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The vast majority of women who go through child labor report that it hurts, and it hurts a lot. Any medical intervention to ease pain is welcomed. It seems that nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas,” once used long ago to ease the pain of labor, is starting to make a comeback. History of use […]

There are approximately 100 African American and other student-athletes of color this school year at the University of Minnesota. In an occasional series throughout the 2016-17 school and sports year, the MSR will highlight many of these players. This week: soccer players Simone Kolander and Rashida Beal Seniors Simone Kolander and Rashida Beal both expect […]

The Minnesota Twins, by its recent anti-diversity sweep, keeps its “Whitest team in the Twin Cities” status intact. First Base Coach Butch Davis was fired last week — the old “contract not renewed” line was used. Davis, who was named to the staff in December 2014, was the team’s only Black coach. The Twins, the […]

“Calm down,” Minneapolis North Head Football Coach Charles Adams told his team as they trailed Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 13-0 in the Class A state semifinals last Friday evening. “Stay focused,” he said. The Polars took their coach’s advice, regrouped, and scored 24 points in the third quarter en route to a 32-13 victory and a date this […]

A hospital visit can provide important health benefits New analysis from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) shows that about 1,400 men and women a year sought hospital services after a sexual assault between 2010 and 2014. Public health officials expect that thersexuale are far more victims of sexual assault who could benefit from seeking […]

Is a resurgence of interest in the history of slavery in the U.S. now taking place? If so, Colson Whitehead’s latest book, The Underground Railroad, has joined the conversation. “There always have been writers who wanted to tackle [slavery],” said the 2016 National Book Award-winning author in a recent MSR interview. The novel’s main character, […]

Even as we extend our congratulations to President-Elect Donald J. Trump, the NAACP, as America’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, must bluntly note that the 2016 campaign has regularized racism, standardized anti-Semitism, de-exceptionalized xenop hobia and mainstreamed misogyny. Voter suppression, as the courts have declared, has too become rampant and routine. From the day […]

For a long time it was a forbidden love. Through slavery, the reconstruction era, on into the 20th century, particularly in the South, interracial romantic relations were looked down on and marriages were illegal. Anti-miscegenation laws were on the books in 16 states below the Mason-Dixon line. Marry someone not of your race and face […]

Neo-Soul music is a genre of music that has seemingly been pushed away as the 21st century progressed, and/or was known as something that was prevalent mostly in the late 90’s. However, there is one individual who wants to make sure this sophisticated form of music is not forgotten about, and is even stepping out […]

“I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust…We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.” —  Supreme Court […]

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi announced Wednesday, November 16, that second-degree  manslaughter charges will be filed against St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez in the shooting death of Philando Castile. Castile was shot by Yanez during a traffic stop July 6. The moments after he was shot were streamed live on Facebook by his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds and […]

In response to results of the November 8 presidential election, over the past week protests have occurred both across the Twin Cities and the nation. Around 5000 protesters gathered near the University of Minnesota campus at 7:30 pm on November 11. They were marching to protest President-Elect Donald J. Trump. The march went into the […]

November 15 is a day many North Minneapolis residents will never forget for two reasons. On November 15, 2015, Jamar Clark was fatally shot by Minneapolis Police Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze. Clark a 24-year-old African American, died the night of his shooting at Hennepin County Medical Center.  His death sparked an 18-day protest in front […]

On November 15, American Peabody Award-winning PBS journalist Gwen Ifill, died of cancer at the age of 61. During an April 16, 2009 Westminster Presbyterian Church Town Hall Forum, MSR Staff Writer Charles Hallman had the opportunity to speak with her about her recently released book, The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of […]