Paisley Park set to host ‘Battle of the Bands’ event
MUSICOLOGY – Summer 2017 will showcase nine live music acts in Paisley Park’s historic Soundstage, alongside new tour exhibits highlighting Prince’s ...
Month: July 2017
Minneapolis Urban League Board elects new chair, officers
Mark Ryan The Minneapolis Urban League (MUL) announced June 23 that Mark Ryan, president of Carl Bolander & Sons Construction, ...
Black Business Spotlight: Grade A Security guards earn trust, respect
Headed up by former corrections officer John Moore with 30-plus years working security, the firm operates in the Minneapolis-St. Paul ...
Blue-green algae: If in doubt, stay out
Summer is here, and while water enthusiasts and pets enjoy swimming and boating when the weather is calm and sunny, ...
White House proposes $9.2 billion cut in education funding
No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are ...
Obama the villain. Really?
As of the writing of this column 10 days ago, President Donald Trump hurled a new obnoxious accusation at former ...
Were Pride Parade organizers bullied?
Pride Parade officials reversing the decision to limit cops from the parade shows how "Blacks have no rights is bound ...
Food-insecure children more likely to have social and behavioral problems
Throughout the school year, children are guaranteed access to balanced meals; those children go without adequate nutrition over the summer. ...
‘In Search of…’ is top-shelf summer reading
Kyle S. Taylor is, so to speak, an author's author. Fellow writers can easily appreciate his skill of making the ...
U.S. media continue to ignore or misrepresent poverty
It is our moral failure that we still tolerate poverty. —Ela Bhatt Something more fundamental than household economics may be ...
Jimmy Lee Football Camp a success
Former NFL player and Cretin Derham Hall football alum Phil Archer was very positive as the third and final day ...
Watching Lynx play from the stands is hard for ‘Papa Pete’
This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s ...
Title IX survives challenges to ensure equity for all
Conclusion of a two-part column The history of Title IX, a law originally not favored by Black members of Congress, ...
Local leagues provide summertime action for hoops fans
Team Jones (left) and Hybrid Nation (white) warming up before game Tanysha Scott and Jamar Diggs both are committed to ...
Thousands of garden plants gifted to North Mpls
Malmborg’s Garden Center and Greenhouse located in Rogers, Minnesota, one of the largest wholesale plant producers in the United States, ...
Prepare for severe weather
(MGN Online) With recent damage caused by severe storms in Minnesota and neighboring states, Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman is ...
Dayton’s police-community council finds common ground elusive
After nine months and 12 meetings, still no clear path forward Nearly three months after Philando Castile’s shooting death last ...
Black Business Spotlight: Party planner works hard to be her own boss
Donesha Benson There is a saying: “If you do what is easy, your life will be hard; if you do ...
WWI: a war for justice Black soldiers didn’t win
Soldiers of the 369th (15th N.Y.) received Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action, 1919 America has always touted the ...
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