Mayor Carter recently spoke with the MSR in detail about the issue of public safety and a practical solution gun violence.
Dwight Hobbes
Dwight Hobbes is a contributing writer at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. He can be reached at dhobbes@spokesman-recorder.com.
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Trailblazing DJ Disco T is thankful for legendary career
Legendary Twin Cities music DJ Disco T looks back over his career with thankfulness.
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Profile of an Anti-Poverty Soldier
Clarence Hightower, executive director of Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties, reflects on his longstanding fight against poverty.
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Twin Cities activist, author and columnist Ron Edwards passes
Ron Edwards passed January 21 at age 81. He was an author, activist, columnist and much more.
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Black Business Spotlight: WJRJ Industries Consultants
Willie Roller Jr. and his sons sustain their thriving enterprise through business acumen that basically runs in the blood.
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Health activist collaborates to leverage change
Clarence Jones of the Hue-MAN Partnership has a long history as a health activist.
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Drake disaster draws outpouring of community support
Twin Citians opened their hearts and purse strings to the tune of a few hundred thousand dollars to help displaced residents of the Drake hotel.
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Angela Henry’s offers another thriller with ‘Doing it To Death’
Fans of mystery novelist Angela Henry’s Kendra Clayton series, rejoice. Delightfully intrepid, crime-solving sleuth Clayton is back.
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Getting reliable help to buy—and keep—a house
Tamela Caldwell is grateful for her journey to homeownership.
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Four places where homeless folks can fill up
Not having the means to do as others do does not mean one has to do without. The MSR found a few places that welcome those down on their luck.
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In Black Ink advances cause of children’s education
‘Towards an African Education: Selected Writings on the Education and Development of Children of African Heritage’ edited by Mahmoud El-Kati, is the newest offering from In Black Ink.
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A deeper dive into St. Paul’s garbage controversy
St. Paul’s Nov. 5 vote to pass Ordinance 18-39 and keep the city’s coordinated garbage collection system, concluded a hotly contested debate.
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Immigrants’ fear of government could skew 2020 Census
Mpls. City Council VP Andrea Jenkins’ monthly gathering unpacked how how immigrants’ fears of government persecution could impact the 2020 Census.
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‘What God Is Honored Here?’ breaks ground on vital topic
‘What God Is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color’ is an arresting anthology.
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Child Protection under fire as critical legislation to help Black families stalls
Concerned parents and their advocates are determined to redress these harmful practices against African American parents through a bill in this year’s state legislative session.
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Advocate helps public housing tenants fight privatization, gentrification
Housing Resource Network-Minneapolis (HRN) was established in March of this year to change that, providing information in accord with the time-proven truism ‘knowledge is power.’
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Diahann Carroll: reflections on a groundbreaking career
The late Diahann Carroll broke interesting, transitional ground in theater and TV.
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Theatre 55 stages award-winning ‘Pippin’
The newly-launched Theatre 55’s production of the classic musical ‘Pippin’ features actor Beverly Tipton Hammond.
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Comedian finds footing in local scene
Shay Webbie is taking the Twin Cities comedy world by storm. Her uproarious stylings got the seal of approval from several notable comedians in the Twin Cities.
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Forum urges unity in Black community
South Minneapolis’ Corcoran Neighborhood Organization Executive Director Alicia D. Smith is the moderator, public relations contact, and logistics liaison for a community forum on Black unity called On The Ground Strategy.