tyson is ...
Month: May 2013
There’s no love in the gang
Summer’s coming soon — time for any conscious or concerned parents to make a decision. Young boys and girls ...
The Good Wife Works – On Whitney Young: our Minnesota national treasure
We must deal with ourselves, but you must deal with us, too.” — Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Pulitzer ...
This week’s Entertainment spotlights!
Mother’s Day Celebrations Pre-Mothers Day Extravaganza: I’ll Always Love My Mama /She’s My Everything Sat., May 11, 7 ...
Update on MPD’s 2012 assault on Ames Elks Lodge — No contact with MPD for over a year
My May 2, 2012 headline was about the April 21, 2012 assault by the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) ...
A skeptical take on the Boston tragedy
The tragic bombing that occurred at the Boston Marathon cannot be looked at in only black and white ...
Criminal incubation: the perpetuating factors of criminal behavior
By A.J. Briscoe Guest Commentator “Incubation: to keep under conditions favorable for development.” There is a ...
Abortion a threat to Black women, Black families, Black population
I appreciate responses from Spokesman readers regarding the truths being provided in my column. The documentation is irrefutable. ...
Does it really matter? — Athletes’ sexual orientation none of our business
Two weeks ago we learned that the WNBA’s top overall pick is gay. Last week we learned that ...
Undisputed champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. now 44-0
LAS VEGAS — You might say that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is in a league of his own. After ...
Inner City All-Star Classic started as single game, now an annual event
The 20th Annual Inner City All-Star Classic is set for Sunday, June 16 on the campus of the ...
Northside hoops league starts teaching the game young
While the NBA and NHL playoffs are well underway, the NABA is winding down its regular ...
North Minneapolis celebrates Earth Day
People of color most impacted by negative actions in the environment By Jamal Denman Contributing ...
Northside Achievement Zone hiring mostly Northsiders
Nontraditional approach seeks workers already ‘connected to the Zone’ By Vickie Evans-Nash Editor-in-Chief Lucretia Gill is ...
MPD looking for ‘a whole new breed of officer’
Chief Janee Harteau expects cops to form relationships in the community By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Minneapolis ...
The Tutu sisters visit the Twin Cities
Sharing cross-continental stories of trauma provides a mutual learning experience By Charles Hallman Staff Writer When tragedy ...
This week’s Entertainment spotlights!
The Music Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Fri., May 3, 8:30 pm • Festival of Nations, Roy ...
Autumn Reign’s Truth Serum: poetry to touch and heal
It’s quite an accomplishment to write poetry well. If you don’t think so browse through the aisle of a ...
Black & Single Blues — Lesli flew back to L.A. but never left his thoughts
Love. Just like that. Well, he’d wondered, is there really any other way for it to happen ...
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