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Mel Reeves was the community editor at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder until he passed away on January 6, 2022. He had a long and storied history working at the MSR.
Find more about Reeve’s life and legacy here: spokesman-recorder.com/category/remembering-mel-reeves.
History has been made by those who have made deep sacrifices; they did the right thing and
committed to doing the right thing despite the personal cost.
Some of the shine has been rubbed off the ‘mini-apple’ as the world has glimpsed the brutality and lawlessness of the Minneapolis Police Department.
Nobody should misunderstand what’s going on in the streets of the U.S. We are winning!
George Floyd received a national memorial service with family, friends, states officials and celebrities.
For those who choose to sit in judgement, this sign carried during a protest seeks to confront it: ‘Merchandise can be replaced. Black lives cannot.’
he local demand for justice has been joined by over 30 U.S. cities and several countries, where protests have been held in solidarity with the Twin Citians.
Protests across the nation continued even as an officer was charged in the death of George Floyd.
I was talking to my son about the failure of Michael Jordan to speak out about issues that were important to Black people and human beings in general. My son pointed out that had Jordan spoken out it might not have mattered anyway. He also pointed out that Larry Bird, who once described Jordan as […]
Betty Wright took soul to another level; she was first of what became known as the Miami sound.
Douglas Lewis was shot and killed by Watertown resident Anthony Trifiletti after a minor traffic accident.
The message is that Blacks are different, they can perform amazing feats on the football field but otherwise live tragic lives.
The right-wingers took to the streets to defend the “American Way” which is defined by racism, sexism, patriarchy, xenophobia, Islamophobia,
3M fails to deliver N95 masks to Twin City hospitals and other news and views.
The deaths and sickness of hundreds of thousands of workers in the U.S. were caused by what can only be described as criminal neglect at the least and at worst, crimes against humanity.
The capitalists put a symbolic and figurative pistol to the heads of lots of our fellow Americans.
Through telemedicine, Open Cities Health Clinic is still welcoming patients during this pandemic.
Beyond medical professionals, many front-line workers have spoken up about the lack of protective equipment.
Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan on the state lockdown, the pandemic’s impact on people of color and the loss of her brother to COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the U.S. government and the weakness of its social/political/economic system unlike any other crisis of recent times.
The U.S. government’s uneven response to the virus led by President Donald Trump, seems to fluctuate in seriousness.
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