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News June 2, 2015

Minnesota Department of Education Parent Information Focus Groups scheduled

Our Black News – Community Alert 2015  *See Letter to Parents and Guardians below Letter to Recruit Parents-Focus-Groups The Minnesota Department of Education is working on a redesign of the Individualized Student Reports (ISRs) provided…


African American (Blackness), Critical Thinking, Editorial Opinion, News, Politics May 31, 2015

Governor Mark Dayton’s Pre-K Plan (information) is purposely being kept away from Black Minnesotans

The evolution of Jim Crow seems to follow black Minnesotans into employment, economic development and education. The governor’s universal preschool plan for 4-year-olds will drive every program created by people of color outside MN’s public…


Editorial Opinion, News, Politics May 29, 2015

Is Downtown Minneapolis is safe…do black youth have summer jobs? (No)

If young black at-risk students do not have summer jobs to look forward to, downtown Minneapolis will become the mecca of hanging out, which leads to nothing but bad things. Come on, we have seen…


News, Politics May 28, 2015

Medical cannabis law changes clarify use in health care facilities

Medical marijuana news in Minnesota. Certification and registration starts June 1 Media inquiries: Scott Smith – MDH Communications, Phone: 651-201-5806 During the final days of the 2015 regular legislative session, state lawmakers amended Minnesota’s medical…


Editorial Opinion, Minnesota Homeless Veterans, Minnesota Veterans, News May 26, 2015

Military Families’ Reliance On Food Stamps Hit A Record High

Editors note: DOD-run stores, known as commissaries, sell food to active-duty and retired military personnel and their families at prices that are lower than what private grocers charge. Nearly $104 million of the $6.2 billion in total…


African American (Blackness), News, Politics May 26, 2015

The Suicide Rate for African American Boys has doubled since 1993

By Your Black World A study published in the JAMA Pediatrics on Tuesday found that black-boys suicide rate among has doubled since 1993. The suicide rate among white children during the same period has declined. The…


African American (Blackness), Critical Thinking, Editorial Opinion, News, Politics, Social Constructs (Social Sciences) May 26, 2015

What can the Minneapolis Urban League do to survive it’s own reputation?

Today I, Don Allen offer an olive branch to the Minneapolis Urban League. If I have to work to help keep the doors open, then let it be. It is much more important the agency…


Editorial Opinion, Minnesota Homeless Veterans, Politics May 25, 2015

Open Letter to Minnesota’s Homeless Black Veterans: The historical legacy of exclusion still follows us in this challenge too

The date of my enlistment will never expire. The oath I took I swore to leave no soldier behind; to make sure all soldiers are accounted for and no soldier who served in the United…


Critical Thinking, Philosophy, Queer Theory, Social Constructs (Social Sciences) May 24, 2015

Postmodern Deconstruction of Queer Studies

By Don Allen, Publisher – Our Black News The postmodern effects of thinking are seen in our Western culture, with homosexual, bisexual, and polyamorous behavior becoming more acceptable to Americans, but it also creates a…


Creative Writing Seminar, Critical Thinking, Editorial Opinion, Prose Poems May 24, 2015

They don’t need signs

It does not matter; black or white, you are not born a racist. Being a racist is a skill-sets taught to those with a lower-level of thinking. By Don Allen, Publisher – Our Black News They…


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