‘Conscious consumers’ must do more than just shop right Tunde Wey, a Nigerian-born chef and activist, was the guest speaker at Seward Community Co-op’s Annual Owner Meeting held October 23 …
Activist chef fuses food with fight for justice Read More
New grocery adapts to its community’s needs Wirth Cooperative Grocery opened this past August in a space on the first floor of the Commons at Penn, a building that sits …
Wirth Co-op: another oasis in Northside ‘food desert’ Read More
Masjid An-Nur targeted by White protester, but has support of community On Friday, August 20, around 2:45 pm, I was driving to the Cub Foods supermarket on West Broadway Avenue North. Taking …
North Mpls mosque lets its light shine in the face of intolerance Read More
News Analysis People of color stage marks 15 years at festival A question many people may have asked themselves when attending Twin Cities Pride this past weekend is, “Will it …
PHOTOS | Post-Orlando, how diverse is Twin Cities Pride? Read More
The first song I ever heard by Prince was “Soft and Wet,” his first soul chart hit, but at the time the song was being played on the Black station in Saginaw, Michigan where lived, I didn’t know who sang it.
Prince, the Minneapolis Sound and me Read More
Omaha, Nebraska, has a population about the size of Minneapolis, a little over 400,000, with a smaller percentage of African Americans, about 13 percent versus over 18 percent in Minneapolis.
PHOTOS | Omaha, NE Black institutions include historic newspaper Read More
The Minnesota Comic Book Association (MCBA) holds two events a year that they say are “the largest comic book conventions in the Upper Midwest.” The first one of the year, MSP ComicCon, was held May 16-17 at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Along with comic book and comic book-related dealers, fan groups and other organizations, MCBA says that MSPComicCon has more than 250 “creators” — comic book writers, artists and publishers both mainstream and independent.
Black comic book creators, dealers, fans show their superpowers at MSP ComicCon Read More