Preparing a workforce for the future
A 2012 Wilder Foundation research report forecast that 900,000-plus jobs will be need to be filled in the Twin Cities...
Circle of Discipline fighter launches pro career with verve
VeShawn Owens wanted his pro boxing debut to last as long as possible. He scored a TKO 90 seconds into...
Where’s the diversity in college sport leadership?
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) Director Richard Lapchick once again notes in his latest study that...
Local filmmaker debuts new film
Bahamian Son, a semi-autographical film, was filmed both in Minneapolis and the Bahamas. It stars Reggie Henderson, who wrote the...
Fourth Precinct occupation winding down
The week-long “occupation” of the Minneapolis Fourth Precinct police station might be winding down, says a Black Lives Matter Minneapolis...
Mizzou protest not an isolated incident
A University of Minnesota student group last year presented a lengthy list of demands to top school officials and held...
PHOTOS | Calls for justice intensify as police clash with protesters
The NAACP Minneapolis branch is calling for a federal takeover of the city’s police department in light of the treatment...
Young Wolves forced to grow up fast
Minnesota Timberwolves Interim Head Coach Sam Mitchell, while recently reflecting on his mostly young team, sounded like an old James...
When Black athletes take a stand
A group of University of Missouri Black players stood tall, and not on the field. Their stand should be duly...
Protesters demand action over police shooting, not more talk
The cry for answers from community members has only intensified in light of the announcement Tuesday that police shooting victim...
Protesters stand ground in North Minneapolis
On November 16, at around 5 pm, organizers of Black Lives Matter Minneapolis rallied at the Fourth Precinct to protest...
Gopher basketball season begins
Both Minnesota squads opened their respective 2015-16 season Friday in a rare home doubleheader and both teams came away with...
Torii Hunter transitions to off-the-field play
It took him two years to finally put away his Gold Glove, but nonetheless Torii Hunter says he’s only “transitioning”...
Public radio and the diversity problem
Public radio historically has been diversity-challenged. This American Life’s Stephanie Foo recently wrote for broadcast a “manifesto on diversity in...
Code Switch deepens race conversation on the airwaves
“Diversity is such a loaded term,” said National Public Radio (NPR) journalist Kat Chow, who since 2013 covers race, ethnicity...
Parting thoughts on Laurel Richie’s departure
The WNBA’s top leadership over the course of its nearly 20-year history has exhibited qualities both worth noting and sometimes...
Richie resigns as WNBA president
Laurel Richie’s announcement last week of her stepping down as WNBA president caught nearly everyone by surprise.
Actor-director team create unparalleled body of work
Roger Guenveur Smith over the course of his three-decades-plus acting career has appeared in many Spike Lee works. But in...
U-M Athletes Village — Who “needs” it?
At first it was a promised place that ultimately convinced Tubby Smith to leave Kentucky for Minnesota. Then after he...
Corporation man takes leap of faith into coaching
Mike Sherels played for the Gophers from 2003-07 and was a two-year captain, the only Minnesota walk-on ever so named....
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