Four presidential candidates came to Minneapolis on Friday, August 28 to drum up support for their campaigns. They addressed members...
Read moreThe next time you’re trying to think of something positive to say about the Minneapolis Police Department, let the name...
Read moreThe African American Leadership Forum (AALF) has announced that Jacquelyn “Jackie” Cooper joined the organization as executive assistant on August...
Read moreAn estimated 300 - 400 people gathered at Hamline Park in St. Paul Saturday, August 29 for Black Fair, an...
Read moreWhen Makolle Williams watched the disturbing videos of Eric Garner’s unwarranted death in Staten Island, New York City last year...
Read moreIn the rarefied aesthetic of African American theater, there is The Negro Ensemble Company, there is Penumbra Theatre and then...
Read moreMinneapolis Police Officer Tyrone Barze spoke to local youth last week at the Clyde Turner Basketball Camp at Phillips Community...
Read moreAlan Page became the first Black Minnesota Supreme Court justice in 1993. His days on the bench officially end at...
Read moreCommunity members got their first taste of a new interactive playground centered around the Civil Rights Movement and African American...
Read moreThe Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Clean Power Plan announced earlier this month calls for a 32 percent reduction below...
Read moreOn July 1, young Ben Alexander Jr., whose nickname is “Skip”, had his third birthday. Skip is the son of...
Read moreA “multimedia boot camp” for nearly two dozen high school students recently took place in North Minneapolis. The University of...
Read moreBloomington Prosecutor Sandra Johnson has dismissed all charges against Deanne Pratt, a middle-aged White woman who was unjustly charged at...
Read moreWhen talk of social progress turns to such sentiments as standing on the shoulders of those who came before us,...
Read moreSupporters say that the new Seward Co-Op Friendship Store soon to open at 38th Street and 3rd Avenue South can...
Read moreCompanies that sell snacks, soda and other high-calorie foods are pouring millions into advertising campaigns that are targeted to Black...
Read moreYear after year in measure after measure, Black, Latino, and Native American students trail their White peers in educational outcomes....
Read moreThe National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) annual convention turned Minneapolis into a “chocolate journalism city” for at least a...
Read moreThe unlikely titled State of Garbage Compost Summit, though it sounds less than inviting, may prove a hallmark for environmentalists,...
Read moreFaatemah Ampey is an award-winning hairstylist and educator on beauty who spent her childhood in Maplewood and St. Paul. Ampey,...
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