Alfred Delano Flowers: Quit acting like a Bitch, Bitch!
The photo above is the text message sent by Mr. Flowers to OBN publisher Don Allen. By Quinton Webb, Staff Writer – Our Black News Minneapolis, Minn. – On Saturday, Sept. 12 at 2:33 pm,…
The photo above is the text message sent by Mr. Flowers to OBN publisher Don Allen. By Quinton Webb, Staff Writer – Our Black News Minneapolis, Minn. – On Saturday, Sept. 12 at 2:33 pm,…
By Naomi Mannino NEW YORK — Ever click through all 700 HD channels on your cable or satellite service channel lineup only to announce, “Nothing’s on…” with a long sigh? Maybe you added a streaming…
With the growing and popularity of 2016 presidential candidate Mr. Donald J. Trump, one might think local GOP state offices would get a clue and get off the status quo bus of rejecting not only…
By ANDREW J. COULSON (Originally published Sept. 2012) That’s a question I was asked this morning by a reporter. Interesting as it seems, it misses the real impact that teachers unions have on American education: protecting the…
By Ryan Douglas (Nevermore), Guest Contributor – OurBlackNews.com Dear self-deprecating white people, For the love of all that is pure and holy, please, cut that shit out. First off, I can do bad all by…
I am in awe of the man, the brand, and the image named Donald J. Trump. By Don Allen, Publisher-Veteran-Conservative Personally, as an independent conservative that does not drink the kool aid of any major…
Enough is enough. The organizers of the Twin Cities Black Lives Matter movement are planning a protest, march and rally focused on the Minnesota State Fair. I cannot comprehend the strategic planning, if any, by…
Collective Impact Organizations, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Public Schools, Achievement Gap, Learners of Color
Lynnell Mickelsen is a long-time progressive activist who lives in Minneapolis and blogs about education at putkidsfirstmn.org. By Lynnell Mickelsen | Originally published in MinnPost on 02/23/15 Here’s a modest education proposal for my fellow white people,…
By David Cay Johnston, AlterNet | Op-Ed Inequality is about much more than the growing chasm of income and wealth between those at the very top and everyone else in America. It’s also about education,…