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Pawlenty budgets exhibit racial bias


Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced in February that deep cuts in aid to local governments and funding for health and human services, along with a six-percent average cut in funding to other state agencies, is needed to balance this year’s state ...

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Metro
journalists, race, media, u of m Local journalists of color on race, Obama and the media

Has race played a factor in media coverage of President Barack Obama? Three local journalists of color recently ...

Posttraumatic Stress: a personal story

By Anna Meyer and Matthea Little Smith
Contributing Writers

Charles is a professional truck driver. He had never had a major ...

UNCF College fund staffer recalls mom’s fight for her children’s education

UNCF’s Sharon Smith-Akinsanya now advocates for Black higher ed ...

Entertainment
Hip hop, producer, New Trendz Entertainment Mpls man setting ‘trendz’ in music

Big Will Monroe hypes local music, helps local youth

New Trendz ...

Downlow Brotha Valencia learns one of her men is a wolf in sheep’s clothing

In the last episode, Valencia was under pressure to choose among the three men in her life....

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra March comes in like a lion with major jazz events

Last week, I had the honor of attending an Ahmad Jamal concert at the Dakota. ...

Sports
“Magic” Johnson, Lakers, basketball, hall of famer James’ call to retire number 23 is wrongheaded

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James recently announced that he wants to switch jersey numbers from his current...

WNBA, the Lynx, Candace Parker Lynx players named to potential Olympic Team pool

International play leaves little down-time for WNBA athletes

Three of the ...

Tubby and his Gophers could use a kind word

The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team is beset with more difficulties than most. This is, perhaps, the understatement of the decade. ...

Editorial
What is the Coalition of Black Churches/African American Leadership Summit?

We can’t find out, but its two representatives are power players
because they always show up

In this column we will discuss ...

Exploitation of inmates is common — and cruel

On a whim, I signed up at a pen-pal service for women in prison — and caught wind of something that stinks to high hell. These gals have done the crime and, accordingly, are doing the time....

Fourth Precinct at forefront of MPD terrorism

Inspector Mike Martin needs to step down

The Fourth Precinct of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), on the North Side and made up of a conglomeration...