Is the New MN Black Power, Non-Power?
Yeah, starting over…that’s what needs to happen in Minnesota’s Black community. A reset of the most critical type is long overdue in this town.
Editorial Opinion
Black Silence: When will we address the opioid epidemic?
All African Americans, regardless of gender and age, have been impacted. For those who may doubt the word “epidemic,” I urge you to speak to your elected leaders and to the Minnesota Health Department.
150,000 Black Churches Condemn Marc Morial and The National Urban League for Accepting Blood Money from Wells Fargo
Washington DC – The National Black Church Initiative, a coalition of 34,000 churches representing 15.7 million African Americans has issued a letter condemning The National Urban League and the Wells Fargo Stakeholder Advisory Council for their moral silence and collaboration with Wells Fargo who has been fined over a billion dollars for stealing from homeowners and churches.
The New Black, Bullets and Racism
If a police officer can unload his weapon into a black body, and people raise funds to support the officer – be mindful, an American civil war is fast approaching – and it will be televised: “The New Black, Bullets and Racism.”
Should Voters in 59B Vote for the Other Guy? Exclusive: Letter to Voters from Lacy Johnson
“Everyone looks for conflict of interests but never looks at common interests. This is our problem, the Black Minnesotans curse and rationale for how easy it is for anyone to gentrify any neighborhood in Black…
2018 TC Social Justice Ed Fair at the Science Museum of Minnesota: Rejecting Mediocrity
Rejecting Mediocrity…
If humanity is our virtue, then why do we continue to invest in wounds?
Mental Illness in the Minnesota’s Black Community will turn in to millions of dollars for everybody but us. When will we have a chance to invest in the strength of Minnesota’s Black culture versus its wounds?
You cannot have Justice or Peace within a framework of Inequality; they’re Incompatible
Black Americans own little to no corporate media. When laid out more specifically, there are 1500 newspapers, 1100 magazines, 9000 radio station, 1500 TV stations, 2400 publishers owned by only three corporations…
Did a Minnesota construction firm build sub-standard Housing in Haiti?
After the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, the US government responded with an ambitious plan to build 15,000 new houses in the country. But the ensuing program to put roofs over the heads of displaced Haitians has included a boondoggle of epic proportions at one $35 million housing development, where shoddy construction practices and faulty sewage systems are currently the subject of an ongoing investigation.
Dr. Nekima Levy-Pounds must lead the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights
We have many challenges in Minneapolis’ Black community…the appointment of Levy-Pounds as head of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights would be a step in the right direction. By Don Allen, Senior Editorial Columnist Minneapolis,…