Month: July 2015

The word “tango” means “sun” in Congolese. Given that derivation, it comes as no surprise that the dance thought of ...

As part of our celebration over the next several months of 80 years of continuous publication, the MSR will be ...

Being number two sometimes isn’t treated fairly and is too often overlooked, historically speaking. That’s the case with Larry Doby

The removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state grounds is a little progress, and proof yet again ...

Forgiveness is a love letter that we write to ourselves. Step by painful step we encounter events in our lives ...

The WNBA All-Star Games have been staged both east and west. In 2015 they will be held again in Uncasville, ...

Founding WNBA president Val Ackerman recently cleared up a long-held belief about the league since its debut almost 20 years ...

It's been a long time — not since 1953 has a player won the first three Majors of a PGA ...

On Friday, July 17 a healing ceremony took place at a proposed commemorative plaza at the corner of Concordia Avenue ...

Minneapolis, for the first time, is hosting the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) annual convention August 5-9. The MSR ...

As the Minneapolis Police Department plans to expand the implementation of body cameras in 2016, the Police Conduct Oversight Commission ...

Schools are failing our children because they don’t see them as entrepreneurs and don’t encourage such skills as a result, ...

Men of color would earn $170 billion more a year, if they reached the same education level as White men, ...

In our May 21 issue, the MSR began a series of stories looking into an organization called Better Ed that ...

The Rachel Dolezal story created a perhaps unnecessary uproar among some Blacks, says noted historian Mahmoud El-Kati.

St. Paul Saints co-owner Mike Veeck stated he believed that the historical accomplishments of groundbreaking baseball player Larry Doby are ...

In these days of achievement gaps and disappointing graduation rates, one South Minneapolis high school this year graduated 100 percent ...

On July 11, over 200 Sister Spokesman attendees gathered for Sister Spokesman: "Loving Your Hair" at The Minnesota History Center ...

Albert Rashford Burgess 12/07/1919 — 5/31/2015 Albert Rashford Burgess passed away May 31, 2015 at 96 years old at the ...