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Central, Washburn keep winning championships

St. Paul Central captured its fifth-straight City Conference football title, and Minneapolis Washburn won its 11th consecutive crown...

Major League Baseball earns top grade for racial hiring practices

Twins’ diversity lags far behind league progress Second in an occasional series The 2012 Major League Baseball Racial and...

Scholars discuss Emancipation Proclamation at University of Minnesota

Dr. John Wright (l) Dr. John Wright, Morse-Amoco Distinguished Teaching Professor of Afro-American & African Studies and English at...

Fragments of the Ark: Civil War saga tells of Black soldiers and survivors

Gifted novelist Louise Meriweather followed Daddy Was a Number Runner with Fragments of the Ark (Pocket Books/Simon and...

Geoffrey Canada creates ‘A Small Army of Love’

Harlem Children’s Zone founder gives feedback on Northside Achievement Zone By James L. Stroud, Jr. Contributing Writer If a...

Local businessman seeks to enliven entrepreneurial spirit

Solutions to Black unemployment lie in more Blacks buying Black By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Local Black entrepreneur Duane...

Short films’ premiere celebrates voting power of communities of color

By Vickie Evans-Nash Editor-in-Chief On Thursday, October 11, between 6:30 and 8:30 pm, the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis...

Black farmers fight to retain land ownership

Modern-day struggle renews, redefines 40-acers-and-a-mule promise By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Land ownership, which signaled both privilege...

This week’s Entertainment spotlights

When a Man Loves a Diva Every Thurs.-Sat., Oct. 18 — Nov. 10, 8 pm The Lab Theater 700...

Wenso Ashby releases latest CD with classy listening party

Longtime collaborator Zsamé featured at party, on album Wenso Ashby featuring Zsamé, premier Twin Cities neo-soul purveyors (Midnite Walkin’,...

Lack of oral healthcare a crisis for poor children, children of color

Current supply of dental providers inadequate to meet provisions of new healthcare law Twelve years after issuing...

Join me on a journey to a new and better self

Years ago, after I delivered my wonderful daughter, I found myself eating out of depression; love of course played...

Report examines coverage of LGBT issues in Black, Latino media

FIRST OF A TWO-PART STORY By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A new report from The Opportunity Agenda...

What happened when we got off the bus?

October 16 will mark the 17th anniversary of the Million Man March on Washington, D.C. I remember that day...

This week’s Editorial Cartoon, by Ed Fischer

Taxation without representation

Force of contract law needed to ensure Black contractors/workers for stadium Action: $34 million contract awarded September 28,...

Poor MPS test scores show leadership’s lack of commitment to students

“We exist to ensure that all students learn” is the mission of the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS). Superintendent Bernadeia...

Blacks with means have a responsibility for those without

Belafonte is right; celebrities do have a responsibility. I feel bad for the old crooner Harry Belafonte, Jr....

Letter to the Editor: Voting for marriage amendment is ‘religious and political hypocrisy’

Many profound teachings were given to all of us from an evolved, merciful God during the life of his...

Minnesota suits Puerto Rican native just fine, weather and all

It’s been almost a year since Daly Santana’s first-ever experience of Minnesota. “It was real cold,” she quickly recalled...

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