Trans-Atlantic slave trade film kicks off Black docs TV series
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer S. Pearl Sharp’s The Healing Passage: Voices from the Water explores the residual impact of ...
Business owner leads students in mentoring program
In an effort to prepare children for rewarding careers in the future, Risen Christ School (RCS), a 325-student K-8 grade ...
MN Health Plan the right direction for state
Last year President Obama made history with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, bringing healthcare to millions of uninsured ...
NFL owners lock players out!
U.S. District Court Judge David Doty of Minneapolis, a Ronald Reagan conservative, delivered a huge victory for the NFL players’ ...
Women also have an NCAA tournament
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Even before the bids were announced Sunday afternoon, nonstop talk about this year’s NCAA men’s ...
March Madness: Let’s call it what it is, ‘The Big Pimpin’ Tournament’
Whenever I heard this week’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament referred to as “The Big Dance,” my annoyance meter blasted into ...
How Love ‘broke’ Wilt’s record
According to recent erroneous reporting, WILT CHAMBERLAIN’s astounding National Basketball Association professional career record of between 220 and 230 double-doubles ...
Council on Black Minnesotans may need sharper focus as ‘sunset bill’ advances
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The Council on Black Minnesotans is inconspicuously located in the Wright Building, 2233 University Avenue ...
35th Pan African Conference ‘beyond expectations’
By Rebekah Zens Contributing Writer Hard work and dedication has always been the attitude of Professor Michael T. Fagin throughout ...
Northsider studies how to help save his community
Philip Binns -Photo by James L. Stroud, Jr. It is one thing to look at what’s wrong with North Minneapolis. ...
Sen. Harrington earns his ‘legislative legs’ on the fly
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A 33-year law enforcement veteran, John Harrington rose through the rank-and-file to become St. Paul’s ...
Expo offered empowerment for teenage ‘divas’
Project Diva held its Teen Females of Color Empowerment Expo 2011 at UROC in Minneapolis On Saturday, February 5, ...
Clear choices on budget: I want your input
The state budget is the most important issue we will face this legislative session. Already, we are beginning to see ...
‘The Plan’ revealed: no more jobs for Black Minnesotans in 2011 and beyond
One of the important features of history is date sequences. They identify occasions of events, including place, circumstances and people ...
Our babies still wait to cash in America’s IOU Critical thinking in the Black Independence Movement
“One hundred years later , the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro ...
The Battle of the Alamo: setting the record straight
Wonder what school kids in Mexico read every year at this time when American students are handed hogwash about Texan ...
New jazz concerts, CDs for the new spring season
Jamaican jazz piano virtuoso Monty Alexander’s live album Uplift on Jazz Legacy Productions will be released March 29. Photo courtesy ...
This Week’s Spotlights: March 16-20
Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave. S., Mpls., 612-338-2674 or www.thecedar.org Sun., Mar. 13, 8 pm: Acoustic Africa featuring Habib ...
Is March ‘the cruelest month’ in sports as well as weather? It might well seem that way to women hoopsters and their fans
Journalism Professor Marie Hardin Penn State Coach Coquese Washington Photos by Charles Hallman Gender equity has to some degree existed ...
Washburn defeats Johnson in Twin City Game
Shortly before the boys’ basketball season got started, Minneapolis Washburn Coach REGGIE PERKINS indicated that his team would make a ...
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