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May 24th
Artist Profile: Skinny
Refreshingly rare, are words best associated with talented Twin Cities hip-hop artist Skinny.Add a comment
Chanda Smith- Baker new co-chair of African American Leadership Forum
The African American Leadership Forum (AALF) recently announced that its founder Gary Cunn...
Prison calls: Put families before padded corporate profits
Martha Wright is an 87-year-old grandmother and a retired nurse. When her grandson, Ulandi...
We need more charter schools
Nobody asked me, but it is unassailable that charter schools are doing an admirable job wi...
Twin Cities’ retail cleaning workers set deadline for June strike
Retail cleaning workers who work for contracted companies cleaning Target and other stores...Teenager pleads guilty to killing 5-year-old, sentenced to 28 years in prison
Julian Anderson, the second gunman responsible for the death of Nizzel George, pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional murder Tuesday and was sentenced to 28 years in prison, Hennepin County Attor...
Accountability, incentives key to eliminate achievement gap
Minnesota is on the threshold of making some groundbreaking changes in educational policy and funding this legislative session. We know that the increased funding for e-12 and higher education is a mu...
Johnson launches campaign to end payday lending and encourage low interest rate borrowing alternatives
Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies announced plans for an education awareness campaign designed to convince minority organizations, elected officials, and public interest gro...
Kenna Cottman: An example of African-American excellence
WE WIN Institute's students learned about great African-American heroines of the past such as Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth and of the present such as Josie Johnson and Kenna Cottman.
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TU closes its ninth season with three world premieres
The O'Shaughnessy company closes out its ninth performance season with a spring dance concert of world premiere works by Uri Sands and Camille A. Brown. Sands presents two premieres-a triptych of duet...
Sports and asthma: Minnesota kids compete
A new analysis by the Minnesota Department of Health finds that middle and high school students who have asthma are just as likely as their peers, who do not have asthma, to participate in sports. Add ...Garden revival
Spring floods, summer droughts and temperature extremes take their toll on gardens and the gardeners who tend them. Help your gardens recover from the crazy temperature and moisture extremes that seem...
Summer Food Service Program at Excell Academy For Higher Learning
Excell Academy For Higher Learning is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and meet nutritional standards established by the U.S. Dep...'The Host' fails to excite
The words of Stephanie Meyer are back gracing the silver screen with an adaptation of her post "Twilight" series novel entitled "The Host." Please accept my apologies
"I'm sorry." "I deeply regret what happened." "I apologize." "My bad." In business, everyone makes mistakes once or twice a week. Most go unnoticed, are quickly corrected if they're caught, and the corporate wheel keeps turning. The bigger mistakes come back to haunt, or bite, us, in which case an apology might be called for. Saying you're sorry is never anyone's idea of a good time. Add a comment"Race" and the persistence of health disparities: How far have we come?
This is an excerpt of a speech delivered at the first annual "Springing Towards Health Gala" of the Minnesota Black Nurses Association on March 9, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis North, Brooklyn Center.Add a comment
What does it mean to be submissive
"Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:22). What does it mean to be submissive? Throughout my travels, the word "submit" or the concept of being submissive has always been a volatile topic. Just because the Bible says wives submit to your husband does not mean everyone believes it to be true. Some women view the word as reminder of an archaic time when it was believed that a woman's place was in the home bare-foot and pregnant. Add a commentI am simply Moore
On May 5, while some were out celebrating Cinco de Mayo, I was at home preparing a syllabus for a course I am teaching this summer.Who are the ‘people’ in ‘we the people?’
Nobody asked me, but even as this administration has ended one war and is winding down another, another war is raging here at home.Add a comment
The Lace Wig Bible: How to Style, Care & Maintain Lace Wigs
"You cannot be a top hair stylist today without working with some types of wigs or hair extensions... I have been blessed to have worked on some of the best in the Fashion, Film and Music industries.International peace group comes back to its roots
CIRCLE PINES – Mel Duncan has travelled all around the world in the last decade, getting into dangerous situations and finding peaceful solutions in a variety of global hotspots as part of Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international organization he co-founded with Quaker activist David Hartsough.Last week, however, NP made a local stop when Duncan and the group’s other leaders held their annual director’s meeting at the Circle Pines Hospitality House.
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