Top: Lauren Carter, (l) North Memorial Health Senior Marketing Consulting, and Jessi Kingston, North Memorial Health System Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with Northside entrepreneur Teto Wilson, of Wilson’s Image, at Live Your Healthy Lyfe Block Party in North Minneapolis last Saturday. Above: Byron Hawkins, Director of the TKO Drumline and Knockout Dance Team. Drummers left to right: Ja’von Smith and Deontae Depratto. Left to right: Taya Williams, Caylen Lee, Jewel Bianchi and Virnia Depratto.
“This is for community This is it. I pray that the community receives it. This is a day for community to be able to access what it is they need,” Wilson said.
Photos by Lou Michaels/Insight News photographer
OUR HEALTH ISHEALTH OUR BUSINESS Businessman
Teto Wilson says Your Healthy Lyfe block -
party bridges people, resources Vol. 49 No. 35• The Journal For Community News, Business & The Arts • insightnews.comVol 49 No 35• The Journal For News, Business & The Arts • insightnews comAugust 29 29, 2022
“People in our community are suffering and dying from illnesses that are really preventable and treatable. I’m tired of riding down the street and seeing our brothers and sisters looking like zombies because the drug issue is really bad. I get so many brothers that come in the shop to get haircuts and they’re suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes,” Wilson said.
“We have to be healthy mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, socially, financially, - in our homes, in our schools. I mean, that’s at the core of everything that we do. It really takes a complete well-rounded health ecosystem for people to be able to thrive... If we’re not healthy, it impacts every single aspect of our life,” Wilson said.
Northside business leader Teto Wilson’s West Broadway block party last week brought community and resources together to create greater access and awareness about the health priorities of the community. Wilson owns Wilson’s Image, 2126 West Broadway, and worked with a coalition of North Minneapolis business and community leaders to create the Live Your Healthy Lyfe block party Saturday, August 20th Speaking to the monthly meeting of the Northside Urban Coalition the day before the block party, Wilson said, “For a long time there’s been this barrier between our community and healthcare systems. The healthcare system has not always been friendly to African American communities. I’ve set out to be a bridge between our community and healthcare systems, because we need it.”
Live
September 4, 20222022 4 2022 INSIGHT NEWS IS AUDITED BY THE ALLIANCE FOR AUDITED MEDIA TO PROVIDE OUR ADVERTISER PARTNERS WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF MEDIA AS SURANCE.I N S I G H T N E W S I S A U D I T E D B Y T H E A L L I A N C E F O R A U D I T E D M E D I A T O P R O V I D E O U R A D V E R T I S E R P A R T N E R S W I T H T H E H I G H E S T L E V E L O F M E D I A A S S U R A N C E Insight News News
Page 2 • August 29 2022 September 4 202229, 2022 - 4, 2022• Insight News insightnews.com
(D-MN)Klobuchar Wikipedia Brittney Griner blahaforauditor Julie Blaha photo/kemalbas With over 13,500 cases, the U.S. has reported more monkeypox infections than any other country. Health officials: 87 monkeypox cases so far in Minnesota WHO 6 Insight NewsInsight NewsVol 49 No 35• The Journal For Community News, Business & The Arts • insightnews comVol. 49 No. 35• The Journal For Business & The Arts • insightnews.comAugust 29 29, 2022, 2022 September 4, 2022- 2022 I N S I G H T N E W S I S A U D I T E D B Y T H E A L L I A N C E F O R A U D I T E D M E D I A T O P R O V I D E O U R A D V E R T I S E R P A R T N E R S W I T H T H E H I G H E S T L E V E L O F M E D I A A S S U R A N C EINSIGHT NEWS IS AUDITED BY THE ALLIANCE FOR AUDITED MEDIA TO PROVIDE OUR ADVERTISER PARTNERS WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF MEDIA AS SURANCE. MinneapolisNews teacher contract race language ignites firestormPAGE 6 Book Review The Perfect SeductionPAGE 7
data from Basketball Reference. Stars earn vastly more, such as Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, who make $45.7 million and $42 million a year, respectively. By comparison, WNBA players earn an average of $130,000 a Womenyear. athletes in America earn far less than their male counterparts. Indeed, they also have less access to lucrative sponsorships.The success of the U.S. women’s soccer team to gain “equal gender pay”
Minnesota health officials on Thursday reported 87 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the state, as they offered an update on a viral infection that has aroused concern around the globe. The state has had fewer cases so far than Michigan (108) but more than Wisconsin’s 43 and Iowa’s 15, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of Minnesota’s cases have come in the metropolitan area, and most are in men, the Minnesota
WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a briefing on the matter, said the virus is no longer behaving as it did in the past and therefore should be renamed. But a public narrative persists in suggesting the current outbreak is linked to Africa, West Africa or Nigeria, noted a group of 29 biologists and other researchers. That builds
“I don’t think too many little girls grow up dreaming of being a state auditor,” said Julie Blaha, running for re-election in November. “I suppose the first time I thought about it in some capacity was when my mom became the first woman to ever serve on a committee in Burns Township. The northern Anoka County town is now a bustling metropolis. But back then, Mom decided it was time to get the roads paved. She was sick of the dust and our neighbor, Mr. Lane, who was on oxygen, not being able to sit on his porch.
severelytheliamsGOATWevirtuallywhitenalizedscrutinized,professions.whetheritnegativelywithditionsderhaveallintennis-basketball/gender-pay-gap-sports-soccer-www.cbsnews.com/news/(https://)wasasteptherightdirection,butnotwomen’sprofessionalsportsmadetheshiftintoagen-equitymindsetandpractice.Theseunequalcon-ofpayandcontactthejusticesystemarecompoundedwhencomestoBlackwomen—insportsorotherWearedoublycritiqued,andpe-farmoreoftenthanourfemalecounterpartsinanyotherprofession.allrecallthetreatmentoftennisplayerSerenaWil-argumentwitharefereeatFrenchOpenCup.Shewaspenalizedsuchthat Amy
GRINER 6 No safe space for Black women globally: Brittney Griner & Russia’s Anti-Blackness & Anti-American ruling Senator
Previously published on Medium, Aug 23, 2022 (https://bit. ly/IrmaonBGriner)Theguilty behind once
first hit the news
Release Updated Bipartisan Journalism Bill KLOBUCHAR 8BLAHA 8
“Our democracy is strongest when a free and diverse press can inform citizens and hold power to account,” said Cicilline, Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law. “But today, the free press is in economic freefall— especially local news—thanks to the free-riding of dominant online platforms, who seize news
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced plans to find a new name for the viral disease informally known as ‘monkeypox’ which, says the world body, is “discriminatory and stigmatizing.”
WHO wants name change for ‘Monkeypox’ virus, calling it ‘discriminatory and stigmatizing’
By Irma McClaurin, PhD Columnist By Brenda Lyle-Gray
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Senator John Kennedy (R-LA); Representative David Cicilline (D-RI); Representative Ken Buck (R-CO); and Senate and House Judiciary Committee Chairs Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released a revised and expanded version of the bipartisan Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to address dominant online platforms’ power over news organizations. The bill removes legal obstacles to news organizations’ ability to negotiate collectively and secure fair terms from gatekeeper platforms that regularly access news content without paying for its value. The legislation also allows news publishers to demand arbitration if they reach an impasse in those negotiations. The revised bill can be found HERE. “As the daughter of a newspaperman, I understand firsthand the vital role that a free press plays in strengthening our democracy. But local news is facing an existential crisis in our country, with ad revenues plummeting, newspapers closing, and many rural communities becoming ‘news deserts’ without access to local reporting. To preserve strong, independent journalism, we have to make sure news organizations are able to negotiate on a level playing field with the online platforms that have come to dominate news distribution and digital advertising,” said Klobuchar, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights. “Our bipartisan legislation ensures media outlets will be able to engage in good faith negotiations to receive fair compensation from the Big Tech companies that profit from their news content, allowing journalists to continue their critical work of keeping communities informed.” “Local papers are the heart and soul of journalism, and they break the news that millions of Americans rely on every day,” said Kennedy, Senate Judiciary Committee member and original sponsor of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act “However, tech giants like Facebook and Google are hammering local publications by keeping them from making a profit on Big Tech platforms—and it’s killing local journalism. This bill supports the little guy by allowing local news providers to better negotiate with tech companies for the earnings they deserve.”
insightnews.com Insight News • August 29 2022 September 4 202229, 2022 - 4, 2022 • Page 3
MONKEYPOX 6
MN Auditor: Protecting freedom to make decisions about our communities
Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA
It has been reported in 39 countries so far in 2022, and most of them are having their first-ever cases of the disease, according to the WHO. Klobuchar, Kennedy, Cicilline, Buck, Durbin, Nadler
EducationCultureandEditor
judgment against Brittney Griner, WNBA Basketball player, cements the reality of anti-blackness as a global phenomenon teny?rious,whoseWhelaneralsooccursnerable,simplytress,whenwithtimecueStatesalomaticfairscommentaryWpzN3hUZU1uQ).apple.news/ATrcxXgVfQw-(https://Itisalsoaonthestate-of-af-ofAmerican-Russiandip-relations.HadBrittneybeen“blondie”,wouldtheUnitedhaveactedsoonertores-her?Wehavewitnessedandagainthequicknesswhichthepublicrespondswhitewomenareindis-andhowBlackwomenarenotviewedasbeingvul-soalotoffootdraggingwhenweareintrouble.HowisitthattheU.S.hitchedthereleaseofanoth-imprisonedAmerican,Paulaccusedofespionage,chargesarefarmorese-tonegotiationsforBrit-Whelanwasalreadyleft
A childhood friend couldn’t ride her bike because she had asthma. So, she got herself appointed to the Township road and bridge committee even though we didn’t have a bridge yet. The neighbors all got together and the roads got paved. That was when I could see that local government and community activism could really make a difference.” Blaha taught middle school math. Because she really wanted to support her students and their families, she learned everything she could about school finance. School systems were about processes, and she wanted to learn the game. It didn’t take long for the future president of her union to move on up the career ladder to eventually becoming the first woman to become the treasurer of the MN AFL-CIO. She worked on“Ipensionsshowed people how take a budget and available resources and match them to the values of an individual or organization. If a person can vote,” she said, “they are capable of voting on a billiondollar issue, and that would be a good vote. Cultural institutional shorthand should not limit or assume what people
NBARussianispendedusuallyfensesentenceinlesscrimetiesreleasetohtmltics/trevor-reed-russia/index.www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/poli-Trevorprisonerdidindex.html)whelan-left-behind-statement/com/2022/04/27/politics/paul-(https://www.cnn.becausetheU.S.notincludehimina2019exchangethatbroughtReedhome(https://)?Doesn’tattachinghimBrittneyasaconditionofhercomplicatethepossibili-forher?Griner’sso-calledof“…tryingtosmugglethan1gramofcannabisoilherluggage”isludicrous.Herof9yearsforanof-herRussianlawyerssaycarries5yearsandasus-sentenceprovesBrittneylittlemorethanthevictimofpoliticalretaliation.Andwherewastheinthiswhenit needcrazydiplomacy”—Itheybutregarding-brittney-griner),news/wnba-and-nba-statement-supportplayer?cloutposalthehtml)?ball/nba-brittney-griner-russia.com/2022/07/22/sports/basket-(https://www.nytimes.Whydidn’titmobilizemachoresourcesatitsdis-anditsglobalathletictoassistasisterbasketballTheyhaveaddedtheir(https://www.nba.com/itwasn’timmediate,andhaven’ttried“basketballmean,whereisDennisRodmanwhenyouhim?
The only reason Brittney has played Russian basketball for the last 7 years is because of gendered pay inequities in American sports, for which the NBA and NFL and major league baseball teams are complicit. Shame on us, shame on US gender inequality in sports, shame on American athletics! We decry disparate practices abroad around multiple issues, yet perpetuate racial, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination and inequality at home. While women (and some men), mostly Democrats, but a few Republicans as well, lobby to reinstate Roe v. Wade and women’s right to make their own decisions about their bodies and reproductive health, Americans should also turn our attention to implementing pay equity for women across all professions, including sports. The NBA should mount a “Go Fund Me” page for Brittney; she will need both financial and emotional support whenever she comes home. Having financial stability for recovery is a necessity! And, it’s not like the professional NBA boyz club can’t afford it. They can, and then some. This is the top google snippet that popped up when I searched for “earnings of women athletes v. men”: The average male NBA player earns $5.3 million a year, according to 2021-2022
Canalón_de_Timbiquí_Image_c The Boston
Spanish
A Colômbia é o país da América Latina e Caribe onde os sobrenomes de origem africana foram mantidos devido à cultura de resistência dos descendentes das diferentes civilizações africanas. Eles foram sequestrados do continente mãe por cinco séculos. Sobrenomes como Loango, Mina, Carabali, Matamba, Lucumi, Angola, Congo, Arara, Ambuila e Malemba, entre outros, aparecem em territórios afrocolombianos desde a colônia até os diasNasatuais.minhas viagens a Cuba e ao Brasil, países onde a escravidão só foi abolida em 1886 e 1888 no século XIX, não observei a diversidade de sobrenomes de origem africana que existem na Colômbia. A explicação para a presença significativa de sobrenomes africanos na Colômbia, é devido ao fato de que houve muitas rebeliões contra a escravidão e ao fugir para a selva e construir novos povos, foi a principal causa para a manutenção de sobrenomes africanos para preservar sua identidade étnica, espiritual e cultural até o século XXI. Os escravizadores impuseram um nome católico aos africanos, mas seus sobrenomes da África subsaariana foram preservados como um ato de rebelião. Procedencia dos Sobrenomes Africanos Os sobrenomes usados pelos africanos de ascendência africana podem ser agrupados de acordo com suas origens em quatro grandes civilizações.Os sobrenomes Matamba, Congo, Angola, Malemba e Ambuila, vieram do antigo território chamado Kongo Día Nntotela, que tinha sua capital espiritual chamada Mbanza Kongo, localizada no que hoje é a República de Angola. Kongo Día Ntotela tinha uma extensão territorial que partia do que hoje é Angola e abrangia o Congo Brazaville, a República Democrática do Congo, o Gabão e a Guiné Equatorial. Nesse espaço, encontra-se a unidade linguística bantu, e parte de seus elementos linguísticos são classificados em Kikongo, Loango, Umbundu, Kimbundu, e suas variantes, como Lingala e Monokutaba.Osegundo grupo é formado pelo grupo da civilização Ewe-Fon que na Colômbia vamos obter como Mina e Arara, localizada no que é hoje o País de Benin e Togo, que no passado constituía o reino de Dahomey; esta área é de onde vem o nome Mina, que é o segundo sobrenome da vice-presidente da Colômbia Francia Marquez MINA. O terceiro grupo compreende o sobrenome Carabali, localizado em Calabar, território hoje pertencente à costa atlântica da Nigéria. O nome Carabali vem da civilização Efik-Efok. O último grupo é composto pelo sobrenome Lucumi, e dizer Lucumi é dizer Yoruba, que também está localizado na Nigéria. Sua diáspora através do comércio de escravos é tão grande quanto a diáspora do Congo. Essas quatro diásporas africanas, Kongo, Ewe-Fon, EfikEfik e Yoruba na Colômbia, expressam o processo da cultura de resistência africana que não se rendeu ao sistema escravista ocidental e enriqueceu a identidade do povo colombiano. Sem a presença africana, a Colômbia não é a Colômbia.
By Jesus Chucho Garcia (Special from Bogota) Translation by Yoji Senna
from the former territory called Kongo Día Nntotela, which had its spiritual capital called Mbanza Kongo, located in what is now the Republic of Angola. Kongo Día Ntotela had a territorial extension that started from what is now Angola and encompassed Congo Brazaville, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. In that space, there is the Bantu linguistic unit, and part of its linguistic elements are classified into Kikongo, Loango, Umbundu, Kimbundu, and their variants, such as Lingala and Monokutaba. The second group is made up of the group of the Ewe-Fon civilization that in Colombia we are going to get as Mina and Arara, located in what is now the Country of Benin and Togo that in the past constituted the kingdom of Dahomey; this area is where the name Mina comes from, which is the second surname of the vice president of Colombia Francia Marquez MINA. The third group comprises the surname Carabali, located in Calabar, a territory today belonging to the Atlantic coast of Nigeria. The name Carabali comes from the Efik-Efok civilization. The last group is composed of the surname Lucumi, and to say Lucumi is to say Yoruba, which is also located in Nigeria. Its diaspora through the slave trade is as large as the Kongo diaspora. These four African diasporas, Kongo, Ewe-Fon, Efik-Efik, and Yoruba in Colombia, express the process of the culture of African resistance that did not bow to the Western slave system and enriched the identity of the ColombianWithoutpeople. the African presence, Colombia is not Colombia.
Colombia, es el país de America Latina y el Caribe, donde más se conservan los apellidos de origen africanos, como resultado de la cultura de resistencia que tuvieron los descendientes de las diferentes civilizaciones africanas que fueron secuestradas del continente madre durante cinco siglos.
Por Jesus Chucho Garcia (Especial de Bogotá) Translation by Yoji Senna
African ProvenanceSurnames’ In Colombia, the surnames of people of African descent can be grouped according to their origins into four great civilizations. The surnames Matamba, Congo, Angola, Malemba, and Ambuila, came
AfricanAfroColombiansSurnamesinColombia English text
Portuguese text
Los apellidos Matamba, Congo, Angola, Malemba, Ambuila, procedían del antiguo territorio denominado Kongo Día Nntotela, que tenia su capital espiritual llamada Mbanza Kongo, ubicada en lo que es hoy la Republica de KongoAngola.Día Ntotela tenia una extension territorial que partía desde lo que hoy es Angola y abarcaba a Congo Brazaville, Republica Democrática del Congo, Gabon y Guinea Equatorial. En ese espacio existe la unidad lingüística Bantu y parte de sus elementos lingüísticos se clasifican en lenguas como Kikongo, Loango, Umbundu, Kimbundu y sus variantes como Lingala y Elmonokutaba.segundogrupo esta conformado por el grupo de la civilización Ewe-Fon que en Colombia vamos a conseguir como Mina y Arara, ubicados en lo que hoy es el Pais de Benin y Togo que en el pasado constituía el reino de Dahomey. De aquí es donde procede el apellido Mina, el cual es el segundo apellido de la vicepresidenta de Colombia Francia Marquez MINA. El tercer grupo esta conformado por el apellido Carabali, ubicado en el Calabar, territorio hoy perteneciente a la costa Atlántica de Nigeria. El apellido Carabali procede de la civilización Efik-Efok. El ultimo grupo esta conformado por el apellido Lucumi, y decir Lucumi es decir Yoruba, el cual esta ubicado también en Nigeria y su diáspora por vía de la trata negrera es tan grande como la diáspora Kongo. Estas cuatro diáspora africana Kongo, Ewe-Fon, Efik-Efok y Yoruba en Colombia expresan el proceso de cultura de resistencia africana que no se doblego ante el sistema esclavista occidental y enriquecieron la identidad del pueblo colombiano….sin la presencia africana Colombia no es Colombia. Calendar Por Jesus Chucho Garcia (Especial desde Bogota)
Afrodescendientes
Apellidos como Loango, Mina, Carabali, Matamba, Lucumi, Angola, Congo,Arara, Ambuila, Malemba, entre otros figuran en los territorios afrocolombianos desde la colonia hasta nuestros dias. En mis viajes a Cuba y Brasil, países donde la trata negrera y la esclavitud fueron abolidas, en 1886 y 1888 del siglo XIX, no observé la diversidad de apellidos de origen africano que existen en LaColombia.explicación de la gran presencia de apellidos africanos en Colombia, se debe a que existieron muchas rebeliones contra la esclavitud y la explotación intensiva y al huir a la selva y la construcción de nuevos pueblos, fue la causa principal para que se hallan mantenido los apellidos africanos para conservan su identidad étnica, espiritual y cultural hasta el siglo XXI. Los esclavistas les impusieron un nombre católico a los africanos, pero sus apellidos procedentes de Africasubsahariana, fueron conservados como un acto rebeldía La Procendencia Africana de Los Apellidos Los apellidos que llevan los afrodescendientes africanos podemos reagruparlos según sus respectivas procedencias en cuatro grandes civilizaciones.
Colombia is the country in Latin America and the Caribbean where surnames of African origin were retained due to the culture of resistance by the descendants of the different African civilizations. They were kidnapped from the mother continent for five centuries. Surnames such as Loango, Mina, Carabali, Matamba, Lucumi, Angola, Congo, Arara, Ambuila, and Malemba, among others, appear in AfroColombian territories from the colony to the present day. In my trips to Cuba and Brazil, countries where slavery was only abolished in 1886 and 1888 in the 19th century, I did not observe the diversity of surnames of African origin that exist in Colombia. The explanation for the significant presence of African surnames in Colombia, due to the fact of many rebellions against slavery and intensive exploitation when fleeing to the jungle and building new peoples, was the leading cause for African surnames to be maintained to preserve their ethnic, spiritual and cultural identity until the 21st century. The enslavers imposed Catholic names on Africans, but their surnames from sub-Saharan Africa were preserved as an act of rebellion.
SobrenomesAfroColombianosAfricanosnaColômbia
Page 4 • August 29 2022 September 4 202229, 2022 - 4, 2022 • Insight News insightnews.com
ApellidosAfroColombianosAfricanosenColombia text
Afrodescendientes
Kolombia jẹ orilẹ-ede ni Latin America ati Caribbean nibiti awọn orukọ idile ti orisun Afirika ti wa ni ipamọ pupọ julọ, nitori abajade aṣa ti resistance ti awọn ọmọ ti awọn oriṣiriṣi awọn ọlaju Afirika ti o ni jigbe lati ilẹ iya fun ọgọrun ọdun marun. Awọn orukọ iyabi bii Loango, Mina, Carabali, Matamba, Lucumi, Angola, Congo, Arara, Ambuila, Malemba, laarin awọn miiran, han ni awọn agbegbe Afro-Colombian lati ileto titi di oni. Ninu awọn irin ajo mi si Kuba ati Brazil, awọn orilẹ-ede nibiti iṣowo ẹrú ati ifipa ti parẹ ni ọdun 1886 ati 1888 ni ọrundun 19th, Emi ko ṣe akiyesi iyatọ ti awọn orukọ idile ti orisun Afirika ti o wa ni Ilu AlayeColumbia.funwiwa nla ti awọn orukọ ile Afirika ni Ilu Columbia jẹ nitori otitọ pe ọpọlọpọ awọn iṣọtẹ wa lodi si ifi ati ilokulo aladanla ati nigbati o salọ si igbo ati ikole awọn ilu tuntun, o jẹ idi akọkọ fun awọn orukọ idile lati ṣetọju. Awọn ọmọ ile Afirika lati tọju ẹya wọn, ti ẹmi ati idanimọ aṣa sinu ọrundun 21st.Àw ọn ẹrú náà gbé orúkọ Kátólíìkì mọ àwọn ará Áfíríkà, ṣùgbọn orúkọ orúkọ wọn láti ìhà gúúsù Sàhárà ní Áfíríkà jẹ ìṣọtẹ Oriki Afrika ti Oruko Agbaye Awọn orukọ idile ti o gbe nipasẹ awọn iran-iran Afro ni a le ṣe akojọpọ ni ibamu si awọn ipilẹṣẹ wọn si awọn ọlaju nla mẹrin. Awọn orukọ idile Matamba, Kongo, Angola, Malemba, Ambuila, wa lati agbegbe atijọ ti a npe ni Kongo Día Nntotela, ti o ni olu-ilu ẹmí rẹ ti a npe ni Mbanza Kongo, ti o wa ni ohun ti o jẹ Republic of Angola bayi.Kongo Día Ntotela ni itẹsiwaju agbegbe ti o bẹrẹ lati ohun ti o jẹ Angola bayi ati pẹlu Congo Brazaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon ati Equatorial Guinea. Ni aaye yii, ẹyọ ede Bantu wa ati apakan ti awọn eroja ede rẹ jẹ ipin ni awọn ede bii Kikongo, Loango, Umbundu, Kimbundu ati awọn iyatọ rẹ bii Lingala ati monokutaba.Àwùjọ kejì jẹ àwùjọ àwọn ọlàjú Ewe-Fon tí a óò dé ní Kòlóńbíà gẹgẹ bí Mina àti Arara, tó wà ní orílẹ-èdè Benin àti Togo báyìí, tó jẹ ìjọba Dahomey láyé àtijọ Eyi ni ibiti orukọ-idile Mina ti wa, eyiti o jẹ orukọ idile keji ti Igbakeji Alakoso Ilu Columbia Francia Marquez MINA. Ẹgbẹ kẹta jẹ ti orukọ idile Carabali, ti o wa ni Calabar, agbegbe kan loni ti o jẹ ti etikun Atlantic ti Nigeria. Orukọ idile Carabali wa lati ọlaju Efik-Efok. Ẹgbẹ ti o kẹhin jẹ ti orukọ idile Lucumi, ati lati sọ Lucumi ni lati sọ Yoruba, eyiti o tun wa ni Nigeria ati awọn ara ilu ti o wa nipasẹ iṣowo ẹrú jẹ nla bi ilu Kongo. Awọn orilẹ-ede Afirika mẹrin wọnyi Kongo, EweFon, Efik-Efok ati Yoruba ni Ilu Columbia ṣe afihan ilana ti aṣa resistance Afirika ti ko tẹriba fun eto ẹrú ti Iwọ oorun ati ti mu idanimọ ti awọn eniyan Colombian… laisi wiwa Afirika Columbia jẹ kii ṣe Ilu Columbia.
Kolombiya waa dalka ku yaala Laatiin Ameerika iyo Kariibiyaanka oo ah halka ugu badan ee la ilaaliyo magacyada asal ahaan ka soo jeeda Afrika, taas oo ka dhalatay dhaqankii iska caabinta ee faracii ilbaxnimadoodii kala duwanaa ee Afrikaanka ahaa ee laga afduubtay qaaradda hooyo muddo shan qarni Magacyadaah.magacyada sida Loango, Mina, Carabali, Matamba, Lucumi, Angola, Kongo, Arara, Ambuila, Malemba, iyo kuwo kale, waxay ka muuqdaan dhulalka AfroColombian laga soo bilaabo gumeysiga ilaa maantadan la joogo. Socdaalkii aan ku tagay Cuba iyo Brazil, wadamadii ganacsiga addoonsiga iyo addoonsiga la baabi’iyay 1886 iyo 1888 qarnigii 19-aad, maan dhawrin kala duwanaanshaha magacyo asal ahaan Afrikaan ah oo ka jira Colombia.Sharaxaad ku saabsan joogitaanka weyn ee magacyada Afrikaanka ee Kolombiya waxaa sabab u ah xaqiiqda ah in ay jireen kacdoono badan oo ka soo horjeeda addoonsiga iyo dhiig-miirashada xooggan iyo markii ay u carareen kaymaha iyo dhismaha magaalooyinka cusub, waxay ahayd sababta ugu weyn ee magacyada la sii wado. Afrikaanka si ay u ilaashadaan aqoonsigooda qoomiyad, ruuxi iyo dhaqan ilaa qarniga Addoonayaashu21aad. waxay ku soo rogeen magaca Katooliga ee Afrikaanka, laakiin magacyadooda laga soo bilaabo saxaraha ka hooseeya Afrika ayaa loo ilaaliyay fal fallaago ah. Asalka Africa ee Howlada Magacyada magacyadii ay wateen Afro-sends waxa la isu ururin karaa iyadoo loo eegayo asal ahaan afar ilbaxnimo oo Magacyadawaaweyn.Matamba,
MagacyadaAfroColombiaAfricaeeKolombia Somali text
La Colombie est le pays d’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes où les noms de famille d’origine africaine sont le plus conservés, en raison de la culture de résistance qu’avaient les descendants des différentes civilisations africaines qui ont été enlevés au continent mère pendant cinqDessiècles.noms de famille tels que Loango, Mina, Carabali, Matamba, Lucumi, Angola, Congo, Arara, Ambuila, Malemba, entre autres, apparaissent dans les territoires afro-colombiens de la colonie à nos Lorsjours.demes voyages à Cuba et au Brésil, pays où la traite négrière et l’esclavage ont été abolis en 1886 et 1888 au XIXe siècle, je n’ai pas observé la diversité des patronymes d’origine africaine qui existent en Colombie.L’explication de la grande présence des noms de famille africains en Colombie est due au fait qu’il y avait de nombreuses rébellions contre l’esclavage et l’exploitation intensive et lors de la fuite vers la jungle et la construction de nouvelles villes, c’était la principale cause du maintien des noms de famille. Africains à préserver leur identité ethnique, spirituelle et culturelle au XXIe siècle. Les esclavagistes ont imposé un nom catholique aux Africains, mais leurs noms de famille d’Afrique subsaharienne ont été conservés comme un acte de rebellion. Origine Africaine des noms de Famille Les patronymes portés par les Afro-descendants peuvent être regroupés selon leurs origines respectives en quatre grandes civilisations. Les noms de famille Matamba, Congo, Angola, Malemba, Ambuila, provenaient de l’ancien territoire appelé Kongo Día Nntotela, qui avait sa capitale spirituelle appelée Mbanza Kongo, située dans l’actuelle République d’Angola. Le Kongo Día Ntotela avait une extension territoriale qui partait de ce qui est aujourd’hui l’Angola et comprenait le Congo Brazaville, la République démocratique du Congo, le Gabon et la Guinée équatoriale. Dans cet espace, l’unité linguistique bantoue existe et une partie de ses éléments linguistiques sont classés dans des langues telles que le Kikongo, le Loango, l’Umbundu, le Kimbundu et ses variantes telles que le Lingala et le monokutaba.Ledeuxième groupe est constitué du groupe de la civilisation Ewe-Fon que nous allons obtenir en Colombie sous le nom de Mina et Arara, situé dans ce qui est aujourd’hui le pays du Bénin et du Togo, qui était autrefois le royaume du Dahomey. C’est de là que vient le nom de famille Mina, qui est le deuxième nom de famille du vice-président de la Colombie Francia Marquez MINA. Le troisième groupe est composé du patronyme Carabali, situé à Calabar, un territoire appartenant aujourd’hui à la côte atlantique du Nigeria. Le nom de famille Carabali vient de la civilisation Efik-Efok.Le dernier groupe est constitué du patronyme Lucumi, et dire Lucumi c’est dire Yoruba, qui se trouve également au Nigeria et sa diaspora à travers la traite des esclaves est aussi importante que la diaspora Kongo. Estas cuatro diáspora africana Kongo, Ewe-Fon, Efik-Efok y Yoruba en Colombia expresan el proceso de cultura de resistencia africana que no se doblego ante el sistema esclavista occidental y enriquecieron la identidad del pueblo colombiano….sin la presencia africana Colombia no es La Colombie.
insightnews.com Insight News • August 29 2022 September 4 202229, 2022 - 4, 2022 • Page 5
OrukoAfroColombiansAfrikaniKolombia
Waxaa qoray Jesus Chucho Garcia (Gaar ka ah Bogota) Par Jesus Chucho Garcia (Spécial de Bogota)
Yoruba text
NomsAfroColombiensAfricainsenColombie
French text
Kongo, Angola, Malemba, Ambuila, waxay ka yimaadeen dhulkii qadiimiga ahaa ee la odhan jiray Kongo Día Nntotela, oo lahaan jiray caasimaddeeda ruuxiga ah ee Mbanza Kongo, oo ku taal waxa hadda loo yaqaan Jamhuuriyadda Angola. Kongo Día Ntotela waxa uu lahaa dhul balaadhsi oo ka bilaabmay waxa hadda loo yaqaan Angola waxaana ka mid ahaa Congo Brazaville, Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga ah ee Congo, Gabon iyo Equatorial Guinea. Meeshaan, qaybta luqadaha Bantu ayaa jirta oo qayb ka mid ah canaasiisheeda luqadeed waxaa lagu sifeeyay luqadaha sida Kikongo, Loango, Umbundu, Kimbundu iyo noocyadeeda sida Lingala iyo Kooxdamonokutaba.labaad waxay ka kooban tahay kooxdii ilbaxnimada Ewe-Fon ee aynu ka heli doonno Colombia sida Mina iyo Arara, oo ku kala yaal dalka hadda loo yaqaan Benin iyo Togo, oo waagii hore ahaa boqortooyadii Dahomey. Tani waa meesha magaca Mina uu ka yimid, kaas oo ah magaca labaad ee madaxweyne ku xigeenka Colombia Francia Marquez MINA.Kooxda saddexaad waxay ka kooban tahay magaca Carabali, oo ku yaal Calabar, dhul maanta leh oo leh xeebta Atlantic ee Nigeria. Magaca Carabali wuxuu ka yimid ilbaxnimada Efi Kooxdak-Efok. ugu dambeysa waxay ka kooban tahay magaca Lucumi, iyo in la yiraahdo Lucumi waa in la yiraahdo Yoruba, oo sidoo kale ku taal Nigeria iyo qurba-joogta iyada oo loo marayo ganacsiga addoonta waa sida qurba-joogta Kongo. Afartan qurba-joogta Afrikaan ah ee Kongo, EweFon, Efik-Efok iyo Yoruba ee Colombia waxay muujinayaan habka dhaqanka iska caabinta Afrikaanka ah ee aan u sujuudin nidaamka addoonsiga reer galbeedka iyo kobcinta aqoonsiga dadka Colombia ... iyada oo aan joogitaanka Afrikaanka Colombia waa ma Colombia.
Canalón_de_Timbiquí_Image_c The Boston Calendar Nipasẹ Jesu Chucho (PatakiGarcia lati Bogota)
unions. It has brought litigation over such issues as COVID-19 mask mandates and displays of Black Lives Matter posters. Dickey said his group is considering suing and has had a flood of Minneapolis taxpayers — and some teachers — contact them to say they are “offended that my tax dollars could go to fund this kind of racist agenda.” He argued that a 1986 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as the Wygant case bars such provisions and would serve as a precedent in Minnesota. The Wygant case involved a teachers contract in Jackson, Michigan, which took a different approach from the Minneapolis agreement. It effectively said Jackson could not make cuts that led to an overall reduction in the percentage of minority personnel employed in the district. White teachers sued after being laid off while some teachers of color with less seniority kept their jobs. A divided Supreme Court held that the layoffs violated the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. Andrew Crook, spokesman for the American Federation of Teachers, said he didn’t know of anything similar to the Minneapolis wording in contracts in other states, though he said some contracts provide exceptions from straight seniority rules for teachers in hard-to-fill specialties such as math and special education.
“The U.S. Supreme Court in the past has OK’d affirmative action when there were very valid objectives to be achieved in ultimately seeking equality for all human beings,” Daly said. “Now the question of today is: Will this concept be upheld by the courts in light of the more conservative stance on the Supreme Court? I don’t have an answer on that.” white tennis stars publicly spoke out about their far worse behavior and nominal penalties (EDITORIAL: Violations given to Williams at the US Open illustrate a double standard | Editorials | Opinion | Daily Collegian | collegian.psu.edu).Forexample, John McEnroe was notorious for his disruptive and disrespectful behavior towards tennis chair umpires, and more recently, former tennis player Andy Roddick tweeted this response about Serena’s treatment: ”…I’ve regrettably said worse and I’ve never gotten a game penalty.” But this particular incident was not just about the gender inequality in how Black women athletes are treated. It is symptomatic of global antiBlackness since Williams (and other international Black athletes) has faced virulent racism from umpires and fans (https:// after-missing-1847272358players-receive-racist-abuse-www.theroot.com/black-soccer-).Onthe financial side, Black women athletes are doubly excluded from the same earning privileges early in their careers (and even later on) as well as the sponsorship perks that we have come to associate with being a professional athlete. Brittney’s professional career and personal life have now entered into a twilight zone while she becomes a pawn of American foreign policy and diplomacy, which is exacerbated by her Black skin. As I ponder her situation, and send her wishes of hope and healing, I am struck by the fact that she may not have fared much better in the American judicialAccordingsystem! to a 2012 report by The Sentencing Project (Incarcerated Women and Girls | The Sentencing Project), while the incarceration rate of women and girls peaked at 475% between 1980 and 2000, it has since declined. However, it is still an extraordinarily high incarceration rate aryshouldpenedin-russia-and-china),the-growing-risk-of-playing-us-athletes-need-to-understand-ingtonexaminer.com/opinion/China”Riskstoarguesthatcerationthewomenthegirls/tions/incarcerated-women-and-sentencingproject.org/publica-(https://www.).Alongthesamelines,incarcerationrateforBlackhasdeclined;however,rateofBlackwomen’sincar-isstill1.7%higherthanofwhitewomen.WhileZackaryFariathat“USAthletesNeedUnderstandtheGrowingofPlayinginRussiaand(https://www.wash-whathap-toBrittneyinRussiabeastrongercaution-taleaboutbeinga
“We are removing the distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries, reporting on countries together where possible, to reflect the unified response that is needed,” the WHO said in its outbreak situation update sent out on July 23. As for what the virus should be called, the scientists suggest starting with hMPXV, to denote the human version of the monkeypox virus. Rather than geographic locations, they say, letters and numbers should be used, based on order of discovery. In that system, the lineage behind the current international outbreak would be dubbed B.1. It has been reported in 39 countries so far in 2022, and most of them are having their first-ever cases of the disease, according to the WHO. Worldwide, it says, there are around 3,100 confirmed or suspected cases, including 72 deaths. The normal initial symptoms include a high fever, swollen lymph nodes and a blistery chickenpox-like rash. Between January 1 and June 15, 2,103 confirmed cases, a probable case and one death have been reported to the WHO in 42 countries, it said. Global Information Network creates and distributes news and feature articles on current affairs in Africa. This article originally appeared in The Louisiana Weekly.
Griner From 3
siaoverseasathletesvatepenedglobalanti-blacknesstoownhomehand—wheninandchartsblindfocusNetherlands.onism-an-interdisciplinary-theory)understanding-everyday-rac-(https://sk.sagepub.com/books/derstandingEssedAfro-DutchdaylayserydayFrance“#Youtrica-keaton-38793/),(https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/ingKeaton,research.periencesFrance,theCollege,nowversityedu/trica-keaton),faculty-directory.dartmouth.(https://aformerUni-ofMinnesotaprofessor,teachingatDarthmouthgivesusinsightaboutrealityofanti-blacknessinbasedonherownex-andoveradecadeofFluentinFrench,Dr.inherbookforthcom-fromMITPressin2023entitledKnowYou’reBlackinWhen…:TheFactofEv-RacismAntiblackness,”baretherealityof“every-racism,”aphrasecoinedbyscholarPhilomenain1991inherbook“Un-EverydayRacism”thesamephenomenonintheKeaton’sbookwillonwhatshecalls“race-republicanism”and“…thetroublingdynamicscontinuitiesofantiblacknessFrenchsociety.”ButtothematteratBrittneyisbackandfree,shemayhaveherstoriesofracisminRussiaaddtoourknowledgeofhowcirculatesasaphenomenon.Hopefully,whathap-toherinRussiawillmoti-theotherAmericanwomen(andmen)whoplayingeneral,andinRus-speci
Page 6 • August 29 2022 September 4 202229, 2022 - 4, 2022• Insight News insightnews.com
Minneapolis teacher contract race language ignites on an existing stigma, although the virus has been detected without a clear link to Africa. The majority –84 percent—of confirmed cases are from the European region, followed by the Americas, Africa, Eastern Mediterranean region and Western Pacific region. “The most obvious manifestation of this is the use of photos of African patients to depict the pox lesions in mainstream media in the global north,” the researchers said. Ahmed Ogwell, deputy director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than a dozen infectious disease experts in the U.S. and Europe are soliciting suggestions for a new name using the website virological.org.
WHOWHO From 3 Health Department said. Three led to hospitalizations. Most monkeypox cases in Minnesota and the U.S. have been among men who report having sex with other men, but anyone can get monkeypox regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, Assistant Commissioner Dan Huff said. The infection typically spreads through close skinto-skin contact or prolonged face-to-face contact, said Dr. Ruth Lynfield, Minnesota’s state epidemiologist. Sexual contact is not required for monkeypox to spread. Minnesota hasn’t yet reported any cases of monkeypox among children. Oregon identified its first pediatric monkeypox case on Wednesday. With over 13,500 cases, the U.S. has reported more monkeypox infections than any other country. The viral infection is rarely fatal, according to the CDC, but can result in painful rashes and lesions around the mouth and genital areas.
Officials with other national public employee unions and professional associations either said they didn’t know of anything similar in their fields or did not respond to requests for comment.
Advocates say students from racial minorities perform better when their educators include teachers and support staff of color, and that it’s especially critical in a district that suffers from stubborn achievement gaps. Callahan said her union fought for years to get the protection added to their contract, and that she knows of two other Minnesota districts with similar Minneapolisprovisions.isoneof many districts across the U.S. struggling with declining teacher headcounts and tight budgets. But Callahan disputed that the provision threatens anyone’s job, noting that Minneapolis has nearly 300 unfilled positions as teachers and students prepare to go back to school, and the language won’t take effect until the 2023 academic year. Callahan called it “just one teensy, tiny step towards equity” that doesn’t begin to make up for many teachers of color quitting the district in recent years because they felt underpaid and disrespected.
To Lindsey West, a fifth grade teacher at Clara Barton Community School who identifies as Black and Indigenous, the seniority language is one piece of a bigger mission of improving education. West said she feels strongly that students of color benefit from having teachers that look like them, but said she’s also seen that diversity can be empowering for white students. She said she’s sometimes been the first educator of color that Black or white students have had. “We want to have kids from all demographics having experiences with people of different backgrounds and different cultures, and becoming aware that our shared humanity is what’s important, and not the things that divide us,” West said. Minneapolis Public Schools interim Superintendent Rochelle Cox declined a request for an interview.
The contract language doesn’t specifically say that white teachers would be laid off ahead of teachers of color, though critics say that’s what the effect would be. The contract exempts “teachers who are members of populations underrepresented among licensed teachers in the District,” as well as alumni of historically Black and Hispanic colleges, and of tribal colleges. Around 60% of the district’s teachers are white, while more than 60% of the students are from racial minorities.
firestorm
Two affirmative action cases set for oral arguments before the Supreme Court in October, involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, could have a bearing on the Minneapolis dispute. The cases are challenges to the consideration of race in college admission decisions.
MonkeypoxMonkeypox From 3 photo/Steve Karnowski Lindsey West, a fifth-grade teacher at Clara Barton Community School in Minneapolis who identifies as Black and Indigenous, poses at her home in suburban Minneapolis on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. A dispute has arisen over language in the new Minneapolis teachers contract that’s meant to protect teachers of color from layoffs. West said the seniority language is one piece of a bigger mission of improving education.
Affirmative action has been reviewed by the high court several times over the past 40 years and has generally been upheld, but with limits. With three new conservative justices on the court since its last review, however, the practice may be facing its greatest threat yet.
fically, to stage some kind of demonstration in support of Brittney—take a knee, raise a fist, wear a black armband— something to show support. This is an opportunity for the NBA (to flex its male financial muscles), use financial leverage, athletic capital or sports diplomacy to do the right thing and continue to pressure the U.S. government to use every diplomatic avenue to #freebrittneygriner.Asfor the #haters who have said that Brittney deserves what she got because she knowingly brought in illegal drugs, who also then bring up some domestic conflicts between she and her wife, as if that justifies a 9 ½ year sentence, I would ask, where were you when male athletes were accused of domestic conflicts/violence, where were you when male athletes have been forgiven for Whateverdoping?has happened in Brittney’s life outside of her playing basketball has nothing to do with her sentencing for this violation of Russian law. Also, the sentence seems to be overly zealous for the amount of cannabis oil that she had in her possession—this is a person who has traveled back and forth to Russia playing for them for 10 years—where is the leniency for never having any violations in the past?It is clear that Brittney is a scapegoat for Russian antiAmerican Nowpolitics.let’s see how America responds.Themedia reports negotiations for Griner’s release via a prisoner exchange are in the works; let’s hope it’s in the works. And then, let’s talk about #reparations for Brittney! It is a gendered bias sports environment that put her in this predicament. She is owed something (from somebody) for the emotional and professional trauma suffered from both Russia and the US.If there was equal gender pay for athletes (and all women), Brittney would never need to work in Russia! We can only hope she gets the same care, and public support and equitable financial endorsements as Colin Kaepernick. Of course, as a male athlete who was well paid before taking the knee, Kaepernick probably had a lot more in financial reserves. Let’s hope Brittney will get some financial love and support, once she is free. (c) 2022 Irma McClaurin Irma McClaurin is the Culture and Education Editor for Insight News, an award-winning writer, activist anthropology, and Fulbright Specialist. She is the founder of the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive at the University of Massachusetts; President of Irma McClaurin Solutions, a consulting business; past president of Shaw University; and a former Associate VP and the founding Executive Director of the first Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) at University of Minnesota. Her book of essays Justspeak: Reflections on Race, Culture & Politics in America, is forthcoming in 2022, with a foreword by Al McFarlane, publisher of Insight News.
By Steve AssociatedKarnowskiPress Insight News is published weekly, every Monday by McFarlane Media Interests. Editor-In-Chief Al McFarlane Publisher Batala-Ra McFarlane Associate Editor & Associate Publisher B.P. Ford Culture EducationandEditor Dr. Irma McClaurin, PhD. Associate AfrodescendientesEditors Jesús Chucho Garcia Mestre Yoji Senna DaBahia Columnist Brenda Lyle-Gray Book Review Editor W.D. Foster-Graham Content & Production Manager Sunny Thongthi Yang ManagerDistribution/Facilities Charles Royston Receptionist Lue B. Lampley Intern Naomi Thomson Photography Uchechukwu Iroegbu Lou Michaels Roy Lewis - Washington D.C. Artist Donald Walker Contact Us: Insight News, Inc. Marcus Garvey House 1815 Bryant Ave. N. Minneapolis. 55411 Ph.: (612) 588-1313 Fax: (612) 588-2031 Member: North,HouseInterests,changesPostmaster:(NNPA)PublishersNationalAssociationMinnesotaConsortiumMulticulturalMinnesotaMedia(MMMC)Newspaper(MNA)NewspaperAssociationSendaddresstoMcFarlaneMediaMarcusGarvey1815BryantAvenueMinneapolis, INSIGHT NEWS www.insightnews.com
Joseph Daly, a professor emeritus at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law who arbitrates disputes across the country, including many teacher cases over the years, said the Minneapolis language appears designed to survive a court challenge.
Black stranger in another country— especially authoritarian ones. There is no safe space, if you are Black, either in the United States or in other countries. Some artists and musicians have found refuge in Paris (e.g., Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Carolyn Fredericks), but for those born in France, who are immigrants, the reception is not so warm and friendly html0144-5aa0-a3ad-63252a49b5e9.black-paris/article_1875d319-news/local/artspeak-paris-noir-(https://www.insightnews.com/worklevelex-patriatetagesstory.htmlaa87-11ea-a43b-be9f6494a87d_france/2020/06/12/45c0f450-assa-traore-black-lives-matter-ingtonpost.com/world/europe/(https://www.wash-).Thereareadvan-tobeingaBlackvisitor/thatgarnerssomeofprivilege;somethingIaboutalmostadecadeago),andwhichstillholdstrue
When Minneapolis teachers settled a 14-day strike in March, they celebrated a groundbreaking provision in their new contract that was meant to shield teachers of color from seniority-based layoffs and help ensure that students from racial minorities have teachers who look like them. Months later, conservative media outlets have erupted with denunciations of the policy as racist and unconstitutional discrimination against white educators. One legal group is looking to recruit teachers and taxpayers willing to sue to throw out the language. The teachers union paints the dispute as a ginnedup controversy when there’s no imminent danger of anyone losing their job. Meanwhile, the feud is unfolding just months ahead of arguments in a pair of U.S. Supreme Court cases that could reshape affirmative action. “The same people who want to take down teachers unions and blame seniority are now defending it for white people,” said Greta Callahan, president of the teachers unit at the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers. “This is all made up by the right wing now. And we could not be more proud of this language.” Recent coverage in conservative platforms such as the local news website Alpha News, Fox News nationally and the Daily Mail internationally sparked criticisms from prominent figures, including Donald Trump Jr. and former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who curbed the power of public employee unions in his state. Walker on Twitter called it “another example of why government unions should be eliminated.”
to some extent.Today, Black scholars like Dr. Trica Keaton
“The object of this provision is clearly to lay off white teachers first, regardless of merit, based on the color of their skin, and that is a big problem under the Constitution and the 14th Amendment,” said James Dickey, senior trial counsel at the Upper Midwest Law Center, a conservative nonprofit that often takes on public employee
All He Desires: The Perfect Seduction is available through Madaris Publishing Company, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.Stay tuned for the final installment in the All He Desires series, Simply Wonderful.
The Perfect Seduction SharingOurStories By: W.D. Foster-Graham Book Review Editor mn.gov/vaccine Minnesota Department of Health | health.mn.gov | 625 Robert Street North PO Box 64975, St. Paul, MN 55164-0975 651-201-5000 Contact health.communications@state.mn.us to request an alternate format. 11/ /2021 COVID-19 vaccine is safe, free, and effective for children 5-11 years COVID-19old. vaccine builds protection. COVID-19 vaccine does not cause infertility. Protect Your Child from COVID-19 To Protect Yourself and Others from Covid-19 If you feel sick... GET VACCINATED For more information, visit coronavirus-updatesnorthpointhealth.org/ Scan this QR code for moreinformationvaccine STAY HOME IF YOU POSITIVETESTTESTEDGET WEARINGSTARTAMASKSYMPTOMSCHECKYOUR dakotacooks.com612.332.5299 1010 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN JEARLYN & JEVETTA STEELE Dynamic Soul Sisters SOUTHSIDENIGHTARMSTRONGLOUISW/ACES Traditional Jazz Luminaries DAN RODRIGUEZ Roots TroubadourPop RUTHIE FOSTER Roof-raising Roots CHEF SPOTLIGHT No Cover Mondays feat. ofThree:Pick-a-RibTheMusicBennyGoodman JULIAN LAGE TRIO Modern Jazz CHEF SPOTLIGHT No Cover Mondays feat. TheofThree:Pick-a-RibTheMusicBennyGoodmanDakotaPresents: THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER W/ DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA feat.THREELori Dokken, Judi Vinar & Rachel &SEUNAlbumthe“SongsZUTHERSHERIDANHolderfromSilo”ReleaseKUTIEGYPT80 AfrobeatTranscendentVisionary SEP 10 SEP 14 SEP 11 SEP 15 16 SEP 12 SEP STATESEP1719 THEATRE • OCT 12 SEP 13 SEP 18 SEP 21
All He Desires By Brenda Jackson
insightnews.com Insight News • August 29 2022 September 4 202229, 2022 - 4, 2022• Page 7
It is often said that we never forget our first love, and in some cases, we never get over our first love. And sometimes, we marry our first love. How many of you out there have married your high school sweethearts, and are still married? That being said, I bring you the third book in bestselling romance novelist Brenda Jackson’s All He Desires series of full-figured women finding their true love and a happily-ever-after: The Perfect Seduction Tyler Savoy is a 31-year-old veterinarian, a cousin of Tonya Savoy and Blake Savoy. Though he dated off and on, Blake has become a workaholic, something which is easy to become with the demands of his profession between ranch/farm animals and personal pets. However, when he lays eyes upon his high school sweetheart for the first time in 13 years, he realizes he’s never gotten her out of his system after an aborted “prom night.” She’s not the pencil-thin girl he left wanting and hurt; she’s a devastatingly gorgeous, voluptuous, size-16 woman who knows what she wants. And he wants her even more now. Megan James is a 29-year-old college professor at Berkley in California. Her IQ was such that she graduated high school at 16 and earned her doctorate degree from Harvard by the time she was 21. With her newly remarried mother off on an extended honeymoon, she is handling the affairs at her stepfather’s ranch. She has broken off a relationship with an equally brainy man due to the way he overanalyzed everything; in the recesses of her mind, only Tyler would ever do. She and Tyler were high school sweethearts until “prom night,” when he stopped short of going all the way with her and left town for college the next day. Seeing the smoking-hot man Tyler is today, he had a “prom night” debt to pay. And she was going to make sure to collect. Thanks to Megan’s strict and manipulative relatives, Tyler and Megan were kept apart for 13 years. When the truth comes out, and with both parties single, will they take their second chance and run with it? Once again, Brenda Jackson delivers when it comes bringing the sensual, sexy, seductive, and steamy when it comes her full-figured sistahs. After 13 years of separation and unfulfilled desire, she takes the sexual tension up a few notches by the very restraint Tyler shows, allowing Megan to remember the character and integrity of the man—and the love. Megan also shows Tyler that the combination of brainy, voluptuous, and seductive make for a powerful equation.
KlobucharKlobuchar From 3 can and cannot do.”As the state auditor, “I oversee about 60 billion dollars in government spending mostly on a local level. The importance of our work is basically oversight so we can protect our freedom to make decisions about our communities. When local government works, that gives us a structure to come together as neighbors. What happens in the process is that the people who are closest to an issue get to be the people who are leading the solutions. We all know if it’s the people who are most directly involved, they will often have the best ideas. If we can keep the trust, reduce the waste and abuse, and make sure people are following the rules, local people will be responsible for bringing about positive change,” she said in a recent interview on The Conversation with Al McFarlane.Blaha describes the work of her office of highly competent and dedicated team members as vitally important to the establishment of organizational transparency guided by clearly understood standards and protocols yielding positive end“Thereresults.are different kinds of audits,” she said. “There are legislative audits and performance audits. The people who made the decisions wants someone to check to see if their decision worked the way they expected it to. Often there are qualitative and sometimes subjective audits about the decision. Are financial statements accurate, fair, and complete? Are there controls in place to check for fraud, mistakes, legal compliance, and sometimes pre-conceived notions and racial biases? We leave our subjects with the honest truth and a declaration that our data could not be misrepresented.”Abasic component of Blaha’s professional philosophy is an established standard balancing local control while meeting the obligation of having the choices of where to invest. She said local control works best when there is fairness and equity. One of the projects she is most proud of is called ‘State of Main Street’ which she likened to the Governor’s State of State, and the President’s State of the Union. “Each year, we pull together county and township reports trends and inviting community members to express what the graphs and numbers mean to them and to their community. We have to seize the opportunities to talk about subjects that aren’t very comfortable. We find all the time that urban and rural areas are marginalized and at a disadvantage sometimes because of biased systems,” she said. “I also don’t think we should assume that every time we see a difference, that it’s about division. It may be customization, and that could be a good thing. I’d be concerned if everything was the same. We must work together to ensure safety, that the rule of law is carried out for all, and that we embrace more inclusivity and denied freedoms. We all know that if it’s the people who are most directly involved that have the best idea. If we can keep the trust and reduce the waste and abuse, we’ll end up with local people making good decisions. Those decisions are based on shared values, fairness, and equity. Here are the standards, the limitations, and a people’s rights. We must find the right balance,” she said. Blaha said the November election will be different. She said she is
Sunset within eight years.
Create a limited safe harbor from federal and state antitrust laws for eligible digital journalism providers that allows them to participate in joint negotiations and arbitration and, as part of those negotiations, to jointly withhold their content from a covered platform.
Enable non-broadcaster news publishers to demand final-offer arbitration if their joint negotiation with a covered platform fails to result in an agreement after six months.
Prohibit discrimination by a joint negotiation entity or a covered platform against an eligible digital journalism provider based on its size or the view expressed in its content and provide a private right of action for violations of this prohibition.
Page 8 • August 29 2022 September 4 202229, 2022 - 4, 2022• Insight News insightnews.com content to enrich their platforms but never pay for the labor and investment required to report the news. We would never expect a platform to stream movies without paying a film’s creators. But because Google and Facebook simply take news content for free and have monopolized the digital advertising market, newsrooms today are in dire economic peril—with regional and local news publishers downsizing or shuttering at alarming pace. The moment is urgent. At a time when journalism is more important than ever, the press is facing an extinction-level event. Congress must act.” “The Founders envisioned a free press informing democracy,”said Buck, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law.“The Republic needs a media environment that features real information to allow voters to make informed decisions about its affairs. Allowing local news to band together to negotiate with Big Tech through the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act is a reasonable step to ensure that these outlets remain available to provide fair, balanced information to the electorate.” “Across the country, local newspapers and broadcasters play a critical role in informing the public, ensuring accountability, and promoting civic engagement. Unfortunately, they lack the market power to negotiate with the dominant online platforms for ad dollars, leaving newsrooms with fewer resources to do their critical work,”said Durbin, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.“The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act will help solve this problem, allowing local newspapers and broadcasters to band together and level the playing field so we can ensure that local news remains a strong, reliable source of information for years to come.” “Today, more than half of the country has just one local newspaper or no newspaper at all,” said Nadler, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. “The consequences are bad for everyone: fewer local news providers translates to unchecked governmental corruption, corporate misconduct, and widespread misinformation, plus a raft of other consequences for citizens, taxpayers, and our democracy. The free and diverse press needs a level playing field to do its job. This bill simply provides that level playing field, allowing news publishers to fairly negotiate with dominant online platforms. We have worked on a bipartisan and bicameral basis to strengthen and improve the bill over the past year, and I look forward to marking it up when Congress returns in September.”
Require covered platforms—which are online platforms that have at least 50 million U.S.-based users or subscribers and are owned or controlled by a person that has either net annual sales or market capitalization greater than $550 billion or at least 1 billion worldwide monthly active users— to negotiate in good faith with the eligible news organizations.
As revised, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act would: Empower eligible digital journalism providers— that is, news publishers with fewer than 1,500 exclusive full-time employees and nonnetwork news broadcasters that engage in standard newsgathering practices—to form joint negotiation entities to collectively negotiate with a covered platform over the terms and conditions of the covered platform’s access to digital news content.
Prohibit retaliation by a covered platform against eligible digital journalism providers for participating in joint negotiations or arbitration and provide a private right of action for violations of this prohibition.
MainstageSponsor Health & Wellness Village Sponsor T HE ERI C A WE S T BANDTHE ERICA WEST BAND WORLD JAZZ COLLEGI UMWORLD JAZZ COLLEGIUM THE S ELBY AVEN U E BRASS BAND THE SELBY AVENUE BRASS BAND S ATURDAY, S EPTEMBER 1 0 1 1:00 AM - 7:30 PM S ELBY AT MILTON - S T. PAUL , M N S ELBYAVE J AZZFE S T. CO M Free and Op en to the Publi c SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 11:00 AM - 7:30 PM SELBY AT MILTON - ST. PAUL, MN FreeSELBYAVEJAZZFEST.COMandOpentothePublic
running against a MAGA G.O.P. opponent whose focus has been on undermining the institutions that provide oversight. He received the second highest number of votes in the last election and has already contributed $80,000 of his own money into his campaign. “That’s more than most people make in a year,” she said. “He calls himself a Trump election lawyer, even bragging about chasing an election judge around town. In 2020, he got in his car and pursued a guy simply trying to drop off his ballot box.” |This is not a time for single-issue personal agendas; she said.” Blaha said Republican Senate diehards refuse to approve portions of available funding that could help those in need. “There were common sense thing the legislature agreed to do. But they were too invested in division so very little got accomplished. That’s really sad when we have people living in tent encampments and there’s money available that was supposed to help them. Any legislator that’s running for office and is not willing to come back to St. Paul and keep their promises to the people to get things done by using the surplus the way Minnesotans wanted it to be used, really doesn’t deserve anyone’s vote. Ask them how they would use the funding to get the city moving forward. That will tell you a lot about the legislator,” she said. “There’s a future we must all strive for,” Blaha said, “a place where we are expected to develop all our capabilities, where none of us are sidelined because of how we look, and where there is no patriarchy or GOP saying, ‘it’s my way, or the highway’. The key is shared ability, partnership, collaboration, and having an understanding that values the input of all involved.” activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and the Minnesota State Legislature, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. This activity is supported, in part, by the City of Saint Paul Cultural Sales Tax Revitalization Program
Blaha From 3 T HE MINNE S OT A S TATE BAN D THESTATEMINNESOTABAND LYNVAL JACK S ON and THE INTERNATI O NAL RE GG AE ALL- S TAR S LYNVAL JACKSON and THE INTERNATIONAL REGGAE ALL-STARS W ALKER WE S T M US IC MUSICWALKERACADEMYWESTACADEMY Golden Thyme Coffee Cafe and Present: This
