‘Editorial Opinion’ Archives
What happened to Jerome Gordon Jackson?
Jerome Gordon Jackson, 28 - where is he? Tune in on Saturday, May 25 on BlogTalkRadio’s Black Politics in Minneapolis featuring the program ON POINT as co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen discuss many issues on a local and global level. The program starts at 3 p.m. (CST) and can be heard by clicking on this link: [...]
Mysterious circumstances of Jerome Gordon Jackson: Did he really jump off the Hennepin Avenue Bridge? Possible cover up in full motion
Police misconduct or Suicide? Allegedly there is no incident report. Can someone explain how Jackson got from highway 252 back into downtown Minneapolis? This is the second Black male to go into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, if that's really what happened... IBNN Special Report – Community Alert Issued Minneapolis, MN...On May [...]
Two Years After Tornado “Nancy” 2011: Not better then before, but worse
In the video below (by IBNN), many black women who approached the tornado recovery organization were sent packing. In 2013, we can still see the effects of the 2011 tornado. Houses still remain with the signature blue tarps; an increase in the homeless population and no jobs created for residents in north Minneapolis – in spite of the [...]
Minnesota could tax my smokes to help pay for the “People’s Stadium” – Hey, F**K You!
Screw you and your stupid creative financing. Maybe governor Mark Dayton can raise money for the new people’s stadium by taxing some people in his cabinet members for dropping the ball on civil rights, contract compliance enforcement and that silly little oversight of not hiring any blacks on the state capital restoration project. Matter of [...]
The successful Outsourcing of Black Blight: The House Negro Syndrome
"White America no longer needs the KKK. There are House N****rs that will get the work done for them." by Donald Allen, Editor-In-Chief - OurBlackNews.com Black Americans? How many you need? (photo:www.arabawy.org) Booker T. Washington said, “To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.” The great words from Mr. [...]
Youth Coordinating Board (YCB) meets: Where was the Northside Achievement Zone?
NAZ: "Doing very little or nothing is not something that you keep locked away and hidden from the general public. Or maybe you do..." This is the story: Something observed has to be measured to be analyzed; One cause can have more than one effect; One effect can be caused by more than one cause; Causes almost certainly have to be [...]
Does Minnesota Need a “13th” Grade?
Finding ways to keep black students behind the curve. If it does not happen by white men, there are black men and women who will step in. by Donald Allen, Editor-in-Chief – OurBlackNews.com and The Independent Business News Network Minneapolis, MN - The Minnesota House of Representatives have enacted a bill attempting to establish a [...]
St. Paul Police Department wants youths away from the system and in School
Please, take our poll on the right----> Drop Out to Drop Ins - showing immediate success is very important. (Numbers based on estimates.) Click photo to enlarge. “There will come a time when the need for a grassroots community engagement will put Black and Hispanic men and women back in their communities to reach the youth that need to [...]
Northside Achievement Zone: Aiming kids towards College? Former NAZ board member pulls the covers off no achievement in NAZ
Expected college graduation for poor minority students in 2035 does nothing to fix issues in 2013. On Saturday, April 27 a former board member of Peace Foundation/NAZ was interviewed on the Internet radio program ON POINT with Ronald A. Edwards and myself. This former board member uncovered that NAZ was not doing the community any favors and [...]
Boutique Engagement: Children Affected by Educational Disasters
Tune into Saturday, April 27. 2013 at 3 p.m. (CST) to ON POINT with co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they discuss the latest in news and information. This is a special 90-minute program to deal with "Who is really black in Minnesota." Click here to listen. by Donald Allen, Editor-in-Chief - OurBlackNews.com Samuels and [...]
