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,…
If philanthropic agencies knew Davis and others did not complete grant requirements, then why did agencies continue to give money?
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…
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,…
Spoiler Alert: I just thought you should know. Don’t let pluralistic ignorance get in the way of supporting a winner. By Donald Allen, Black Man, and Conservative – who does not drink the Republican establishment…