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This year I have decided against any resolutions to exercise more, eat less and refrain from working late. I have tried all of these in the past, and there are just too many intervening factors that make them impossible to keep. Mind you, I intend ...
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Pictured: Paris BennettMarie Graham is crusading on behalf of her niece, on behalf of our people, and on behalf of women everywhere. The crusade is personal, for her, and it should be for all of us as well. Graham is communicating by fax and email to ever...
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Kwanzaa is an African American holiday (December 26 - January 1) that has been celebrated in the United States for forty years. For the past 14 years, WE WIN Institute has been uplifting our children and teaching the Twin Cities about the "greatness...
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The Hennepin county board ratified NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center's Community Board selection of Stella Whitney-West as Chief Executive Officer effective December 19, 2007. Whitney-West has been the Interim CEO of NorthPoint since June 2007....
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Jodie SellersTwin Cities radio audiences and internet radio audiences globally are in for a special treat in the New Year's Day 11am broadcast of Conversations with Al McFarlane on KFAI 90.3FM Minneapolis, and 106.7FM St. Paul, and online at KFAI.org...
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Master musicians Gary Dennis Hines (standing at left), co-founder and director, Sounds of Blackness, song stylist and composer, Bernice Gregory (right); multi-instrumentalist and bandleader and recording artist, José James joined Al McFarlane...
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Sometimes, all anybody ever needs to succeed is a break.Just one good chance, that's all. A helping hand, a leg up, a little faith. Sometimes, all anybody ever needs to succeed is loving support. Or, as you'll see in the new memoir by Felicia ...
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By Ryan T. ScottIf your girlfriend was sister to an NFL player making $15 million dollars per year, would you: A. Find a gun, gather up the homies and map out a plan to rob him; or B. Get together your best business idea and be really good to his sister ...
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MPD uses demotions to achieve diversity?By Dwight Hobbes, ColumnistThe Minneapolis Police Department is in the process of having its head handed to it. On a platter.Five veterans officers, Sgt. Charles Adams, Lt. Medaria Arradondo, Lt. Lee Edwards, Lt. Do...
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Finding money to invest takes discipline. You must make an assessment of what you currently spend money on if you want to start saving. Take the money spent on food as an example. How do you shop for groceries? The following suggestions will trim hundreds...
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By Dwight Hobbes, ColumnistPictured: Mahmoud El-Kati Kinshasha Kambui's picture should be in the dictionary, right next to the words "commitment to community." And no one will agree more than the folk who've witnessed her tireless ...
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By Titilayo BediakoAfrican Americans are a mighty people. It is demonstrated time and again through endless contributions that people of African descent have made to the United States and the world. Kwanzaa is a time when we can express our greatness. Kwa...
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For some people elements of the holiday season conjure up old traditions, stories, activities, scents, smells and sights. Store shelves, commercials, front lawns displayed with lights, plus office parties, remind the religious and non-religious to buy pre...
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The University of Minnesota Student Parent HELP Center (SPHC), in collaboration with the Student Parent Association (SPA), recently held a Student Parent Visibility Day. At the event, SPHC and SPA recognized the vital contributions that student parents ma...
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By Bishop Noel JonesWhen I was coming along, in Spanish Town, Jamaica, it was: "If you get the girl pregnant. . . " Today it is, "If you get a disease . . . " So the whole thing has changed considerably. We have moved from getting s...
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Hamline University receives grant to support urban teaching effortsHamline University announced that its Graduate School of Education's Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching has been awarded $50,000 by the Otto Bremer Foundation. ...
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By Julie DesmondFinding a way to align activities with your priorities will ensure that daily goals are set - and met - even during the most hectic times....
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The Minneapolis Urban League's Roosevelt Gains received a special recognition award at the National Association of Minority Contractors-Upper Midwest (NAMC-UM) Chapter 2007 Annual Awards Banquet and Celebration. The banquet was held on Friday, Novemb...
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WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Despite all eyes being on the state of Iowa and its early Democratic presidential primary on January 3rd, it is the string of twenty-two states to hold primaries and caucuses on February 5th that will likely decide which candid...
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