Month: July 2017

This column continues the Only One series in which this reporter shares his experiences as the only African American journalist ...

Destiny Roberts Local rising star blazes her own trail From interviews on a popular radio show to live performances at ...

Decades of vigilant struggles, sacrifices and civil rights legislation enacted in the 1960s won federal promises to ensure that discrimination ...

With the Catholic Church being the largest Christian denomination in the world the fight for the dignity and inclusion of its LGBTQI parishioners ...

Is this a national Black-White conspiracy? Patterns of death — silent and loud in — are happening in Minnesota’s Black ...

Try some simple ways to save energy at home while you’re away While on summer vacation, you don’t need to ...

With much of Minnesota experiencing high heat and humidity over the last several days, Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman urges ...

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health and infrastructure — those are ...

A biweekly column in which various contributors from both sides of prison walls explore common ground for effecting change. A ...

This summer marks 62 years since the 1955 lynching of then-14-year-old Emmett Till by White supremacists. It was alleged that ...

When you measure the risk versus the rewards of the price that ultimately must be paid by all athletes to ...

Tamara Moore’s legacy is growing. The former Minneapolis North girls’ basketball superstar, who went on to enjoy a professional career ...

The National Basketball Association under Commissioner Adam Silver’s leadership remains the undisputed racial and gender hiring leader, according to the ...

Inspired by TV One’s Unsung series, this multi-part MSR series shines a well-deserved spotlight on individual or group accomplishments that ...

Priscilla Mae Daley, known and loved by many, left her earthly life on July 12 at the age of 70 ...

This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s ...

On Saturday, July 1, 2017, Darwin Dean sank his first “Hole in One.” He hit the shot at Troy Burne ...

(l-r) Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall, Queen Latifah,  Jada Pinkett-Smith star in Girls Trip Ryan (Regina Hall), Sasha (Queen Latifah), Dina (Tiffany Haddish) and Lisa (Jada ...

On a scorching hot 95-degree July 15, a few hundred people gathered at the Martin Luther King Center in Minnesota’s ...

HueMan parade marchers braved the heat, July 15 “We are excited to show the community that we care about them. ...