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Wednesday February 22nd 2012
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Obama Signs Act to Allow Detention of Citizens

Obama Signs Act to Allow Detention of Citizens

IBNN NEWS Editorial Note: I'm shocked by the deafening silence on an issue such as this by Black America and it's leadership. Some say the Republican Party of America wants to take us back to Jim Crowe? That would be rhetoric; President Obama's signing of this act is reality. Obama not only signed a bill into law stating that American's can be [...]

ON POINT! Special Christmas show LIVE from Washington, DC

ON POINT! Special Christmas show LIVE from Washington, DC

Northside Achievement Zone's Sondra Sameuls said on Friday, December 23rd at approximately 9:45 a.m. -  in regards to the $28 million grant, "If the outcomes don't get better in 5-years, I'll step down." Does that mean another name-change is in the making?   ...ON POINT! travels to the nations capital to broadcast current events, [...]

All Silent at the Minnepolis Urban League. Tune in to ON POINT! at 4 p.m. today (12/17)

All Silent at the Minnepolis Urban League. Tune in to ON POINT! at 4 p.m. today (12/17)

Tune in today at 4 p.m. for one of the most talked about radio programs in the Twin Cities and across the globe. ON POINT! will give a very important history lesson today. Click here to listen - today's topic: "The FAIL of Minneapolis' Black Infrastructure."

Minneapolis Urban League…Lost? Part 1: Tune in Saturday to ON POINT!

Minneapolis Urban League…Lost? Part 1: Tune in Saturday to ON POINT!

Join co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they take you on a journey of adventure, intrigue about the happenings in Black communities around the United States and locally here in our home state of Minnesota. Something is wrong with everything from Shiloh International Ministries protecting another individual "fleecing the flock," to the [...]

National Peace and Justice Summit to be held in Minneapolis? Get your permits to carry now!

National Peace and Justice Summit to be held in Minneapolis? Get your permits to carry now!

In a city where a trigger happy, White red-neck, neo-Nazi bastard can open fire on a Black man and kill him (them) in cold blood – robbery or no robbery, organizers of a Gang Murder Summit intend on inviting back the plague that hit the Twin Cities in the late 80’s – got your permit to carry? by Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in [...]

Part 2: Council on Black Minnesotans executive director responds to investigation findings

Part 2: Council on Black Minnesotans executive director responds to investigation findings

Editors note: This posting is part two in a three part story that will end up asking former governor Tim Pawlenty and current governor Mark Dayton what the hell were they thinking in appointing board members that have no contact with the “core” Black community in Minnesota.  Please view Mr. Collins response. If he goes, others must also [...]

Part 1: Student African American Brotherhood/B2B at MCTC Presents: Black Men in America – A Real Conversation

Part 1: Student African American Brotherhood/B2B at MCTC Presents: Black Men in America – A Real Conversation

IBNN NEWS and its affiliates; ON POINT, Black Focus and Black Politics in Minneapolis are proud to announce a long overdue conversation with real people. Black Men in America will be held on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, 4:30–6 p.m. K Building, Room K.3360 on the beautiful campus of Minneapolis Community and Technical College in downtown Minneapolis, [...]

Minnesota’s First People suffer from the lack of inclusion and enforcement of affirmative action

Minnesota’s First People suffer from the lack of inclusion and enforcement of affirmative action

Watch the video below very carefully. It paints a picture of benign neglect by the Minnesota’s DFL political plantation for Minnesota’s Native America’s being denied, obstructed and block out for opportunities of economic development. Doesn’t this sound familiar “brothers and sisters?” The revolution needs to start today. Governor Mark [...]

7% of Black 8th-graders perform math at grade level…doesn’t that say enough?

7% of Black 8th-graders perform math at grade level…doesn’t that say enough?

IBNN NEWS will feature a series about Black Men in America which shows something is seriously wrong and the "invisible hand" is still at work in the United States to keep Black men from rising up. We will start with facts about Black Men, then turn to editorials about the issues and what the solutions could be. Dr. Donna Ford has the solutions, [...]

Group asks Public Schools, Businesses and Residents to take money out of Wells Fargo

Group asks Public Schools, Businesses and Residents to take money out of Wells Fargo

Not only should NOC hold Wells Fargo accountable, they should look at the City of Minneapolis federal foreclosure funds and ask both Wells Fargo and the city “what happened?”
 Could this be the start of "Occupy Black?" by Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief/IBNN NEWS and Black Politics in Minnesota -Video and Photos by IBNN [...]

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