This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s May 13 opening to its closing on September 3 and through the 2017 playoffs. During the last off-season, an overlooked historic fact rarely seen in sports at any level took place in the WNBA. All three head coaching vacancies were filled by Black women. Amber Stocks, … [Read more...]
Northside native beats mostly-White-male dentistry odds
When we go looking for a dentist, what we will most likely find are White males. According to the 2014-2015 “Minnesota Dentists Workforce Survey,” 67 percent of dentists are male, 92 percent are White, and 0.7 percent are African American. A young African American woman from North Minneapolis has successfully challenged those odds. Shakeyla Barber was born in Robbinsdale, … [Read more...]
Northside birth center offers Black midwifery
First of a two-part story A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll recently found that only three in 10 members of the public hold favorable views of the House Republican-passed American Health Care Act, while nearly half still favor the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The poll also shows that 55 percent of the 1,205 adult respondents don’t like the GOP healthcare bill that, if … [Read more...]
With the Yanez verdict in — What’s next?
Last week the Jeronino Yanez trial decision was handed down. Some believe the acquittal only reaffirmed the longstanding belief that there’s justice for all except when you’re Black in this country. Others saw it as a further strain on already strained police-community relations in this area. Still others hope that it will keep the spotlight on the built-in biases of this … [Read more...]
Community reacts to not guilty verdict in Yanez trial
The emotions expressed among community members that Jeronimo Yanez, now a former St. Anthony police officer, was acquitted Friday of all charges in the killing of Philando Castile, were nearly unanimous: Everyone is angry. Minneapolis NAACP President Jason Sole on MPR called the verdict a result of a “fake trial” because it’s rare that a police officer has been convicted … [Read more...]