James on Jazz As we wrap up another year in music, let’s take a moment to reflect on the past ...

SOMETHING I SAID Dwight Hobbes Keith Ellison ran for congressional office as an agent for humanitarian change. On winning, Ellison assumed ...

LITTLE BY LITTLE Matthew Little If 2009 politically was punctuated by the heralding of the inauguration of the first Black ...

THROUGH MY EYES Ron Edwards After escaping slavery, Frederic Douglass wrote, in 1852, that we are an exceptional nation and ...

By Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. Guest Commentator Our nation certainly turned a corner two years ago with the election of ...

Teena Marie, the European American singer/songwriter/producer whose powerful, soulful voice won legions of African American fans over the past three ...

THIS WEEKS SPOTLIGHTS: Capri Theater 2027 W. Broadway Ave., Mpls., 612-643-2000 or www.thecapritheater.org Wed., Dec. 29, 7 pm: Capri Big ...

PREP SCENE Mitchell Palmer McDonald (l-r) Laurra Mohammed, Stephanie Baez, Courtney Wiley, Bedresia Tims, Jenna Dushaw, Diondra Howard, Cassondra Stahn, ...

Kwame’s Kapsules Kwame McDonald Editor’s note: This week, we will not feature the Black Coaches due to holiday deadlines. But, ...

ANOTHER VIEW By Charles Hallman There are words that simply must be purged from our language. Appropriately, these words duly ...

Fitz Beat Larry Fitzgerald Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton Photo courtesy of the Associated Press I am one of the ...

Recently, I sat in on a panel discussion. The topic was how college graduates should prepare for life after college, ...

By Elizabeth Ellis Originally published Aug. 4, Ellis says why she chose this column as her best of 2010: ”MSR’s ...

J. California Cooper short story collection a classic “Life is more like the rain. The river and the lake lay ...

By Terri Schlichenmeyer Contributing Writer All of the following books are authored or edited by people of African descent: What ...

Too many ‘experts’ on child development I find it very interesting to hear and read as people discuss, evaluate and ...

Bob Geldof said recently that he regrets writing “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, which was probably one of the most ...

During the spring and summer of 2010, there was much discussion throughout the city about a program known as Operation ...

By Donald W.R. Allen, II Contributing Writer   After the election of President Barack Obama, civil rights spokespersons have become ...

Black NFL coaches were 3-5 in week 15. Winners last week were Cincinnati (MARVIN LEWIS) 19, Cleveland 17; Indianapolis (JIM ...