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 ...

College fund staffer recalls mom’s fight for her children’s education UNCF’s Sharon Smith-Akinsanya now advocates for Black higher ed ...

Mpls man setting ‘trendz’ in music Big Will Monroe hypes local music, helps local youth New Trendz ...

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....

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. ...

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...

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. ...

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...