Last week, a new ad for Nivea lotion came out in print showing a Black man with a fade and...
Read moreThe St. Paul Pioneer Press Sunday, August 14 edition put local teen Maryan Gaafaa on the front page of the...
Read moreThe movie The Help has been well reviewed and critiqued at this point, with some finding it wanting. And there...
Read more“Lt. Lee Edwards files 2nd suit in police corruption probe” was the Star Tribune headline September 3. It is his...
Read moreThere’s that point at which the most hopeless romantic needs to suck it up and face reality. When you get...
Read moreMy 90th birthday celebration, held a couple of weeks ago, was given by my children, grandchildren, and a few great-grandchildren....
Read more“Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to...
Read moreThe Rybak administration pretends crime and violence are under control on the streets and in the neighborhoods of Minneapolis. My...
Read more“I have been in long-term foster care since the age of two and a half,” says Aminah, a foster care...
Read moreSo, you work for the county, a big company, or some other organization, and you’re looking at being laid off...
Read moreAt bottom, the so-called “U scandal” at the University of Miami is just another example of the inequity and hypocrisy...
Read moreFor six days last week, Minneapolis teetered on the edge of what could be called anarchy. Within a six-day period,...
Read moreLeafing through the playbill for Rhythm Circus’ Feet Don’t Fail Me Now! — hell, just reading that title, this show...
Read moreIt is becoming increasingly clear that before the Republican Party can even hope to present a competitive political candidate as...
Read moreIn very early June of 2011, a community resident by the name of Johnny Turnipseed raised a very serious and...
Read moreBy Myrle Cooper Guest Commentator St. Cloud’s racist environment probably costs St. Cloud State University (SCSU) more Black students than...
Read more“It is very nearly impossible...to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. “ —...
Read moreNow there is a new not-so-secret-anymore floating “terror detention” ship, a U.S. Navy ship that recently held a “Somali militant”...
Read more“What aide workers fear is that in trying to win one war, the Americans are prepared to let the humanitarian...
Read more“Agitation is the marshaling of the conscience of a nation to mold its law,” said Sir Robert Peel, who helped...
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