University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler announced Wednesday that use of racial descriptions will be reduced considerably in U police crime alerts. The issue has been a contentious one on campus since the student group Whose Diversity? staged a sit-in Feb. 9 in Kaler’s Morrill Hall offices and listed the cessation of racial descriptions in crime reports as one of its … [Read more...]
Popularity grows for hometown singer PaviElle
As PaviElle French’s voice lifted the audience’s spirits at First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2014 show, it was easy to see why the audience danced along with her. French’s music embodies her life experiences. She creates something timeless, something everybody can relate to she said recently at the Acadia Café in Minneapolis. French doesn’t go by a stage name, and smiled when … [Read more...]
Givens family contributions: Affordable housing, literature, history, education
Many African Americans migrated to the North from the South upon being declared free people. Most came for opportunities to experience a new life and to build new foundations for their newfound freedom. For many, this freedom would mean a new and unpredictable journey. Towards the middle of the 20th century, this migration continued and brought with it a young man named Archie … [Read more...]
PHOTOS | Greater Twin Cities United Way celebrates 100 years
The Greater Twin Cities United Way recognized a century of service and volunteering with the Good for Generations celebration, gathering 3,000 volunteers from over 450 companies at the Minneapolis Convention Center February 19. The sold-out centennial gala utilized social media and the hashtag #Next100 to raise awareness of its goal to engage 100,000 new volunteers in 2015. … [Read more...]
Critics say GOP education reform would hurt poor and Black students
As the Republican-led Congress prepares to update the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), civil rights groups, educators and student advocates fear that current proposals leave many poor and Black children behind. According to analysis by the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington, D.C. –based progressive think tank, the bill submitted by Senator Lamar … [Read more...]