After a delayed start, Crooners is ready to launch its drive-in concert series.
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How to watch: President Obama celebrates the Class of 2020 with ‘Graduate Together,’ and HBCU event
Former President Barack Obama will take center stage with a first-of-its-kind event to congratulate graduating high school seniors.
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Former prep stars could impact NBA draft
Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area will definitely represent at the 2020 NBA draft.
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Workers push back against COVID job risks
Frontline and essential workers’ concerns over safety and working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic have been steadily boiling over into organized protests.
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Mental health treatment still stigmatized by some
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Achea Redd. a mental health advocate and wife of a former NBA player, weighs in on mental health in the Black community.
Posted inArts + Culture, Music
Betty Wright’s passing marks the end of ‘soul music’ era
Betty Wright took soul to another level; she was first of what became known as the Miami sound.
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Media coverage of pandemic under close scrutiny
How the COVID-19 pandemic is reported is under scrutiny in light of the racial disparities that virus has exposed.
Posted inCOVID-19, Health + Wellness
How COVID-19 may change your next trip to the dentist’s office
As the coronavirus pandemic swept the U.S., state governments mandated that dental offices open only for emergency procedures. But now some dental offices have resumed regular appointments in individual states where businesses considered “essential” are allowed to re-open. When dentists do re-open for full business, the patient experience may seem the same in some ways, but in […]
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Essential worker Breonna Taylor gunned down in her home by Louisville police
EMT Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her home by police in an apparent case of mistaken identity.
Posted inArts + Culture, Music
‘Quarantine Soul’ offers refuge and weekly showcase for artists
Featuring phenomenal artists such as Ashley DuBose, Ray Covington, and Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Nabaté Isles, ‘The Quarantine Soul’ Open Mic is a weekly virtual music showcase.
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White motorist charged with murder of unarmed Black man in St. Paul
Douglas Lewis was shot and killed by Watertown resident Anthony Trifiletti after a minor traffic accident.
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Trump implies two sides to Arbery killing; armed Black activists protect Michigan lawmaker and more
A roundup of news stories that may have missed your radar.
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The killing of Ahmaud Arbery highlights the danger of jogging while Black
Unsteady cellphone footage follows a jogger–an apparently young, Black man–as he approaches and attempts to run around a White pickup truck parked in the middle of a suburban road. Moments later he lies dead on the ground. The killing of Ahmaud Arbery took place on Feb. 23, after the 25-year-old was confronted by Gregory McMichael, […]
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MIAC names its ‘Century of Champions’
Al Frost and Leonard Jones were among eight Blacks named to this centennial list.
Posted inOpinion
Re-opening the economy will doom many
Sending millions of people back to work without protection or testing would be a death sentence for thousands.
Posted inOpinion
A nurse’s warning
Without the shutdown, our already overburdened hospital system would have collapsed under the pressure of skyrocketing admissions.
Posted inFeatured, Health + Wellness
Useful tools and resources for warding off stress
Staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic includes being mindful of stress.
Posted inObituaries
Shirley Joan Sims
Shirley Joan Sims, 82, passed on April 8, 2020 surrounded by family.
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Walton chooses North Carolina
Kerwin Walton, one of the state’s top prep boys’ basketball players as a member of the Hopkins Royals and the Class of 2020, committed last week to play at the University of North Carolina this fall.
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Pandemic exposes deadly impact of disparities—now what?
Originally billed as a discussion on creating a post-COVID action plan, the NAACP weekly meetings mostly consisted of talking points rather than offering any concrete solutions.