Local Ivorians differ on the country’s contested election
By Issa A. Mansaray Contributing Writer Serge Gnahoua Laurent Koudou Gbagbo, the former Ivory Coast president, was arrested on Monday ...
Month: April 2011
180 Degrees slows prisons’ revolving doors
By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer 180 Degrees, Inc. is aptly named. After all, if anyone needs to do a one-eighty ...
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New lawsuit continues old MPD cover-up of White corruption
THROUGH MY EYES By Ron Edwards The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported April 5 that two ranking Minneapolis police officers, Lt. ...
No more passing the buck — the village has arrived
EVERYTHING'S POSSIBLE By Sondra Samuels Years ago my husband Don and I had a neighbor I’ll call Teresa. Teresa was ...
Developing our collective Black Consciousness Critical thinking in the Black Independence Movement
VOICES OF THE VILLAGE By Lissa Jones In his struggle against apartheid in South Africa, for which he was killed, ...
Young scholar speaks out on Black history, White privilege
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Minneapolis native Shvonne L. Johnson is working on a master’s degree in public history and ...
CBS soap opera a mainstay for African American actors
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Sofia Dupre arrives in town to work for the local billionaire. Almost immediately after her ...
Airlines may need a new rent-a-plane service to fly safe
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, I SAID IT By Sheletta Brundidge Where are they getting these raggedy airplanes from? Is Boeing using ...
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Six sue Mpls Convention Center for race and age discrimination
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Ronald Benford, left, and Betty Martin -Photos by Charles Hallman Ronald Benford had been a ...
Republicans seek drastic cuts in MN Human Rights Department
By Mel Reeves Contributing Writer “They seem intent on taking away the state’s ability to fight for equal rights. We ...
Education vital to transition from prison to community
News Analysis By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer Revolving-door imprisonment has characterized America’s criminal justice system as long as America has ...
Latin America: third side of the Black slave triangle
By James L, Stroud, Jr. Contributing Writer Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. (seated front left) and the Merengue singers ...
A farewell tribute to ‘Mother Samuels’
By James L. Stroud, Jr. Contributing Writer Elizabeth Samuels, a.k.a. “Moms,” “Mother Liz,” “Mother Samuels” or “Queen Mother Liz,” is ...
Process concerns aside, Black Economic Summit delivered the right message
MELLANEOUS By Mel Reeves I attended Governor Mark Dayton’s Black Economic Summit a few weeks ago, and like most of ...
Can Minnesota afford another stadium?
THROUGH MY EYES By Ron Edwards Tuesday’s April 5, 2011 edition of the Star Tribune reported an unveiling of the ...
The new Democratic tactic: run, hide and cry
ISSUES & NEW PERSPECTIVES By Lucky Rosenbloom I have to ask this question: What kind of messages are Democrats sending ...
Building a multicultural NAACP
LITTLE BY LITTLE By Matthew Little An early April edition of JET magazine contained a feature news item titled “The ...
J. California Cooper novel a tale of Black family tragedy, triumph
By Arleta Little Contributing Writer “Sometimes life curves on you. Sometimes we follow the curve. Sometimes we don’t.” Life Is ...
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