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The African American Covenant: Whose plan is it?


Community members, MPS officials wrangle over who determines the plan’s final form

Concerned with the growing poor achievement of Black children in the ...

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Metro
Don Samuels A way out of the violence

Five Mpls. homicides in eight days no way to start new year

It has been a ...

Jay Booker Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps graduate sets out on his career path

Jay Booker recently completed his advanced training at Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps and has been hired by ...

Don Samuels Choose the future: You have the power to make the world you want

Today we stand at a crossroad of decision. Will we enter the Promised Land foreseen by Martin Luther King and ...

Entertainment
Corinne Bailey Rae Hope for Haiti telethon re-affirms the power of music

The Hope for Haiti Telethon took place on January 22, 10 days into the earthquake aftermath. Some moments ...

Downlow Brotha Mrs. Mabel tries to keep Christopher out of sight; Duranchon meddles

In the last episode, Christopher’s surprise visit added to the mix of Valencia’s men at Christmas ...

downlow Yet another of Valencia’s men shows up at Mabel’s


In the last episode, Rich and Eugene sparred during Mabel’s Christmas ...

Sports
Wolves. Jenna Smith Hometown favorite Smith deserves a better media reception

The local mainstream media often make a big deal whenever a local student-athlete returns home. No such ...

WNBA All-Star Game: ‘the greatest female basketball players in the world’

After a tumultuous off-season thus far in which one franchise ceased operations and another pulled up stakes and relocated to another city, League President Donna Orender claims that the league ...

This one hurt: Saints 31-Vikings 28

For some, the NFC Championship game was a classic. For others it was a classic example of how to waste the Vikings’ best championship opportunity since 1998 and 2000. In 1998 the Vikings lost ...

Editorial
Honest, transparent discussion needed on new MPS superintendent

Is Bernadeia Johnson right for this job?

The education portion of the president’s State of the Union speech resonates with this column: “reward only ...

Haiti: so far from God

Powerful elites continue to prey on this embattled nation

The powerful earthquake that struck Haiti shook loose reserves of ...

Racism still prevalent in St. Cloud

Attacks against Somali community show need for strong human rights office

A packet of hateful and derogatory depictions of the Prophet ...