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Why would St. Cloud State inflate Black graduation numbers?—By Myrtle Cooper, Guest Commentator

By Myrle Cooper Guest Commentator St. Cloud’s racist environment probably costs St. Cloud State University (SCSU) more Black students than...

VOICES OF THE VILLAGE By Lissa Jones—A new language can help heal the village

“It is very nearly impossible...to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. “ —...

TRYING MY BEST By Frank Erickson—White Norway terrorist exposes glaring bias

Now there is a new not-so-secret-anymore floating “terror detention” ship, a U.S. Navy ship that recently held a “Somali militant”...

THE POWER OF MENTORING By Nancy Torrison—The unsung heroes… resourceful single moms

Angela Young is a single mother of three children. Her home was recently damaged in the tornado that swept across...

ANOTHER VIEW By Charles Hallman—WNBA diversity still far from ideal

The WNBA is the diversity leader among America’s professional sports leagues, according to the Institute for Diversity in Sports’...

FITZ BEAT By Larry Fitzgerald—Vikings improve, win 20-7

Last year the Vikings missed the playoffs, winning just six games. After beating Seattle 20-7 Saturday on the road, the...

Gopher notebook: Black student- athletes reunion coming—By Charles Hallman, Staff Writer

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Calling all Black Minnesota Golden Gopher alumni! The second annual African American student-athletes reunion will...

PREP SCENE By Mitch McDonald—High school football is back

The prep football season has arrived as schools across the state begin their second week of practice in preparation...

Movie The Help looks at American history from Blacks perspective—By Charles Hallman, Staff Writer

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — If you want to see Black history told from a rarely heard point of view — the...

McDonald’s ‘Wise Owl’ helped him speak the truth—By Vickie Evans-Nash, Contributing Writer

In 1959, Kwame McDonald came to the Twin Cities as director of employment and guidance in charge of job development...

Little and Newman teamed up in civil rights struggle—By James L. Stroud, Jr. Contributing Writer

On August 10, 2011, the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR) celebrated 77 years in business. The newspaper’s anniversary is an opportunity to...

Storm victim’s quest for help runs her in circles—By Dwight Hobbes, Contributing Writer

Gyniek Clay, after seeing her life torn asunder by the May 22 tornado that ripped through North Minneapolis, is singularly...

Kids cope with storm trauma at Camp Noah—By Charles Hallman, Staff Writer

An estimated 150 kids who were impacted by the May tornado recently participated in a week-long day camp designed to...

Amen Corner taps the power of free speech—By Dwight Hobbes, Contributing Writer

Peavey Park in South Minneapolis may never be the same. It certainly won’t if participants in the Amen Corner have...

ARTS, NO CHASER By Dwight Hobbes—Shá Cage: a renaissance woman of Twin Cities arts and letters

Twin Cities arts icon Shá Cage prevails. The internationally accomplished actor, playwright, performance artist and spoken-wordsmith, in June, accepted a...

THROUGH MY EYES By Ron Edwards—Violence flares again in our beloved Shangri La

“Agitation is the marshaling of the conscience of a nation to mold its law,” said Sir Robert Peel, who helped...

SOMETHING I SAID By Dwight Hobbes—Use snail mail if you want to cuss me out

There is a special circle in Hell reserved for senders of spam. Don’t you just love it when you’re waiting...

PASTOR’S CORNER By Mary Flowers Spratt—Obama’s ‘Gang of Six’ pale beside the Big Six of ’63

President Barack Obama gave his total support to the “Gang of Six” proposal of all White men in the Senate...

LITTLE BY LITTLE By Matthew Little

The U. S. Supreme Court has been a longstanding supporter of the basic tenets of the Civil Rights Movement. During...

Local dad plans new amusement park—By Dwight Hobbes, Contributing Writer

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

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