Month: January 2011

Mellaneous By Mel Reeves Folks of late were disturbed by the misguided fella Brett Reese who — yes, ironically — ...

Through My Eyes By Ron Edwards It has been extremely painful to watch the accounts of the horrendous acts of ...

Everything's Possible By Sondra Samuels “There are more African Americans under correctional control today — in prison or jail, on ...

Yeah That's Right, I Said It By Sheletta Brundidge Recently the country was captivated with the rags-to-riches story of Ted ...

Fitz Beat By Larry Fitzgerald For the second year in row, the NFC Championship will feature an NFC North representative. ...

Another View By Charles Hallman For most Minnesotans at this time of year, their favorite pastime is not ice fishing ...

Prep Scene Mitchell Palmer McDonald Minneapolis South guard SATTORIA RULE scored 12 points — all three-pointers — in the first ...

Kwame's Kapsules By Kwame McDonald During my 79-plus years of earthly existence (I’ll be 80 years old on April 20, ...

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A group of Minneapolis firefighters and others are now in Kenya to provide firefighting training. ...

And A Hard Place... By Dwight Hobbes “You gotta do what you gotta do” is Angela Morris’ pragmatic approach to ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Park should better honor the legacy of the person for whom it is named, say community ...

By Sheila Regan Contributing Writer Minnesota’s The Choice Is Yours program, which was started 10 years ago as a result ...

Starting Anew By James Davis Hello, once again, to all of you who follow my column, and I thank you ...

By Donald W.R. Allen, II Guest Commentator   After reading last week’s interview with Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) ...

Through my Eyes By Ron Edwards Booker T Hodges, current president of the Minneapolis branch of the NAACP, strongly urged ...

Little By Little By Matthew Little Because of the collapsed roof of the Metrodome, on Tuesday, December 28, we witnessed ...

Issues And New Perspectives By Lucky Rosenbloom We need Black leaders capable of understanding the conservative/Republican ideology. We need Black ...

• Park Square Theatre Historic Hamm Building, 408 St. Peter St., Suite 110, St. Paul, 651-291-7005 or www.parksquaretheatre.org Jan. 14 ...

The Bookworm Sez By Terri Schlichenmeyer Doesn’t it seem like everybody in the world is weighing in with their Official ...

Fitz Beat Larry Fitzgerald Glendale, AZ — It was supposed to be one of the highest scoring shootouts in BCS ...