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Task force prepares for Affordable Care Act provisions

Group offers recommendations to ensure health disparities are addressed By Charles Hallman Staff Writer One of the Affordable...

Women ADVANCE to take the lead

A primarily Black Urban Women’s Movement is officially launched By Vickie Evans-Nash Contributing Writer On Saturday,...

1960s icon visits History Center’s 1968 Exhibit

Martha Reeves reflects on her life then and now By Charles Hallman Staff Writer As...

Healthcare project targets those with greatest need

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Hennepin County this month introduced a “patient-centered” pilot healthcare program designed to...

Film festival features doc on girls’ basketball in Iraq — Salaam Dunk one of three films highlighting girls and women in sports

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A new documentary about an Iraqi women’s basketball team will be featured at...

Let go of Mrs. Dunning’s babies – Reuniting Black children with their grandparents should be a priority

The MSR recently published an appeal from an African American grandmother living in Mississippi for help gaining custody of her...

NCAA contenders looked like Black colleges

But they were not, nor do Black athletes or Black colleges share in the sport wealth A week ago,...

Brian Herron: Embracing forgiveness and service

Brian Herron has lived and breathed the practice of forgiveness in his lifetime. It is only recently, after...

Father-daughter duo might be Gophers hoops first

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Gopher basketball has previously had parent-sibling combinations on its bench: Former head...

Two of the state’s best teams

This week I saw two of the state’s top 4A teams in the state. Each team, representing the girls...

Alleged Bozeman ‘abuse’ adds to HBCU image woes

Last week Todd Bozeman was reinstated as Morgan State men’s basketball head coach. He had missed three games...

Only in the NFL: super rematch!

Storylines can sometimes make you scratch your head in disbelief. One such story is that of two brothers,...

State’s integration programs face uncertain future

Task force reports to legislature Feb. 15 By Alleen Brown Contributing Writer In a few short weeks,...

History Theater scores another hit in cultural insensitivity

History Theater in St. Paul, headed up by Artistic Director Ron Peluso, continues its sham of supposed cultural...

Your turn to speak up has arrived Critical thinking in the village

“With the people, for the people, by the people, I crack up when I hear it; I say,...

Lion King delivers a heartwarming affirmation of what it is to be Black

Entertainment, etc. Dwight Hobbes When the Broadway musical The Lion King saw its world premiere hereabouts, give or...

The Lion King: Rich production continues musical’s reign of the stage

It’s a tough undertaking to succeed Disney’s The Lion King’s original Broadway cast. That ensemble starred John Vickery...

Banks: No money to Somalia until risks reduced

News Analysis By Mel Reeves Contributing Writer “This is not fair. It’s not fair to single out one...

Park Board, NAACP meet to address worker grievances

Meanwhile, complaints continue to surface By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) officials and the...

Hiding in plain sight: Black women in chemistry

By Stephani Maari Booker Community Editor Jennette E. Brown has made uncovering and spreading the history — indeed,...

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