The Best 3 Cities for Black Men to Succeed
by Kenrya Rankin, Guest Columnist – Our Black News Work, school, love—there are lots of reasons why people relocate. But if you are—or love—a Black man living in America, you might want to consider what…
Politics
The cost of white privilege
Black Lives Matter Minneapolis reportedly sent representative to talk to the Governor recently, but apparently raised no demands related to their concerns about gaps in access to jobs, housing, education, etc. Are they content with tokenism as usual, such as another job training program.
Minneapolis and St. Paul mayor’s campaign fables do not end Veterans Homelessness in 2015
The state has already distributed $100 million, according to local sources to non-culturally competent agencies while dismissing the need for a black agency to handle the mental health and homelessness issues of black Minnesotans.
Zimbabwe to Officially Use China’s Currency
The country’s finance minister has announced the plan to adopt the Chinese yuan as legal tender in return for debt cancellation worth about $40m.
Update: Alleged violations within Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center go unchecked
Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center, including Boys Totem Town involved in possible violation of county policies
National experts on Community Policing right here in Minnesota; Dayton, DFL, Minneapolis officials ignore “gift”
R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer and inventor wrote, “To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
Honoring the life of Jamar Clark…Why?
There’s some common sense that isn’t being used and whole lot of defiance.
The Death of Jamar Clark versus the Invisible Black-on-Black Murdered
The reason Black Lives Matter has a lot of eyes rolling is not because people don’t care about black people and don’t understand the problem with police.
Minnesota governor Mark Dayton thinks Black Minnesotans are just plain stupid
Silly governor, tricks are for kids.
Give me your tired, your poor: Don’t Block progress because of privilege
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”…