Rosa Bogar – Homegoing service
Homegoing service Saturday, September 15, 2018 Calvary Lutheran Church, 5720 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN 55427 Meet/Greet 12-1 pm...
Fred Athen “Paco” Lee, IV
FRED ATHEN “PACO” LEE, IV December 14, 1978 – September 15, 1998 “20 YEARS” It’s been that long since you’ve...
Injustice system attacks local Black Lives Matter activist
Minister Toya Woodland faces charges of terroristic threats, simply for being a mother standing up for her son, Toyvon Campbell,...
Community calendar: African American history museum opening, Selby Ave. JazzFest, Taste of Liberia & more!
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Stress-free lunch tips for busy families
Still, despite much progress with that indicator, major gaps still exist. And there is great concern that the graduation rate...
Black student activists face penalty in college admissions
Back when I taught at a predominantly White, selective liberal arts college, I came across a book called Acting...
Mourning Kofi Annan, remembering Ron Walters
Kofi Annan's contributions to the UN are twofold, in my opinion. First, he was committed to peace, and to the...
A call to action: Suicide is preventable
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – learn how you can help Suicide is a public health problem that can...
Raise your voice at your school’s parent advisory council
Both Minneapolis and St. Paul Public Schools host culturally specific councils, including African American-focused, to give parents a voice for...
Rising Black graduation rates still behind Whites
Still, despite much progress with that indicator, major gaps still exist. And there is great concern that the graduation rate...
South Side celebrates neighborhood pride, healthy aging
The ninth annual Southside Back in the Day Community Celebration was an old (and new) school jam of residents from...
Colin Kaepernick: the face of Nike’s ‘Just Do It’ 30th Anniversary campaign (updated w/vid)
“Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything,” the ad reads. Kaepernick tweeted out the first glimpse of it...
Automation has the potential to improve gender equality at work
Although there is a huge debate over just these questions, one area frequently overlooked is how automation will affect the...
Through his art, former prisoner diagnoses systemic sickness of Florida’s prisons
Dimanche hopes that his art will open some eyes, and eventually end the American tradition of locking up, neglecting, exploiting...
The fruit that we bear
A monthly column in which various contributors from both sides of prison walls explore common ground for effecting change. Kevin:...
The abuse won’t stop until we change police culture
Contrary to the usual response to such recordings, police and city officials acted quickly after Officer Arthur Williams was caught...
WATCH: Funeral for Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul
The star-studded line up of speakers and entertainers to honor the late Aretha Franklin includes Steve Wonder, Jennifer Hudson and...
Some helpful options while at the State Fair
The Minnesota State Fair runs now through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3. The State Fair Education Building is open from 9 am...
Meet Haiti’s founding father, whose Black revolution was too radical for Thomas Jefferson
A statue in Port-au-Prince honors Jean-Jacques Dessalines’ legacy as a Haitian revolutionary. Now, a renamed Brooklyn street does, too. Crowds...
It’s time for NFL players to stand for something
What does kneeling have to do with police brutality or other “social injustice,” the stated reasons these protests began? Their...
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