The Twin Cities Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) Minnesota teams won first and fifth place at the 2011 National...

The current buzzwords today are “Go Green.” We’re being told to go paperless, recycle, replace our wood sash windows, buy...

A new report strongly suggests that big-time college football and men’s basketball players should be paid for their efforts while...

The NCAA reinstated three Ohio State football players last week who were suspended for taking $200 each from a university...

Only in boxing can you just about expect the bizarre. You always have more questions than answers. Saturday night in...

To finish first, you must first finish. The Vikings had better figure that out fast, or the 2011 season could...

Last week there were some outstanding performances in the St. Paul and Minneapolis City Conferences, while two suburban quarterbacks continue...

Managing residents through unplanned setbacks isn’t new for Shiloh Temple International, a North Minneapolis church. But doing this for folks...

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that no victims of May’s tornado that tore through North Minneapolis are beefing about...

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has renewed its call for television stations to better diversify their newsroom management...

From the mouths of babes: Lebron Riley, executive director of Urban Jungle, Inc., recalls, “Back in ’94, ’95, a father...

    It’s great when an up-and-coming comedic ace pays homage where it’s due, which is exactly what happened when...

The Minneapolis Spokesman-Recorder has provided a platform by which we can help community members see more clearly what is at...

“Lt. Lee Edwards files 2nd suit in police corruption probe” was the Star Tribune headline September 3. It is his...

There’s that point at which the most hopeless romantic needs to suck it up and face reality.  When you get...

My 90th birthday celebration, held a couple of weeks ago, was given by my children, grandchildren, and a few great-grandchildren....

  Some say sports and Christianity don’t mix. When an athlete says, “Thank God” after a score or a big...

  While local reporters and others openly lobby for Lindsay Whalen as this year’s WNBA most valuable player, the MSR...

The day was “absolutely beautiful…no clouds in the sky. A picture-perfect September morning,” recalls Nicole Simpson. “I was at my...

Usually when political blogs are discussed, Blacks aren’t mentioned. “There is no digital divide,” proclaimed Cheryl Contee, a co-founder of...