Month: April 2015

Police have killed at least 369 people in the first four months of 2015, with 103 Black Americans – 28 ...

It’s the academic version of the world heavyweight championship boxing matches between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in Zaire labeled ...

On Saturday April 18, on the National Mall in Washington D.C., Global Citizen held the 2015 Earth Day Rally, a ...

  What's happening next in the Twin Cities on the jazz front? Below, a few hot happenings around town.   ...

John J. Henry — no, not the steel drivin’ man of historic lore — has a fascinating line of work. ...

If there’s a momentary silence during Tyler Walker’s at-bats, it might be intentional. “I swear that the crowd gets quiet ...

Can the current U.S. criminal justice system be reformed? This and other questions were recently discussed at a half-day forum ...

What’s love got to do with it? Everything it seems. February is the month we celebrate Valentine’s Day, the day ...

Eczema is a term for “inflammation of the skin.” Inflamed skin is itchy, red, swollen and flakey. In extreme cases ...

It’s rare these days at sporting events to sit with someone who clearly remembers when reporting was more than blogs ...

There has been considerable talk about early learning lately. We have heard for so long the alarming fact that Minnesota’s ...

Helen’s hug put him in a fairly good mood and he walked with her over to the prep area, where ...

Growing up Somalian in America is a walking contradiction. Both cultures are constantly at odds jockeying for which one drives ...

The month of May is a time for renewal and regrowth and to spring into the brand new of it ...

On Wednesday, April 15, four-time Grammy winner Yolanda Adams performed at “The Twin Cities Most Powerful Voices Gospel Concert” held ...

Two weeks ago we wrote about the confusion regarding those who say the Minneapolis Urban League (MUL) is now close ...

Would St. Cloud, Minnesota (best known and ridiculed as “white cloud”), be more or less pathologically racist without Somali immigrants? ...

“When the job opened up, people encouraged me to go for it,” the former University of Minnesota women’s basketball player ...

Not many people a year ago knew anything about the Commissioner's Exempt List. Adrian Peterson was placed on this seldom-used ...

In a series of sustained and unrelenting attacks, the Minneapolis StarTribune newspaper has declared an “Open Season on Black Leaders.”