Love. Just like that. Well, he’d wondered, is there really any other way for it to happen except all of a sudden? He’d stepped out of the cab. “Luis,” he said, “since you got so much mouth about other folk bidniz, you can pay the tip.” And went to the stage door. The security guard […]
May 2013
Posted inArts + Culture
Twin City Jazz Festival celebrating 15 years
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival has good reason to celebrate this year. It’s the festival’s 15th anniversary. Festivities get under way June 27-29 in Mears Park located downtown St. Paul. Admission to Jazz Fest is free. Jazz Fest Executive Director Steve Heckler has confirmed the headlining artists for this year. The complete schedule will be […]
Posted inOpinion
People’s Stadium in trouble! — Can the funding really be found?
How does “the People’s Stadium” stand at this hour? Answer: wobbly, as we see from the fierce and personal debates within the Minnesota legislature regarding how to pay for the “People’s Stadium.” Why the silence from the state’s two major newspapers? Their silence raises serious questions regarding their journalistic integrity. Fear of transparency? As I […]
Posted inOpinion
Another tackle in the world of homophobic sports
Another former professional athlete came out last month — 6’-7” Jamaican-born NFL offensive tackle Kwame Harris. With news of LGBT equality in the news daily, one may wonder why this is news at all. But it is. The world of sports is quickly becoming the last closet, where gays and lesbians hide their sexual orientation. […]
Posted inOpinion
Begging works: let Smokey Robinson do it for you
Fellas, say you find yourself in a situation where this woman who just came back to your crib is absotively, posilutely irresistible. She digs you or she wouldn’t be there. But that doesn’t mean she wants to do what you’ve wanted her to do since you first set sight on her at the club. You […]
Posted inOpinion
Unionizing childcare has broader implications than presented
Support women’s businesses, not male-dominated union The unionization is not as simple as you present [in “New legislation would give home childcare providers option to unionize,” MSR, April 18]. It is sad that as a DFL member, my own party will not support my rights to be a small business owner, not an employee. […]
Posted inLetter to the Editor, Opinion
Unionizing childcare has broader implications than presented
Coverage of childcare union issue too one-sided I would like to thank you for covering the childcare union issue [in “New legislation would give home childcare providers option to unionize,” MSR, April 18]. However, I am disappointed that you only appeared to cover one side. You didn’t interview any childcare providers who were opposed. Those […]
Posted inSports
Women talkin’ sports
Among my constant complaints about sports radio, besides its overbearing White male testosterone presence, is the absence of women voices. Even when White females are heard, they often act Gracie Allen-like as foils for the George Burns-like hosts. You won’t hear on sports radio someone like Jemele Hill, a Black female sports commentator who speaks […]
Posted inSports
State of hockey? Good! Wild clinch playoffs!
Minnesota’s resent surge of playoff success continues with the Minnesota Wild clinching a playoff spot on the final day of the NHL season.
Posted inSports
NBA’s D-league finally working
The NBA Development League, or the D-League as it’s commonly known, started in 2001. There have been some significant changes in the league’s function since then. The D-League for years only served as a last-resort haven for wannebees and used-to-be’s. It wasn’t until the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in 2011 that allowed NBA clubs […]
Posted inHealth + Wellness
State health officials hope to build more trust, better communication with communities of color
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) survey last fall found that communication barriers such as language, trust, culture and literacy exist that prevent health messages from reaching various communities. “It wasn’t particularly surprising,” said MDH International Health Coordinator Sara Chute of the survey results. “I knew that these were major […]
Posted inHealth + Wellness
Coming back to natural
Introducing a new MSR column that will answer all your questions on returning to natural hair In the Beginning there was a curl. I’m talking about our “Afro-textured hair,” and make no mistake about it, we were all born with natural hair…sometimes called nappy, kinky, coily, curly and even straight with intent to curl. The “Bergamot grease […]
Posted inHealth + Wellness
Mother of autistic child fights for equal care
Proposed laws could disadvantage Black and low-income people By Michelle Lawrence Contributing Writer “State legislators want to create two different healthcare policies for kids with autism: one that generously covers the privately insured, and the other that gives minimal coverage to the poor and publicly insured, but both using state funds,” says Idil Abdull of […]