My sister told me that a well-known signer, Demi Lovato, announced that she has Bipolar Disorder. What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar disorder is a mental health disease where a person’s mood can cycle back and forth between periods of low activity/depression and periods of mania/high activity. These emotional periods can be looked at as two […]
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Posted inHealth + Wellness
See well for a lifetime
Take care of your eyes and continue looking forward to the future Aging is a process that brings about many opportunities and changes, from major transformations such as becoming a grandparent or going back to school, to simple lifestyle changes like starting a new exercise program. Don’t miss out on any of these opportunities. Take […]
Posted inEducation
For school success, start with breakfast
Parents know that school mornings can be the busiest time of the day. Between getting kids to school on time, signing permission slips, making sure homework is done, and everything else, breakfast can be a last-minute thought. However, unless you are certain your child is eating breakfast at school, breakfast at home is vitally important. […]
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Five things your child should take to school every day
What are the things your child should bring to school every day to ensure success? During the school year it’s important to help your child learn to get organized, and it’s vital to help your son or daughter be ready to focus and learn. Listed below are five essential items to have with them every […]
Posted inPhoto Galleries
PHOTOS | Muslim residents and supporters march against Islamophobia
Around 200 protesters gathered in front of May Day Books on Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis on Saturday, September 17 to march and protest against Donald Trump and Islamophobia. (Click on photos to open slideshow.) The protest, which lasted roughly two hours, was part of a national call to action issued by Stand Together Against Racism […]
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Charity helps put college in reach for hundreds of students of color
Annual Page Education Foundation Gala held at U.S. Bank Stadium The Page Education Foundation is a charity founded in 1988, by Alan Page, the former Minnesota Viking turned Minnesota Supreme Court Justice and now a Pro Football Hall of Famer, along with his wife Diane Sims Page. This year they celebrated another successful year of […]
Posted inSports
Athletes continue tradition of using platform to fight against injustice
Athletes are making their voices heard on social injustice, be it WNBA players wearing T-shirts in protest of police shootings or NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and others refusing to stand for the national anthem. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and […]
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Hometown peeps representing in the NFL
There are five NFL players with ties to the Twin Cities that have been contributing to their respective teams two weeks into the season. Defensive back Marcus Williams — who starred in football and basketball at Hopkins High School before going on to star at North Dakota State University — has eight tackles and two […]
Posted inLynx/WNBA
WNBA regular season wrap-up
For 20 weeks, to commemorate the WNBA’s 20th season (the MSR having covered each season), the MSR sports section is featuring a column or article on the W in our “20 in 20” series. This week: Watch them work Like the ’60s series Naked City, there are thousands of WNBA stories to tell: Such as […]
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Vikings beat Packers 17-14, but Adrian Peterson hurt!
It’s a new day and chapter in Vikings history. The experience has never been quite like this combined with the expectations. Quarterback Sam Bradford, in his first start with the Vikings, delivered a big time performance, outplaying Aaron Rodgers in a 17-14 hard-hitting Vikings win before 66,813 at U.S. Bank Stadium. Sunday’s early season showdown in […]
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Sabathani Community Center celebrates 50th Anniversary with new playground
A new playground was built for Sabathani Community Center, located at 310 E. 38th St. in South Minneapolis on Friday, September 16. Volunteers from Sabathani and Target took part in the replacement and completion of the center’s 18-year-old playground, as part of celebrating 50 years of service to the community. The project was made possible […]
Posted inOpinion
Open letter to Northside voters in the upcoming general election
To Northside voters in the upcoming general election: I am supporting Kimberly Caprini for District 2 Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Board Member because she is family. I taught with her mother, a fellow MPS teacher over 30 years ago, and later worked for decades with her sister, a social worker, and still another sister who […]
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New coaches begin season on a high note
I recently attended my first high school football game in over a decade. Fellow colleague Mitchell McDonald does such a fine job in his prep coverage that he doesn’t need me to entreat on his beat. However, last week, as opposed to the press box, this college and pro sports reporter sat near midfield, on […]
Posted inRemembering Prince
UPDATED | Prince tribute concert planned for Oct. 13 at Xcel Energy Center
UPDATE: More details were released today about what is being billed as “The Official Prince Tribute Concert” planned by his estate. According to the press release, Stevie Wonder will headline an all-star line up that includes “Christina Aguilera, Chaka Khan, John Mayer, Tori Kelly, Anita Baker, Doug E. Fresh, Luke James, Bilal, Mint Condition along with Prince’s […]
Posted inOpinion
Swimming upstream for Black votes
Black votes matter! So, too, the Black lives many politicians pander to in order to get them. However, exploiting cultural markers, like Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump did by reading a scripted text in a Black church, or like Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary R. Clinton did by giving a shout-out on an AM urban radio […]
Posted inHealth + Wellness
Insure all children!
Are your children insured? If asking parents this simple question could help ensure children stay healthier, do better in school, and even save a child’s life, should schools do it? More and more districts around the country are answering with a resounding, “Yes!” The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) and American Association of School Administrators (AASA) […]
Posted inOpinion
Investments in North Minneapolis is warranted
Claims arguing against the Northside Greenway project, detailed in the September 2016 issue of the Camden News article “Pros and cons to the Northside Greenway,” deserve critical assessment. I envision a North Minneapolis that is healthier, safer, more economically thriving, and more socially cohesive as a result of the Northside Greenway project. The project was […]
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Betrayal: will we fight it or feed it?
Betrayal is as much a part of the human race as the color of the sky and the shape of clouds. Betrayal is a characteristic that does not serve the human race. It harms the human race. Yet we are still surprised by those who betray a trust, betray a relationship, betray a belief, betray […]
Posted inArts + Culture
Teen tries to retrieve stolen sneakers in gritty inner-city sagaÂ
Brandon (Jahking Guillory) saved up for a pricey pair of Air Jordans, only to suffer the utter humiliation of having them stolen right off his feet at gunpoint by a gang of ghetto predators. Thus arrives a moment of truth for the nerdy 15 year old who finds himself stuck at an unpleasant station in life where […]
Posted inOpinion
The ever-present threat of gentrification and persistent lack of affordable housing
On a handful of occasions I have used this column to discuss the issue of affordable housing, as well as its troubling relationship to the trend of gentrification. In one such article, I used the city of Portland, Oregon as something of a case study. I suggested that Portland’s fate raises a number of concerns […]