Hollywood’s delusion: The world is all about White folk
by Dwight Hobbes Picked up The Last King of Scotland. Always liked it as a big-time Forest Whitaker fan. Also, ...
Where was the youth vote this time?
by Matthew Little Much has been written, broadcast, simulated, tweeted, and otherwise expressed through every medium of communication in existence ...
Givens Foundation launches reading campaign
The Givens Foundation for African American Literature has launched Givens Black Books, a community reading campaign celebrating the work of ...
‘It’s rough, but you gotta do it’
Constance Anderson stays in constant motion to make ends meet by Dwight Hobbes Tireless tasking, thy name is Constance Anderson. ...
Committee begins monitoring minority participation in building new MPS headquarters
By Mel Reeves The Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) held the first meeting of its Minority, Women and Diverse Business Participation ...
Gang databases erode trust in law enforcement
by Sheila Regan Legislative work group on gang and crime databases hears from citizens Establishing trust in law enforcement versus ...
Accessing government data
Your rights • You have the right to inspect public government data at reasonable times and places at no cost. ...
Citizens have right to access most government data
This includes public’s right to view and challenge information in gang databases by Charles Hallman The Minnesota Government Data Practices ...
Obama signs law for Black farmers
American Indians and Black farmers will be paid $4.6 billion to address claims of government mistreatment over many decades under ...
ISAIAH urges Dayton to eliminate state’s racial inequities
by Charles Hallman Although the Minnesota gubernatorial race is still undecided, Mark Dayton and members of his transition team listened ...
Sen. Franken: Top Republican priority seems to be obstructing Obama
by Charles Hallman As will likely come as no surprise to most of our readers, the current economy has caused ...
Explosion on the Vikings plantation
By Ron Edwards Contributing Writer Sometimes you get what you did not wish for. We watched with great interest over ...
High inclusion goal set for new MPS headquarters
by Charles Hallman Committee will monitor diverse participation in contracting, workforce Construction of the new Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) headquarters ...
Congressional Black Caucus gains one Republican member
Second Black Republican says he won’t join CBC A front page story in MSR’s November 11 issue raised the question ...
Some leaders put personal agendas ahead of community interests
By Booker T Hodges Contributing Writer It’s time for them to go The recent talk about closing North High has ...
Ellison risks becoming as intolerant as those he rails against
By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer U.S. Congressional Representative Keith Ellison has become a Muslim mirror image of reactionary right-wingers. I ...
MPS crafts education-to-prison pipeline for Black students
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 12/1/2010 Bernadeia Johnson, T. Williams, Chris Stewart, Tom Madden, Carla Bates, Jill Davis, Lydia Lee and ...
Unintended consequences of Tea Party success
By Matthew Little Contributing Writer Volumes have been written regarding last month’s elections and the impact that it could have ...
LRT has potential to bring opportunity to North Mpls
By Vickie Evans-Nash Contributing Writer Route will go through community — but do the residents welcome it? On Wednesday, November ...
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