Month: May 2017

  “What do we want? Fair prices! When do we want it? Now!” Kenya McKnight, Transportation Advisory Board member, led ...

Eddie Glaude, Jr. America needs “hard conversations” on race, said Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr. at his May 16 appearance ...

Big colorful hats and encouraging words and music ruled the day at the 9th Annual Big Hat Luncheon on Saturday, ...

Online ‘trolls’ revel in racist comments Anita Samuels “Troll,” a word once used only in folk tales, now refers to ...

Here are 10 great reasons why you should love and care for your liver. Dr. Charles E. Crutchfield, III Your ...

First of a three-part story Related story: Women helped build porters’ Brotherhood  This is the first installment of a story about ...

Entrepreneur, painter and performer Jeanna Brown accomplished plenty on the track field as a student-athlete hurdler, sprinter and long jumper ...

Sharon Sayles Belton admiring statue Over 300 citizens gathered in Minneapolis City Hall last Tuesday, May 16 to honor and ...

I have been an active participant in the battle for my individual rights as a human being with a disability ...

Program aims to reduce higher-education achievement gap in Twin Cities University of St. Thomas's Minneapolis Campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If ...

The Underground interview with Kam Williams An actress and singer/songwriter from Far Rockaway, Queens, Amirah Vann began performing at a young age. ...

For decades, the primarily African American-owned businesses on the corners of Penn and Plymouth Avenues have not thrived as they ...

Ten years ago, hundreds of organizations and individuals signed a petition calling on all presidential candidates to create a national ...

At the Capitol to meet legislators Homes for All, Minnesota Homeless Coalition, and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity rallied at ...

Metro State and Hopkins collaborate to get more teachers of color into schools An ongoing effort by Metropolitan State University ...

What to do when good medicine and good intentions are no longer enough Dr. Pamela R. Rients Despite remarkable advances ...

In their annual State of Black America report called “Protect Our Progress,” the National Urban League (NUL) suggested that the ...

Rachel Hardeman Although Blacks make up 13 percent of today’s U.S. population, they account for at least 24 percent of ...

Dr. Charles E. Crutchfield, III Sports are great for people of all ages, but it is important that safety takes ...

The Minnesota legislature’s attempt to defund public transportation is a much bigger deal than people allow themselves to believe; it ...