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Critical Thinking, Local News (MN), National News (United States), News, Our Black News January 19, 2017

Mpls mayoral candidate Alfred Flowers on the Black Republican, Black Democrat Show, Saturday at 6pm

Don Allen and Jamar Nelson are pleased to announce the return of the Black Talk Radio Jedi on the “Black Republican, Black Democrat Show. The political talk show will feature resident conservative Black-American, Donald Allen and “supporter of everything Democrat” and all around nice liberal Jamar Nelson. The duo will be co-hosting the Twin Cities News Talk AM 1130, FM 103.5 on Saturday’s at 6pm CST. Audiences may also listen online using the #iHeart Radio app (search for Twin Cities News Talk). The Black Republican, Black Democrat Show features in-depth conversations about education, community accountability, current events, election news and of course…politics.

African American (Blackness), Editorial Opinion, Local News (MN) December 28, 2016

Somali chaos in St. Cloud; check Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota

…An indicator that the heat is on some of these phony Christian organizations is that they are changing their names. Note that World Relief Minnesota is now Arrive Ministries and Lutheran Social Services of New England is now Ascentria Care Alliance…

Editorial Opinion, Local News (MN), National News (United States), News, Politics December 23, 2016

Community Activist Alfred D. Flowers enters the Minneapolis Mayor’s race

“The issues before us continue to be balancing fiscal responsibility with sound judgment. One example is the problem of the Minneapolis city council wanting to open a city owned bank; shouldn’t we worry about the current uninformed city council members and mayor and have them to work on items the people are interested in? It is clear that this kind of thing happens because of the city’s unwillingness to make cognitive improvement over the years.

Critical Thinking, Editorial Opinion, Global News (World Report), Local News (MN), News, Our Black News September 1, 2016

The continued battle by Michael Keefe for Justice

We have just learned from sources in Washington, D.C., that the Department of Justice will open an investigation into the matter of Michael Keefe and move against the city of Minneapolis with indictments of criminal charges against current and former Minneapolis officials.

Uncategorized April 9, 2016

The Minneapolis Urban League does not represent my interests as a Black Man in Minnesota

I guess my first question would be who died and put the Minneapolis Urban League in charge of black people? It seems to me this ought to be enough for the governor and state legislators to question the validly of encumbering $75 million dollars in an effort to fix generational disparities.

African American (Blackness), Critical Thinking, Editorial Opinion, News, Our Black News, Problem Solving, Social Constructs (Social Sciences) April 3, 2016

Franklin and Clark are Dead: Black Unemployment at 40% (Minneapolis)

Like Terrence Franklin, in six-months Jamar Clark will fade from all tables of conversations. This is normative history of Minneapolis. The question is will you be a part of a system that addresses the community’s disparities, or will you continue a boutique protest that certainly cannot help Franklin or Clark?