The Ron and Don Show: Recent Episodes

The Ron and Don Show

The Ron and Don Show features co-hosts Don Allen, the editor-in-chief of the Independent Business News Network and Mr. Ronald A. Edwards, host of Black Focus and the author of The Minneapolis Story.

Join us every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. (CST) as we examine situations in the Black community with the attempt to create fair and balanced public discourse.

Both Edwards and Allen have a long history of investigative reporting. Our goal is to provide listeners with the information they don't get in the local and national mainstream media.

Join the team of Don Allen and Janell Hihi for a very special episode of the Ron and Don Show on Saturday – March 7 at 9:30AM (CST). This week episode focuses on our special guest education and community activist Rashad Anthony Turner, Executive Director of the Minnesota Parent Union. Mr. Turner joins us to talk about some tuff issues surrounding education including the new and highly anticipated Page Bill that will make education in Minnesota a Civil Right, and the state of education, teachers, and parents in 2020. This academic conversation should be listened to by friends, family members, and co-workers to gain the knowledge needed to make it to the top.

Join co-hosts Allen and Hihi Saturday morning on the Ron and Don Show at 9:30AM (CST), or listen live via Facebook Livestream, or dial our guest call in number at (347) 426-3904 to ask questions or make comments…we welcome everyone!

(Photo: Rashad Anthony Turner - Facebook/Fair Use)

Join Don Allen and Janell Hihi for the Ron and Don Show on Blog Talk Radio, Saturday - February 29th at 9:30AM (CST).

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is stacked up with MN GOP candidates vying to replace her; but can they?

This week we welcome Minnesota CD5 candidate Christopher Kelley to the program to talk about his passion for public service, an enduring work ethic and a commitment to giving )ack have always been the force behind what motivates him. (Note: Mr. Kelly is running as an Independent Conservative and has the endorsement of the Independence Party.)

Born in 1970 to a proud union pipefitter and a homemaker, Chris and his two brothers grew up in Hibbing, MN, the center of the historic Iron Range region in northern Minnesota. After graduating from Hibbing High School in 1988, Chris proudly began his life of service, joining the US Army, where he was deployed once during Operation Desert Storm in 1990‐91, and twice during Operation Iraqi Freedom in the years 2004 and 2009, Chris’ devotion to his country led him to a 28‐year career in both the US Army and the Army Reserves, where he recently retired in 2016. His military operational specialty was Intelligence Analysis and Counterintelligence.

Join is for this first interview heading into our political round table discussions LIVE on the Ron and Don Show. Our phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Members of the St. Paul teachers union voted Thursday to authorize a strike over a lack of progress in contract negotiations with the state’s second-largest school district. The St. Paul Federation of Educators said late Thursday night that two-thirds of its members voted and that 82 percent of voting members want to strike.

With the St. Paul teachers union voting yes for a strike, white privilege and political agendas have taken a front seat while children of color in Minnesota remain the most "gapped" educationally in the United States. Join cohosts Don Allen and Janell Hihi has they bring you the best in "Black Talk Radio" on Blog Talk Radio's "The Ron and Don Show" - Saturday morning at 9:30AM (CST). Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

When will Minnesota Education be about educating our children?

Join co-host Don Allen and Janell Hihi for Minnesota's top Blog Talk Radio program: "The Ron and Don Show" Saturday at 9:30AM LIVE on Blog Talk Radio. (In memory of Ronald A. Edwards.)

A Real Black History Month Lesson (Not for the weak-minded-you know who you are.)

Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free enslaved Black men and women. After more than 400-years of slavery and a lifetime of mental slavery, it seems a few are still enslaved. So what are the balding and bald Black folks going to do? I got it, we’ll dislike the Black people with hair and segregate ourselves from them, then go back to the state legislature in 2021 to get a Bald Black Peoples Bill. ARE YOU STUPID?

Trained, assimilated, controlled. Some of you petty bourgeoisie American Negroes in MInnesota think your weaves, curls, and braids are holding you back from living the dream. While Black families, single mothers, Veterans and school children are homeless, your handlers have you fighting hair discrimination?

During the 2020 state legislative session, again you will watch the Somali, American Indian, and Hispanic-Latino communities walk out of the Capitol with millions, you’ll walk out with a Care Free Curl. Stop the madness...the miseducation of Black Minnesotans is killing us.

We talk about this and a whole lot more. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

The city of St. Paul made a decision to extend a payment of $300 for a few families that have children at a "few" schools; will this get poor families from seeking a solid education in the suburbs for their Black public school scholars? Join co-hosts Don Allen (Editorial Columnist, Educator) and Janell Hihi (Author, Speaker, Analyst) as we dive into this story published in the Star Tribune and WCCO. Our show begins with another tribute to the late Ronald A. Edwards, then we dive into the news both local and national including taking a close look at the impeachment process and how bad it failed the Democrats.

The show starts at 9:30AM (CST) and phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Again, there are some in the Black community that seek to ride off the fame and pain of others to fulfill their worthless missions because they have nothing to stand on. This is the story about the telephone call that I received telling me that I wasn’t welcomed to speak at my friend, mentor, and local grandpa to my boy’s - Mr. Ronald A. Edwards.

I do not understand how this person ever became the point person, but on today’s special program, we will examine the attempt to erase people, places and things from history. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Mr. RONALD A. EDWARDS was my friend, mentor, and local Grandpa to my two boys. I don't want to die like Mr. Edwards died. He helped so many people but - but that's what he did. NOBODY ever gave him any awards or even wanted to acknowledge his work (he didn't care nor want that). For 10-years, I spoke with him everyday, today I am broken, angry, and hopeful that one day, BLACK Minnesotans will stand as one to battle the injustices of a state driven by continued Jim Crow laws, exclusion, and those in our community that have pimped our poverty all the way to the bank. Today, Mr. Edwards is gone - now, your ass is mine. Rest in peace.

For this special episode, his brother, Mr. Kim Edwards talks about the historian and legend, Mr. Ronald A. Edwards - phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Rest in Peace - the show will go on. Thank you Mr. Edwards.

Tune into the Ron and Don Show on Saturday morning at 9:30AM. Our phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904. Join us on Facebook at the Ron and Don Show!

MINNEAPOLIS (from WCCO) — "Tammy Squalls says she never thought her loved ones would be hurt by the very people she called for help. Squalls called police to her north Minneapolis home last Saturday night. “The mom did call the police officers. They have a white mom and she did not know that when the police came they would end up tasing her daughter, immediately pushing her out of the house,” Minneapolis NAACP President Leslie Redmond said. Redmond says pictures show Champaigne Hale’s injuries."

UPDATE: Charges were dropped by Hennepin County against the adult children of Ms. Squalls - and the Ron and Don Show has EXCLUSVE behind the scenes information on what happened and why.

Tune in Saturday at 9:30AM (CST) to the Ron and Don Show - the call in number is (347) 426-3904.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen on #BlogTalkRadio's "The Ron and Don Show" broadcast LIVE from the Twin Cities of Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul). This weeks program will be filled with breaking news and information that you will only get here. We've found out that some community "activist" are being paid by a local nonprofit, but this information has not be disclosed to the general public. Join us at 9:30AM (CST) on Saturday, January 4 for the Ron and Don Show; #BlackTalkRadio on #BlogTalkRadio.

Our phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Again, the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen bring you the best in Black Talk Radio from the frozen tundra of the Twin Cities (MN). This week's program is filled with updates and new information about the recent salary gap in the Minneapolis Police Department's command, and also we take a closer look at responses from city council members. We also look into the fire at the Continental and Drake Hotels where a large number of Black American homeless people lived and why these back-to-back fires with a look at the response from Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey.

This and much, much more on the Ron and Don Show, Saturday - 9:30AM (CST) broadcasting LIVE from the Twin Cities. Phone lines are open at (347) 426-3904.

Photo credits: Drake Hotel (WCCO); News Screenshot (Star Tribune)

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for the final program of 2019 right here on Blog Talk Radio's "The Ron and Don Show," Saturday mornings at 9:30AM (CST) broadcasting LIVE from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. This week is our year in review where we talk about major news issues and add some end-of-year breaking news. Join us, the phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Thank you for listening for the last 10-years and we look forward to bringing you more great breaking news in 2020!

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we bring you another episode of the Ron and Don Show LIVE on Blog Talk Radio.com Saturday mornings at 9:30AM (CST). This week we review the Democrat’s impeachment circus along with looking at local responses this spineless attempt to impeach President Donald J. Trump.

We also go into detail about why local Black American organizations had hid and took cover during the last two weeks of domestic violence incidents and shootings in the Twin Cities. There much, much, more leading up to our “Education program in January 2020…stay tuned to the Ron and Don Show – Black Talk Radio on Blog Talk Radio.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for one of Minnesota's best Black Talk Radio programs, the Ron and Don Show on Blog Talk Radio. For 10-years Ron and Don have delivered news and information based out of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. This week's show is filled with news and information that will lead up to our two-hour special about Minnesota's Education system in January 2020 with many special guests.

Join us this Saturday morning as we talk about local, national, and, international news and information. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

The Star Tribune reported that responding officers found Raven B. Gant, identified in social media postings, suffering from a gunshot wound, while her toddler daughter stood next to her, according to family members and officials. Her death was the city’s 41st homicide of the year. But this that the full story?

Domestic Violence in the Black community sometimes is not taken seriously by law enforcement; their Black, poor, doing things that might be morally questionable leaves most Black communities governed by a rule of thought that considers us, ‘less than,’ therefore leaving our community coverage a matter of selective enforcement.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for an exclusive report on what happen leading up to the death of Ms. Gant on Thanksgiving Day, and how it might have been avoided ‘if’ the appropriate actions had been take.

Join us at 9:30AM on Saturday, November 30 for news and information you will not hear in the mainstream media. Our phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

(Photo: Facebook)

We've been down this road before with no significant success.. Millions of dollars for ideas that have been half-cocked (and Coked) at best. Just to be clear, $3 million dollars isn't enough money to correct any generational disparities whatsoever; and futhernore, do Black Minnesotan's really have to ask someone? Who?

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they provide the historical pieces of over an estimated $200 million dollars that never made a difference for anyone, at anytime, anywhere. Or phone lines are open...we welcome you to call in with your questions, comments and concerns. The studio line number is (347) 436-3904.

The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen are together again to bring you the best in local, national, and international news and information on Blog Talk Radio's the Ron and Don Show. This week, we have breaking news and updates on several local items that have community member very concerned. Tune in Saturday morning at 9:30AM for another spectacular episode of the program. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

This week (Thursday), Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey skipped-out on a meeting at a major Lutheran church in Minneapolis to talk about crime and shootings in Minneapolis.Many of the attendees were upset, and Mr. Ronald A. Edwards, who attended the meeting brings you an exclusive report that involves why the mayor didn't show up and what the community has to say. We also talk about the recent killings of several Black youth and the uptick in murders in St. Paul and the need for the St. Paul mayor to do more than pull-quotes in the newspaper.

Tune in at 9:30AM for the best in Black Talk Radio on Blog Talk Radio - the Ron and Don Show. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Tune in Saturday morning at 9:30AM (CST) to the best in Black Talk Radio on Blog Talk Radio's the Ron and Don Show featuring Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen. This week we update you on important election information and talk about a series of events happening locally, nationally, and internationally. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen welcome 2019 Saint Paul School Board candidate Chauntyll Allen for an up close and personal interview on Blog Talk Radio's the Ron and Don Show - this Saturday at 9:30AM (CST). Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

About Chauntyll Allen: From the classroom to the community, Chauntyll Allen has spent her lifetime building a school to success pipeline. Now, after decades of service to students in the schools and youth development in the community, Allen has launched her campaign for St. Paul Board of Education. Born and raised in the Rondo community, Allen attended SPPS, is a proud graduate of Central High School, and studied African American studies and Psychology at Metro State University. Over the past 25 years, she has worked in various capacities as an advocate and organizer, including 10 years at Hennepin County in a high crisis facility for child protection, a community leader for Black Lives Matter (read more here).

Then we ask the question: "What is a Red Skin?" We pose this question in light of the recent protest at US Bank Stadium on Thursday night. This and much, much more.

A special tribute to Elijah Cummings. The House Oversight chairman died too soon at 68, while working on his deathbed to ensure this country measured up to his standards (Rollling Stone). Listen to Congressman Cummings here.

On Friday night (10.18) a meeting was held that provided virtually no information about what happened to the "Black operated credit union in north Minneapolis. All we know is that the money is gone. The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen break it all down at 9:30AM Saturday morning on Blog Talk Radio's the Ron and Don Show. This and much. much, more! Phone lines are open at (347) 426-3904.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they bring the latest in local, national, and international news on their program "The Ron and Don Show" on Blog Talk Radio. This week, the Ron and Don Show will talk about president Trump's visit as well as local assets in place to change the dynamics of Minneapolis leadership. We also look at the posibility of of Minneapolis police union president Bob Kroll and a dynamic fundraising effort selling t-shirts titled, "Cops for Trump" - brilliant marketing move that put many local non-Trumper's in tears.

Join is online here, and Facebook LIVESTREAM for the best in Black Talk Radio on Blog Talk Radio's the Ron and Don Show. Phone lines will be open at 347-426-3904.

(photo: MinnPost - Fair Use)

The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen bring you the best in Black-Talk-Radio on Blog Talk Radio's "The Ron and Don Show," this Saturday morning at 9:30AM (CST). We have an action-packed program with more information about the recent "release" of the executive director of the north Minneapolis credit union that was flaunted as "black-owned," that we know understand was never "black-owned," but just another attempt to put lipstick on an pig. Now it's strike three for the city of Minneapolis to include the closing of THOR Constructon, the selling of the 5-Points buildings, and now this, the unlikely opening of a Black-owned credit union in North Minneapolis.

All this and more! Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904 for your comments and suggestions.

The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen bring you the latest in breaking local, national and international news in a Black talk radio format. Tune Saturday morning at 9:30AM as we discuss the current state of politics and try to send a message that Black America doesn't need a Massa. Our phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904 starting at 9:30AM.

(Photo Credit: Psychology Today)

Minneapolis and St. Paul (MN), have seen too many shootings; some victims of local police, others victims of people that look like them. We talk about the uptick in meetings and the deferment of action by local policy makers and community leaders that for the most part have abandoned logic in favor of selling our communities out. This is not just a Black-community challenge, this is across the board: Native Americans, Asian, Somali and many other groups as defined by social and economic class (middle-class) Whites have falling into the chaos of one size fits all. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we take an academic approach to lokking at the challenge and defining solutions that logic deems correct.

The Ron and Don Show reports local, national, and international news every week on Blog Talk Radio (10th Anniversary)/

The program starts at 9:30AM on Saturday - September 21.

The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen bring you the best in #BlackTalkRadio on #BlogTalkRadio this week focusing on several different shootings in Minneapolis and St. Paul to ask the question: "What's next, another meeting?" Join us Saturday morning (September 14, 2019) at 9:30AM CST broadcasting live from the Twin Cities of Minnesota from the "EduB" studios. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Note: If you listen to us, please listen to Al Flowers and Lisa Clemons on KMOJ-FM (89.9 and online) Sunday's at 1pm CST.

Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen have been part of the BlogTalkRadio family for the last ten years and continue to provide news and information focused to Black Americans in the United States and across the world. We are not a nonprofit, nor do we take advertising dollars. Many friends come together and assist us in paying the $39 per month to use this platorm, and for that we are thankful.

Saturday's show is LIVE, and phone lines will be open (347) 426-3904 - we welcome your comments, suggestions, any topic you might have.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen this Saturday Morning at 9:30AM for the Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio. Besides the usual chatter, we talk about the recent uptick in news about MN-CD5's congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

*We are not here to persuade you one way or the other - but all publicity is good publicity.***

We talk about this and much, much, more. The phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Tune in.

Breaking News:

Sources tell The Ron and Don Show a baby (9-months old) dies because of confusion between Walgreen's and Children's Hospital (Minneapolis) in getting a prescription filled. Doctor's misdiagnosed child on several occasions.

The alleged focus at the hospital was the child's insurance and ability to pay. (Eyewitness accounts tell us the Medical Examiner called the ER doctor a "dummy.")

She went to the pharmacy and they claimed they didn't have any information. Pharmacy told her to call the "state in the morning." The baby dies four-hours afterwards. The police arrived after the mother and roommates performed CPR and turned the focus to who harmed the baby - nobody harmed the baby. #BlackInAmerica

This is just one more example of the exclusions of freedom in Minnesota.

Tune in to this Ron and Don Show one-hour special tonight at 8:30PM as we bring on Michelle Gross from Citizens Against Police Brutality to explain how her group shut down at meeting in St. Paul (KARE-11); find out what really happened before the mainstream media suppresses the facts!

The phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Join the team of Ron and Don as they bring the best in Black Talk Radio on Blog Talk Radio. We broadcast Saturday mornings at 9:30AM CST. Our call in number is (347) 426-3904.

Tune in on Saturday, August 10 at 9:30AM to the the Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio. This week, cohosts Donald Allen and Ronald A. Edwards approach the rationale around the Jamar Clark settlement and why it's considerabally less than Justine Diamond's $2 million dollar settlement for the family. There are some interesting developments on this settlement and Ron and Don explain why the family took this lesser amount...they almost didn't get a dime.

Question: Why no press conferences from local Black American leadership?

We have a lot to talk about and hope you join us by using the call-in or listen-line at (347) 426-3904.

The team of Ron and Don bring you a special report Sunday night (8/4) at 8:00PM. We analyze the recent mass shootings and talk about the systemic challenges of hate, racism, and how the Fourth Estate paints a picture of these shooters as having a "mental illness" and need help. The phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904 and we welcome all callers from all walks of life. Read the shooters Manifesto here:https://drudgereport.com/flashtx.htm?fbclid=IwAR10PSwgyHakIW2XGYLXgZ1AVsl_tFLyQ-fRlcfjoo28Yfm53Ndln-8cBD0

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they bring you the latest in news and information locally, nationally and internationally on The Ron and Don Show.

The University of Minnesota’s Northside Job Creation Team set a clear goal: Bring 1,000 economically sound living-wage jobs to North Minneapolis by 2019.

The NJCT is a part of the University’s Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center. The program was sparked during a 2010 North Minneapolis job summit, aiming to reverse the economic disparities facing one of the most marginalized regions of the city. In 2013, NJCT set out to create 1,000 jobs in conjunction with numerous local partners, including the city of Minneapolis.

This year, NJCT leadership say they’ve met their goal — although some jobs have moved and some employees have been laid off. More than 1,200 jobs are expected to have been created in North Minneapolis through the program from 2012 to 2020 (Read more here: https://www.mndaily.com/article/2019/07/n-university-initiative-creates-jobs-in-north-minneapolis)

This and much, much more Saturday Morning (8/3/19) at 9:30AM. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

...it’s like this, we should be tired of task forces, committees, clubs, and social events that try to define what it means to be Black in Minnesota. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for Minnesota’s longest running Black Talk Radio program, “The Ron and Don Show,” on Blog Talk Radio. We have a lot to talk about including some breaking news that you’ll only get here. Tune in at 9:30AM on Saturday morning, and join us in the conversation on how to fix challenges that need an RFF and not an RFP

The team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus, RonDex Group), and Don Allen (Our Black News, Black Politics in Minneapolis), bring you the latest in breaking news locally, nationally, and internationally on the Ron and Don Show via #BlogTalkRadio. On this weeks program, co-host Don Allen returns from an in-depth assignment and will report on the City of Minneapolis' efforts to curb violent gun battles in downtown Minneapolis, as well as a look at recent shootings in north Minneapolis and St. Paul. Don't miss this program that will be broadcast LIVE via Facebook Live during show time. To listen to the program, dial (347) 426-3904 and put your devices in "speaker" mode, or follow this link. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

(Co-host Don Allen is on special assignment this week and wlll be back with a special report next week)

This week, a group of Black Americans got ran over at a bus stop in north Minneapolis; today, Mr. Ronald A. Edwards tells the real story - the mainstream media will not.

Tune in Saturday morning at 9:30AM to the Ron and Don Show LIVE from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul - Home of the Minnesota Vikings, Lynx, and the Timberwolves - and featuring a new soccer team with a staduim to boot! Our phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904 - we invite you to listen and call in.

Topics:

Minneapolis Urban League court battle -We asked the Minneapolis Urban League's president to appear on Saturday's show; his response: Ron and Don Show - Thank you for the invitation to appear on the Don and Ron Show. Unfortunately, I am unable to participate in your program. Please extend my greetings to your co-host and guests. Yours in the struggle - Steven
Motive persist in 2015 slaying of Minneapolis activist (Star Tribune-Jany, 2019) - In this unfortunate incident, many questions remain. In 2015, members of Minneapolis’ clergy told community activists that the person responsible for this killing was killed in Chicago by order of a gang-related hit. Now we have a boy, 14 at the time - locked up, now 18 for this brutal murder. The question remains did this 14-year old boy have the mental capacity to take this brutal action, if not, who did? “Complex violence.” does not sound like a 14-year old. We also talk about the clergy response...
Do like Kamala Harris for President? One of us does.
Much, much, more!

Tune in at 9:30AM (CST) for the Ron and Don Show LIVE on #BlogTalkRadio. This week we look at some very interesting details from a cold-case, and wonder why everal different national research think-tanks have reported that Minnesota is one of the states with the highest wealth gaps between Whites and Blacks; but why? We talk about some very significant challenges facing the rebuilding of Minnesota's Black communities. This and much, much more!

Game on! This Saturday morning at 9:30AM the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen interview the first candidate, Ms. Alley Waterbury to challenge incumbent congresswoman Ilhan Omar for MN's 5th Congressional District. We also brnig you up to speed in an exclusive breaking story, and both Ron and Don talk about the shootings in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

It's simple: Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen - The Ron and Don Show LIVE via Blog Talk Radio from Minneapolis, Minnnesota with breaking news and current events. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904 - call us, challenge us, ask a question!

Let think through this carefully...

The St. Paul Police Department fired five (5) officers this afternoon with a press conference by the chief of police.
Local mainstream media had no details why, but went with stories sans the news.
What was so bad that police were fired and nobody got killed?

Tune in tonight at 9:00PM CST to the Ron and Don Show as we walk listeners into this amazing and complex story with no end in sight...the police union is not going to take this. The phone line will be open for timely and relevant comments and questions (347) 426-3904.

The Ron and Don Show welcome you to a very critical conversation; where are the Black flagship agencies? Co-host Ronald A. Edwards sat in the courtroom on Friday for two hours...wait until you hear what he has to report. Also, we will follow up on breaking news including the uptick in recent overdoses, and the fire at Lake Calhoun - and much, much, more!

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen on Saturday at 9:30AM right here on BlogTalkRadio. This weeks topics include the recent raid on members of MADDADS, and the celebration of "acheivements" of MEDA's Gary Cunningham, who will be leaving for the East Coast with spouse, former Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges. This will be an interesting program because we have details about why this moves are happening now, and how Minnesota's Black community did not benefit at all.

This Saturday we will do things a little differently. At the beginning of our program, co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen feature local/national recording artist Patrick Adams who comes to us LIVE from Minneapolis-wood to talk about his latest release and musical background.

Also today we talk about an ongoing fire investigation at Lola's on Lake Calhoun in a follow up from our Speical Broadcast earlier in the week. Tune in to the Ron and Don Show this Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 9:30AM (CST) on BlogTalkRadio.

If you haven't seen the photo of the male and female persons of interest next to Lola's Resturant on Lake Calhoun, you need to see it. The Minneapolis Police have issued an alert wanting to "talk" with these people, but no arrests, nor questionings have happened. Tune in tonight for this special program as we discuss with you, our point of view. The phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904.

Join the team of Don Allen and Ronald Edwards as they present the Ron and Don show live on BlogTalk Radio and also streaming on Facebook live. This weeks episode covers a lot about what’s happening in the black community in Minnesota and also some serious political issues that seem to be muted by our community leaders. Join us at 9:30 AM Saturday morning for Black talk radio on Blogtalkradio. Phone lines will be open at 347-426-3904

This week we give you updates from last week program on former Minneapolis policeman Noor convicted for murdering a white woman in Minneapolis. We also talk about THOR Construction, the latest on the Minneapolis Urban League and why the city of Minneapolis settled in the case in three (3) days while other cases are ignored. We will take your phone calls at (347) 426-3904. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (www.TheMinneapolisStory.com), and Don Allen (www.OurBlackNews.com) as they come together and form the award-winning team of #BlackTalkRadio specialists on "The Ron and Don Show!"

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen on Saturday morning at 9:30AM (CST) for award-winning #BlogTalkRadio program, "The Ron and Don Show." This weeks 60-minute program covers the recent announcment that THOR Construction is closings (we figured this when we saw them auctioning off equipment online). We also talk about the St. Paul church fire bombing that has of this writing has not been reported by the local Minnesota mainstream media. Join us for the detail of what we're calling a problem in Minnesota's Black community to include how Black media outlets celebrate what turned out to be lies.

Tune into the Ron and Don Show on Saturday, April 27 has we develop the picture of money missing from our community from 2008-2018. The team of Ron and Don will take you on a historic trip down memory lane to find out why it is, we take a loss, and the people who cause this harm continue to get funding from their overseers. The phone lines will be open and you can call in at (347) 426-3904. Don't miss this program!

Tune in to hear Mr. Ronald A. Edwards lay out details about the Noor trial here in Minneapolis, MN. Don't miss this program. Co-host Don Allen is on special assignment this week. Tune in to hear Mr. Ronald A. Edwards lay out details about the Noor trial here in Minneapolis, MN. Don't miss this program. Co-host Don Allen is on special assignment this week. Tune in to hear Mr. Ronald A. Edwards lay out details about the Noor trial here in Minneapolis, MN. Don't miss this program. Co-host Don Allen is on special assignment this week. Tune in to hear Mr. Ronald A. Edwards lay out details about the Noor trial here in Minneapolis, MN. Don't miss this program. Co-host Don Allen is on special assignment this week.

The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen come together to present: "The Ron and Don Show" - #BlackTalkRadio on #BlogTalkRadio. This is a front-end loaded program. We talk about the man that threw a baby from the 3rd floor of the Mall of America; give an update on the Noor trial in downtown Minneapolis, and talk about the KARE-11 documentary about education in north Minneapolis. Our phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3409 - call in!

The Ron and Don Show: Are there accountability challenges in MN Black American nonprofits?

The Minnesota House of Representatives is “doubling” the funding going out the door in 2019, but direct funding will be seen only by a few choice agencies; unfortunately, as we’ve reported for 10-years, there’s challenges inside of nonprofit agencies that should be caring the black agenda, not social stratification. Ronald A. Edwards (www.TheMinneapolisStory.com, Black Focus Television), and Don Allen (www.ourblacknews.com, IBNN, and Political Analyst) join forces for this weekly ONLINE radio program that focuses on the Black American community: Politics, Entertainment, Books, Sports, Movies, and local Black social circles.

Tune in Saturday morning at 9:30AM (CST) as Mr. Ronald. A. Edwards, and Don Allen bring you up-to-speed on the news you need to know, but will never read it in the local papers, or see it on television screens. The phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904, and we invite you to call in and join the conversations.

Our mission: To see how long it will take for Black Americans to work together.

The Team:

Ronald A. Edwards (www.TheMinneapolisStory.com, Black Focus Television), and Don Allen (www.ourblacknews.com, IBNN, and Political Analyst) join forces for this weekly ONLINE radio program that focuses on the Black American community: Politics, Entertainment, Books, Sports, Movies, and local Black social circles.

Our mission: To see how long it will take for Black Americans to work together, and report news that's not being reported!

We are LIVE on-air, and Facebook LIVE STREAM at 9:30AM (CST). The call in number is (347) 426-3904 - phone lines are always open!

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus, Rondex Group) and Don Allen, (IBNN, Black Politics in Minnesota, and Our Black News) for the most exciting hour in #BlackTalkRadio.

On Saturday, March 23, at 9:30AM, the team of Ron and Don welcome the Minneapolis NAACP's Kelis Houston, founder of Village Arms and the chairperson of the NAACP Minneapolis’ Child Protection Committee. Kelis’ personal mission is to address and help eradicate these disparities through legislative action, youth and family advocacy, policy reform and community engagement. She also serves as cultural consultant and trainer to child welfare staff, students and service providers. Her training is designed to bring a new level of cultural awareness to those working for and within the African American community; in an effort to achieve clearer lines of communication and a sensitivity to culture.

Kelis began her career in social services over a decade ago and has since been a voice for marginalized communities.

We talk to Ms. Houston about he legislative efforts in 2019. Phone lines will be open at (374) 426-3904 for questions and comments. Don't miss this program in our "Change Agent Series."

WARNING…Phone lines will be open at (374) 426-3904...yes, you can call.

Saturday’s program.

Straight Talk, Truth, Facts – Saint Paul Ole School.

The team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus, Rondex Group) and Don Allen (IBNN, Our Black News, Black Politics in Minneapolis, and No Filter for Black ßnew, April 30, 2019, and former iHeart Radio co-host: Black Republican, Black Democrat Show 103.5), join forces on Minnesota’s premiere award-winning #BlackTalkRadio program on #BlogTalkRadio: The Ron and Don Show. (the crowd cheers....)

On Saturday, March 16 at 9:30AM (CST), co-hosts Ron and Don welcome to our program a man we can only describe as the bedrock of a foundation as it pertains to the historical context of St. Paul, it’s political players, community organizations, and government organizational design. A man with the knowledge needed to move Minnesota’s Black community forward.

We welcome Mr. Lucky Rosenbloom, A.A.S., B.S., M.P.S. – we’ll talk people, places, and things.

Warning…don’t miss this program, and much, much more breakings news.

Murders, sellouts and the petty. How can America's Black community survive at the hands of promises and smiles? Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they discuss recent incidents in the Twin Cities (Minnesota), that reflect nationwide attitudes towards most people of color. This and much, much, more...

WEBREAKNEWS

The Ron and Don Show: Legislative Update with MN senator Eric Pratt

Call in number 347-426-3904 - phone lines open!

*Saturday's program brings us a quick informational interview with Minnesota senator Eric Pratt (friend of the program).***

As usual, the the team of Ron and Don will listen and ask questions about some of the legislation being pushed at the state capitol. Just like our interview with senator Roger Chamberlain to talk about his kid-friendly legislation - the Lemonade Stand bill, senator Pratt will explain to us some of the processes that we sometimes don't hear about.

Mr. Edwards also has some breaking news that will not be found in any newspaper in the Twin Cities.

Some might say "stupid ideas" by a human could now be labeled by calling it "A Jussie Smollett'" - using the shamed actors name as a verb. But how do Black Americans feel about Jussie Smollett attempting to make a bold racial, political and Black-people statement that turns out to be one fat lie?

Tune in to the team of Ronald A. Edwards, and Don Allen as we discuss this issue at length and invite you to call in with your thoughts and opinions about this crazy roller coaster ride of political tomfoolery that will cost a well-established actor his respect, career, and more importantly his "Blackness."

The show begins at 9:30AM on Saturday, February 23 on the award-winning BlogTalkRadio program, "The Ron and Don Show." Phone lines will be open at (347( 427-3904 for your comments, concerns, challenges, and topic championing! Don't miss this program!

(Episode 88-Year 10)

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Mr. Edwards, 80-years old has been in Minnesota since 1945. He's worked in a number of different fields, including being the longest seated chairman of the board for the Minneapolis Urban League. He's been listening to some community member (that did not live in Minnesota), talk about how they marched with the late MLK, and basically being untruthful about the "history" of Minnesota and the Black American community. On today's show, with the assistance of his co-host: Don Allen, they talk about the "real" history of Black Minnesota and why those folks that receive "Trailblazer" awards are basically being untruthful and have no idea about anything in Minnesota's black community, to include the first Black American neighborhood, stores, nightclubs, and shopping centers.

Joise Johnson, move over; Dr. El Kati - listen up.

Join co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they bring the best in BlackTalkRadio on BlogTalkRadio LIVE from the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Don't miss this program as Ron and Don talk about the recent shooting on a major Minneapolis highway, and the person responsible. Also, Mr. Edwards has some "exclusive news" that will only be heard right here. Our phone lines will be open for questions and examinations at (347) 426-3904.

At some point, we have to hold people accountable for being total idiots.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Historian, TV host, and editorial Journalist), and Don Allen (M.A. Ed./MAT), educator, senior editorial columnist, and political analyst as they welcome Minnesota senator Roger Chamberlain to the airwaves at #BlogTalkRadio.

In the dead of winter, a Minnesota state senator is looking ahead to summer with legislation blocking police from shutting down kids’ lemonade and hot dog stands. The bill, authored by Sen. Roger Chamberlain, would allow children under age 14 to run temporary stands without a permit, as long as they’re on private property and take in less than $1,000 per year. The measure comes after a 13-year-old Minneapolis boy almost had his hot dog stand closed last summer because he was operating without a permit. Chamberlain’s bill awaits a vote in the Senate after passing a committee last week (Fox 9 News, 2019).

Join us for this and much, much more.

Tune in Saturday as your hosts Mr. Donald Allen and Mr. Ronald A. Edwards for this episode of the Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio at 9:30AM (CST). Last week we talked about THOR Construction, speculating on possible causation to create this urban legend of Black prosperity in north Minneapolis. We are not pleased with the information in the STAR TRIBUNE, but someone needs to start answering questions. The phone lines will be open for your questions at (347) 426-3904.

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On March 28, 2018, the Ron and Don Show's broadcast: "Did a Minnesota construction firm build sub-standard Housing in Haiti?" interviewed Jack Johnston from Washington, DC about his story on he wrote about sub-standard housing being buildt in Haiti...some of the speculation was that THOR Construction might be in trouble. (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theronanddonshow/2018/03/29/did-a-minnesota-construction-firm-build-sub-standard-housing-in-haiti?fbclid=IwAR0WG6znUKeySbqKLP-r5KXAPxYysjVCMcm8_o5twseIblAtTxbvi4bFGvI)
The Star Tribune published a story citing:

"Thor Companies, the Minneapolis-based construction firm and the state’s largest minority-owned company, has run into financial trouble, only months after it celebrated its move into a new North Side headquarters partially funded by Hennepin County. Target Corp., which long has used Thor on store projects and holds a lease on Thor’s office space, has provided millions in assistance to pay subcontractors of Thor and forgiven nearly $300,000 in unpaid rent. On Tuesday, Hennepin County commissioners learned that liens had been placed on a building where Thor is set to transfer parking spaces to the county. Thor’s problems came to light in recent days after St. Paul-based Sunrise Bank, a Thor lender, moved to collect an overdue loan against the company in Ramsey County."

1/18/ 2019, the Star Tribune publish: "Thor Cos. sued by Sunrise Banks for $3 million; receiver sought," citing: "Thor does not have “sufficient liquidity to continue to operate,” and multiple creditors might attempt a “free-for-all” liquidation of the business." Why the lies?" Phone lines will be open at 9:30AM.

Join the team of Ron and Don as they bring the latest news and information to BlogTalkRadio's "The Ron and Don Show," LIVE broadcasting from the MN-Troop Studio in downtown Minnneapois. Today's show we bring you up to speed on the latest fashion shows (sarcasm) going on at the state capitol and explain to Minnesota's Black community why we will be doomed depending on the current leadership.

PHONE LINES WILL BE OPEN.

On Saturday morning, the team of Ron an Don bring up a topic that has created hell-fire and outrage in Minnesota's Black community this week: Where are the Black Minnesotans in governor Walz' execituve appointments? With the exception of a former Black senator, there are have been no meaningful appointments by this governor as far as many members of Minnesota's black community is concerned. Did the MN DFL and the Walz campaign, again, for another election cycle just flat out and lie to this critical mass of people in Minnesota - or is there a plan? The Ron and Don Show disucss what might turn into a showdown at the state capital, or maybe even in front of the governor's mansion very soon. Our phone lines will be open and we invite you to call in with your thoughts.

The United States and the world watched community leaders and residents turn out in force to support Buena Regional High School student/wrestler who opted to cut his dreadlocks rather than forfeit a match last week. We ask, “Where are the Black People?
In Minnesota, the Black community, not that some of these people matter - but it's these folks in the nonprofit arena who seem to keep getting grants for less community engagement...we talk about that.
Breaking News and Updates too!

This week program brings EXCLUSIVE information only broadcast on #BlogTalkRadio’s The Ron and Don Show - Minnesota’s only #BlackTalkRadio program that delivers real-time news and information for Black Americans, broadcast live from the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) at Aldine Street Studios.

Ronald A. Edwards of www.TheMinneapolisStory.com, and Don Allen, (www.OurBlackNews.com), have been broadcasting here for 10-years.

On Saturday, December 15th, a meeting took place in north Minneapolis. Today, the Ron and Don Show has a community member that is willing to tell us about this meeting and what happened during the time she was there. Our phonelines wll be open...we welcome all calls.

Tune into the Ron and Don Show as the team discusses the recent events that have led to community members having a hard time trying to follow the money. Don't miss this program.

Our phones will be open and ready to take your call over the Internets best online radio broadcasting system, #BlogTalkRadio and Saturday's episode of the Ron and Don Show LIVE from Minneapolis/St. Paul (MN). At 9:30AM, the co-host come together and talk about local concerns as well as national and international. The team covers a lot, but today, we think they'll start with the north Minneapolis police station Christmas Tree, dressed like the "hood." (photo credit: (credit: @northxnorthside on Twitter)

We have to dig into this - something ain't right. Please call in!

Again, tune in at 9:30AM to the Ron and Don Show as we give you exclusive, behind the scenes updates on the new charges against officer Noor, and the real story behind the North Minneapolis Police Station Christmas Tree. The phonelines will be open.

Yes, the phone lines will be open and the team of Ronald A. Edwards(The Minneapolis Story), and Don Allen (OurBlackNews.com)are back LIVE to talk about current events, politics, and local concerns. Tune in at 9:30AM Saturday morning for the best in Black Talk Radio.

No phone calls taken during this show. Tune in Saturday morning for the regularly scheduled Ron and Don Show.

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PODCAST Rebroadcast from "The Political End for Black Minnesotans - Saturday with Ron and Don" 11/17/18

Mr. Edwards and Mr. Allen bring you Minnesota's local news you will never find in the local newspapers, radio or television stations until we broadcast it here. Tune in this morning (Saturday 11.17) and listen to breaking news.

Topics:

Minneapolis City Council is leaking. St. Paul removes homeless camp - provides no housing. Why is the Council of Minnesotans of African Heritage so quiet? What are you Thankful for? The homeless challenge

The phone lines will be open, please call in and say hello!

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they reflect on the 2018 elections (locally, nationally), and what happened, who won and why. Our phone lines will be open and we hope you can join the conversation on a cold and snowy morning in MN.

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Have you ever changed your mind? Today on the Ron and Don Show, co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards (www.theminneapolis story.com), and Don Allen (www.OurBlackNews.com), will discuss a theory that can be put into practice next Tuesday, November 6 when we head to the polls; #VOTEDIFFERENTLY.

Also, has president Trump gained Black supporters?

Tune in, phone are up and hot.

Join Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for the best in #BlackTalkRadio on Saturday morning!

It's been a crazy week; today on the Ron and Don Show co-hosts Don Allen and Ronald A. Edwards bring you the best of #BlackTalkRadio. Tune in - the phone lines will be open.

It's been a long week; some of us worked 13-hour days - but we must keep moving forward. On today's episode, we talk about the Star Tribune and Alpha News' attempt to open congressman Ellison's divorce case-file and the continued treatment of black men and women as second class citizens. The phonelines will be open -please call in and speak with us...TROLLs welcomed!

The team of Ronald A. Edwards (historian), and Don Allen (educator) bring you the best in #BlackTalkRadio on #BlogTalkRadio. Tune in Sarurday mornings at 9:30 p.m. - phone lines will be open (call-in number above).

This week, we watched Bill Cosby sentenced to three-to-ten years for his crimes. In May 2018, a white-Texas man was given 90-days for raping a five-year old. We've watch mainstream cable networks on both sides use yellow journalism to twist facts, and make the issues relevant to their network, not delivering news, but putting on full display partisan style, and suggestive 'additions' to commentary that should violate any possible code of broadcast journalism ethics. We have to admit, it's a new day and a new play and the closing curtain isn't far away. Tune in Saturday morning to Ron and Don; we give it to you, just like it is.

News Alert: The Ron and Don Show moves to Saturday mornings

Note: I have asked Ms. Karen Monahan to call into our program; we do respect her privacy, but we need some answers.

The Ron and Don Show has been a mainstay in local Minnesota media since 2009. Co-hosts, broadcasting on #BlogTalkRadio - historian Ronald A. Edwards and producer-co-host Don Allen have been bringing local news and information that listeners cannot find in local mainstream media.

On Saturday, September 22, 2018 marks the shifting of the popular local program to a national stage with podcasts being delivered to #Anchor for distribution for the rest of 2018. Edwards says, “This is a great opportunity to have our little program sent to over 10,000 different outlets for possible listens.” Allen, the programs creator says, “Mr. Edwards has been a source of some of the most incredible news ever. I’m glad I have the opportunity to continue with our programming.”

Tune into “The Ron and Don Show” on #BlogTalkRadio at 9:30AM, now on Saturday morning’s – to listen, click here:

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Co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen join forces tonight to talk about the recent violence in north Minnepolis and if anyone is addressing it. Unfortunatley, over ten people have been shot over the last week, and recently, two shot dead. Mr. Edwards and Mr. Allen analyize what's happening in an all too familiar case of "money for nothing because Black people cannot be free."

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Ronald A. Edwards is prepared to bring you the best in Black Talk Radio tonight at 8;30pm CST. Tune in. No phone calls tonight, Mr. Allen is out on assignment.

Tune in tonight to the Ron and Don Show on BlogTalkRadio at 8:30pm for the latest in current events, news and political deconstruction.

Disclaimer: The Ron and Don Show fully supports the "MeToo" movement, we just don't understand when it's applied and to whom. Tonight’s #BlogTalkRadio program, episode 59; “Did Minnesotans just reject the ‘#MeToo movement?” On the Ron and Don Show - tonight at 8:30pm. Phone lines will be open to discuss the primary results and why senator Al Franklin had to resign over ‘allegations’ and congressman Keith Ellison is given a pass. What’s wrong with this system and let’s put Al Franken back in office. There are too many blind-spots in tone, culture, feminism, to punish one and not the other. As always, we will bring you the conversation, it’s up to you to decide! We have invited Karen Monahan via Twitter to call in and talk to us tonight. As of 3pm today, she has not called in, but we have given the secret phone number of her to call directly to the studio.

The River: https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/154/5/484/76239

Tonight (Wednesday), at 8:30pm (CST), the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen join forces to talk about Black America on the Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio. This episode is open to all and every political canidate in Minnesota, and to 'woke' civil rights activists that need see the need for immediate change. While local candidates are asking you for your vote, look back and see if your life is any better since they, or their counterparts have done right by you - or just delivered empty promises. The phone lines will be open and we invite listeners to call in with questions and challenges.

All this and much, much, more...

Call in to speak with the host (347) 426-3904.

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Join the award-winning team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen has they bring Twin Cities listeners a taste of real local, national and internation news on the Ron and Don Show. Since 2009, the Ron and Don Show has broadcasted out to millions across the globe bringing the best in ultra-focused news for Black people, the type of news the mainstream avoids. "If we are to empower our people, we must each take the responibilities that come with having more than one story," says Don Allen (educator, veteran and broadcast journalist).

This week, we are joined by Mr. Thomas Berry to talk about the mental health opportunity in Minneapolis and why now focus on mental health? Is that the biggest challenge for Black Minnesotans? The phone lines will be open and this will be a special 90-minute program.

Tune in toight at 8:30pm as Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen bring you the best in local #BlackTalkRadio on the Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio. There's a storm coming, and you better be ready. Phone lines will be open at (347) 426-3904

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What happens when the Black Community is labeled as "mental ill," in some type of "trauma"? Tune in and hear Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen with breaking news and updates LIVE from the Twin Cities of Minnesota.

What happens when you don't know what you don't know? It can lead to many bad processes. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they talk current events, local (MN) grant funding and hear our opinion about this rotating wheel that never seems to fix anything. The phonelines will be open, please call in and tell us what you think!

Death and kill in north Minneapolis. Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news! Mr. Edwards with breaking news!

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The local newspaper reported that Hennepin County hires director to reduce racial and other disparities. That person, Alex Tittle, held a similar role for the construction of U.S. Bank Stadium. Tonight cohosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen welcome Alex Tittle to our program for what will be a time to reflect by asking the right questions and to see if the shows position about the county that spends in excess of a billion-dollars a year on residents 12-21 is any closer to figuring out how this works.

The phonelines will be open and we invite you to tune in as we give listeners an update on the Minnesota GOP's effort to continue to run and hide in light of the Ellison Syndrome. This will be fun!

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The Minnesota political races have begun. Join co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards (The Minneapolis Story), and Don Allen (Our Black News) as they deliver the hard-hitting news and information that listeners want to hear. Tonight our phone lines are open and we discuss the current politcial climate and the possible fortunates and unfortunates in the 2018 races. Join us for this special :90-minute program at 8:30pm CST.

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Don Allen is on a new assigment.

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This week, Wednesday, April 18 at 8:30pm...I am pleased to announce that MN state representative @Rena Moran and the president of the Mpls NAACP will be joining the Ron and Don Show this Wednesday (tomorrow), at 8:30pm...now run tell your Momma bout that! The conversation is about Foster Care, Juvenile lock-up challenges, education of Black boys and girls, and I want to personally the Mpls. NAACP, “what makes the relevant in MN, in 2018?

The phonelines will be open for critical thinkers. Please share the link!

The local newspaper (Star Tribune) published a story about some scuffle last night at a community safety meeting between Nikema Levy-Pounds and others. We have asked the reverend Jerry McAfee to join us tonight and explain what went on - this is the Rev. Mac we know: LINK

Plus much, much, more...

Tune in tonight to hear Ronald A. Edwards bring you up to speed on the latest events in Minnesota. You might get shocked!

Tune in tonight to hear Ronald A. Edwards bring you up to speed on the latest events in Minnesota. You might get shocked!

Tune in tonight to hear Ronald A. Edwards bring you up to speed on the latest events in Minnesota. You might get shocked!

Tune in tonight to hear Ronald A. Edwards bring you up to speed on the latest events in Minnesota. You might get shocked!

Tonight on the Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio the team of Don Allen (IBNN) and Ronald A. Edwards (The Minneapolis Story) welcome Mr. Jake Johnston from the Center for Economics and Policy Research to talk about a situation (ongoing) in Haiti that first came to light in 2015.

Mr. Johnston’s piece, “How the US Plan to Build Houses for Displaced Haitians Became an Epic Boondoggle, cited the following:

After the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, the US government responded with an ambitious plan to build 15,000 new houses in the country. But the ensuing program to put roofs over the heads of displaced Haitians has included a boondoggle of epic proportions at one $35 million housing development, where shoddy construction practices and faulty sewage systems are currently the subject of an ongoing investigation. On February 3, the US-based company Thor Construction was suspended from receiving government contracts because of its work in Haiti. Another contractor with close ties to the Haitian president has so far escaped punishment.

A whole lot of of shaking is going on in Minnesota as well as the world. On Tuesday, Minneapolis police officer Noor was arrested and charged; this wil prove interestings becase on last weeks show, co-host Ronald A. Edwards told listeners exactly what would happen, and how. We also look forward for a call from the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC to talk about a 2015 story about a U.S. contractor being suspended from doing work in Haiti because of substandard and faulty construction work. If not, the Ron and Don Show will break the story that the Star Tribune ignored. If we get to it, we ask, why black actors are paid so poorly.

This and much more with some breaking news items.

Join historian Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they co-host #BlogTalkRadio's "The Ron and Don Show," at 8:30pm tonight (CST) as we discuss the latest in news and information. There's a lot going on in the Twin Cities in the area of nonprofit funding; tune in tonight to hear the latest update on the chaos happening in north Minneapolis with several underperforming agencies.

Mr. Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen give listeners a dynamic-delivery of what's happening in the local nonprofit chaos. Tune in at 8:30pm for the latest in local, national and international news, current events and information...don't miss this show, we have a lot to unpack.

EMERGE
PUC
Minneapolis Urban League
StairStep Foundation
African American Leadership Forum
What happened to the legislative funding of $35 million (Senator Bobby Joe Champion and Jeff Hayden are silent).
NOC is gone?

BlogTalkRadio's the Ron and Don Show are pleased to welcome back Mr. Paul Creager from Gordon Parks High School in St. Paul, who next week celebrate the schools 10th Anniversary serving students in the metro area. He will give us an update, and let you know about the discount codes (if available for our listeners. To by tickets to the Gordon Parks 10th Anniversary Celebration at the St. Paul Hotel, Friday, March 9, use this link: https://www.spps.org/Page/33737. (The Ron and Don Show is honored to display the sponsors of this event on our show page.)

After, we introduce you to Minnesota's most dynamic investigative journalists and the news you're not getting from the mainstream media.

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Tune in Wednesday night at 8:30pm (CST) for one of the best programs on #Internet #Radio, the Ron and Don Show featuring co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards (historian, television and newspaper journalist) and Don Allen (senior editorial columnist for the Independent Business News Network and Our Black News) as they bring you the latest in news, information and current events. On Wednesday’s show we welcome representatives from Gordon Parks High School in St. Paul, Minnesota as the school, district and the city of St. Paul celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the school during the second week of March. Find out how you can attend the variety of events with a massive gala celebration planned for March 9th at the St. Paul Hotel (a place where Mr. Gordon Parks “the man” worked). Get all the details tonight!

TICKETS ON SALE NOW....$50 March 9 at the St. Paul Hotel. https://www.spps.org/Page/33737

It doesn't matter what you think, black Minnsotans are being shafted by other hand-picked black people who have been the carriers of a slow and antiquated agenda. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we bring you the latest in current events, news and information. The phone lines will be open.

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With the recent homicides in the Twin Cities and local elected officials talking about eliminating violence, our concern is that this sounds like more lip-service. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we talk about everything from the Northside Funders to the Minneapolis Urban League that have disappeared off the face of the problem-solving grid and have not produced any significant results. Our phone lines will be open and we invite you to call in.

Join co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards (#BlackFocus) and Don Allen (#IBNN) as we discuss, Education, Politics, Shootings and the State of the Black Collective on the Ron and Don Show. The phone lines will be open for questions and advise. Don't miss this program.

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Historian and long-time civil rights activist Ronald A. Edwards and Academic-fluent Educator Don Allen return for the MLK Day Special Broadcast. Team of Ron and Don have many topics for today's program and the phonelines will be wide open for you to phone in during our special time between 3-5pm CST. We look forward to you sharing this special time with us.

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Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus) and Don Allen (IBNN) as we talk about 2017 in the state of Minnnesota. We expect to be joined by a few special guests, politicians and others for this two-hour special. The phone lines will be open for you to call in. Look for candidate Ms. Rebecca Gagnon at 9pm.

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Something happened this week on social media that left a long-lasting digital footprint for all of us watching closely.A young woman posted that she was mistreated by a local Minnesota congressman and that he (the congressman) had isolated her from her work. Tonight we read her statement live on-air and let the listeners decide what's going on. Tune in to her Ron and Don talk about the most important issues.

-Gov. Mark Dayton appoints Tina Smith to U.S. Senate

-Super Bowl Surprise: First team to take the field for Super Bowl LII is Minneapolis North High Polars

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1. "Do" Black Minnesotans think Senator Al Franken should Resign? 2. Will Minneapolis have a black city council president? 3. Where is Betsy Hodges? 4. Will one of governor Dayton's commissioners be targeted for harrasment, what are the Human Rights around that?

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Historial Ronald A. Edwards and educator Don Allen team up this week to bring you the best in local, national and international news and current events. This week, our program is 90-minutes so we can talk about elections in the state of Minnesota, more specifically, the Twin Cities. Join us! The phone lines will be open!

It's a hot one tonight. The Ron and Don Show with phone lines wide open tonight will talk about many things including the upcoming November 7. Don't miss this show; candidates are welcomed to call in.

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Join us Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 8:30pm on the Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio for an EXCLSIVE interview with co-founder of Women Abuv Ground and co-creator of That Glass Jar™. “Bo” is set to expose a trend of Black men and women excluded from the Cannabis conversation and the people who look like us that continue to sell us out.

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The lack of minority representation (in the Cannabis business) is especially fraught given that research shows African-Americans were disproportionately arrested and incarcerated during the war on drugs. Now that marijuana is seen as a legitimate business, advocates argue that minorities should also reap the profits (Tracy Jan and Fenit Nirappil, The Washington Post, 2017).

There’s some names we as black business men and women need to know; the first is DECODE.

DECODE Cannabis Education Fund (really), is a 501c3 organization (of course) tasked with organizing a national mobilization effort to educate Americans on the social benefits of a federal mandate removing Cannabis from the Schedule I. In doing so, DECODE will support important issues in the industry such as decriminalization, inclusion, women and minority business, civil rights, research, caregiver/patients rights, workers’ rights, safety & testing and responsible advertising. But some worry that DECODE is allegedly DECIVING the Black community in the United States by ignoring local business people of color who are in the forefront of the cannabis business, but being ignored by this nonprofit agency.

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The political party, the DFL is full of swing a swagger, except for when it comes to the black people of the state of Minnesota. Co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen will explain what has happened and how the DFL is buying votes via grant making processes. Tune in tonight at 8:30pm CST and the phone lines will be wide open.

Tune into the Ron and Don Show tonight as we discuss current events, community an accountability. This will be a great show with the phone lines wide open.

Join us tonight as we investigate an exclusive story about how a grant to fight crime turned into a needed conversation.

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Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for local news that is the most objective news in Minnesota. This week is a follow up to last week and the shooting of Justine in South Minneapolis. What really happened and will the Somali officer be charged? Also, Minneapolis' police chief becomes the scapegoat for a weak mayor and city council in her resignation.

Tune in tonight as Don Allen returns with co-host Ronald A. Edwards to give you the best source of information in the state. Tune in to The Ron and Don Show tonight at 8:30pm CST.

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Tune in at 8pm. The link for the program is in this post. The call in number is (347) 426-3904 - Lines will be open for the whole program. The verdict came as no surprise to co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen, from The Ron and Don Show who since 2008 have been broadcasting messages to the community locally in the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis to include a global reach. The black community in Minnesota is fractured beyond repair. There are no leaders in our community everyone is in survival mode and if your not a member of a particular political party, you are marginalized and set aside. Tonight we analysis the St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez he being found not guilty of all counts in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile. It's over, officer Jeronimo Yanez was on trial for the shooting death of Philando Castile; but tonight is a free man.

What the community served justice, or was someone paid off? PHONE LINES WILL BE OPEN.

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On Wednesday, June 7 at 8:30pm, join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus), and Don Allen (Our Black News) as we discuss the decriminalization of Blackness through the legalization of recreational marijuana. On the air LIVE with us on Wednesday is cannapreneur Bonita “Bo” Money, one of the few women of color in the emerging, billion-dollar cannabis business. She’s the creator of That Glass Jar ™, a cannabis-infused topical, and founder of Women Abuv Ground, a networking organization, dedicated to introducing the cannabis business, namely to women of color. Women Abuv Ground (WAG) launched its networking organization with a splashy, pre-Grammy Awards party with plenty of cannabis-infused food and wine, plus edibles and cotton candy! The CannaCool Lounge was held on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at the Casa Vertigo in downtown Los Angeles. Emmy Award-winning TV personality Montel Williams received WAG’s first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award for using his celebrity to bring awareness to medical cannabis for treatment of chronic illnesses.

Born in Seoul, Korea, and raised in Monterey, CA, Money began her research of the cannabis industry and became very interested in the healing properties of cannabis. Money created That Glass Jar ™, an organic, herbal cannabis-infused cream that cures Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA. That Glass Jar ™ has been an effective treatment for drug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. The cannabis-infused cream proves scientific studies that show that cannabis have antibacterial properties. That Glass Jar ™ can treat a variety of ailments from sun burns, eczema and psoriasis to arthritis, fibromyalgia and some forms of skin cancer.

As always, our phone lines will be open for this special 90-minute program on how Black American can keep and maintain wealth through the farming, distribution, sales and knowledge of legalizing marijuana.

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Tune in tonight as Don Allen returns to the Ron and Don Show to talk about all of the upcoming events happening local, nationally and internationally. Don't miss this great program.

Civil Rights activist, historian and television host Ronald A. Edwards talks about the community and brings us up to speed on current events.

Local public radio station owned by the community continues to have challenges with local personalities, money and people hand-feeding them grants from other organizations. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we discuss this and many more issues on the Ron and Don Show tonight at 8:30pm CST. Maybe we can get Fancy Ray to call in!

Don't miss this program with Ronald. A. Edwards and Don Allen as they discuss local, national and international news and informaton.

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Minneapolis activist Kay G. Wilson joins us LIVE tonight at 8:30pm.

Minneapolis mayor grants 250K to the same people for no results. Of course its an election year...why not?

(Editorial)…Minneapolis’ black community has always been divided when into two specific groups when money hits the table. Group one is the folks and organizations who always seem to “get the money” with little to no successful outcomes. Group two is the group who are the grassroots, hardworking folks that actually have a plan, but are intentionally overlooked by philanthropic-political pundits in favor of keeping things as they are. The Minneapolis mayor, who is currently running for what some say is the toughest re-election bid in Minneapolis mayoral-race history is not a surgery-cure type mayor; she’s a band aid mayor…once again, she uses her power of box-opening to pull out another band aid to make what we allege as another politically-driven outreach grant to make sure downtown Minneapolis is safe. Since the announcement of this particular band aid, there have been several beating, robberies and women shot in the head. It seems that money in the wrong place does what it always has for Minneapolis…nothing.

If I was on the Minneapolis City Council, I would question mayor Hodges funding of Day Patrols on Hennepin Avenue. I know she wants to be re-elected as mayor again but the black folks she's granting money to don't hang out in downtown Minneapolis after the sun goes down. Hell, if the mayor was worried about crime on Hennepin Avenue, she'd clean up 5th and Hennepin. If you've been there, you know what I'm talking about. This too will be a total fail for Hodges.

Mr. Ronald A. Edwards carries the program tonight with information about the latest and greatest happenings in the Twin Cities. Mr. Ronald A. Edwards carries the program tonight with information about the latest and greatest happenings in the Twin Cities.

Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau will be on the air with Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen to talk about the latest Department of Justice report. Some don't understand the importance nor signifigance of this document, but consider this a teachable moment when Ron and Don have Minnneapolis' #1 #TopCop live on the air Wednesday night. The phone lines will be open after our conversations with the chief. This and much, more!

Join Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they breakdown the exciting events surrounding the lazy poverty pimps who look and do nothing. The phone lines will be open.

Mr. Edwards and Mr. Allen shake it up as they return to the airwaves on #BlogTalkRadio to explain that everything is not as it looks. Join us tonight at 8:30pm for the best in Internet Radio!

Ron and Don talk about many things including what local leadership has done to make sure black Minnesotans are successful? Is it time to sunset the ethnic councils?

Don Allen and Ron Edwards bring you rivoting news about local politics and current events happening not only in Minnesota, but around the world. Join them tonight at 8:30pm CST for the best in BlogTalkRadio.

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Don Allen and Ronald A. Edwards LIVE tonight with the phone lines wide open! Don't miss this show. Sorry for the mean accurate things we are getting ready to say.

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Tune in tonight to hear Ronald A. Edwards do his thing on BlogTalkRadio. Don Allen is on academic assignment covering national politics.

Tonight, join Ronald A. Edwards (Don Allen is on academic assignment) as he brings current events, news and information to the forefront of news on #BlogTalkRadio. Join him every Wednesday.

Tune into the Ron and Don Show as they update you on current events locally (Minnesota), nationally and internationally. This is a great program.

Mr. Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen, M.A. Ed. talk about current events and news in Minnesota. Join him tonight for an exlusive program. Don Allen is broadcasting LIVE from our nations capitol.

Join Mr. Ronald A. Edwards as he closes out the year with important news and information. Don Allen returns in 2017.

Tune in tonight to hear Mr.Edwards talk about the latest current events happening in Minnesota. His co-host, Don Allen is on assignment in New York City.

Tune in tonight and hear Mr. Edwards talk about current events, locally and nationally. Edwards' co-host Don Allen is vacationing in Mexico for the week.

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The announcement came last Wednesday (Nov. 16) as Ramsey County Prosecuting Attorney John Choi laid out the set of facts that led him to file charges against Yanez in the highly-publicized July 6 shooting death of Castile, who was driving in Falcon Heights when he was pulled over by Yanez for a supposed broken taillight. What ensued was Yanez shooting Castile seven times while Castile’s girlfriend Diamond Reynolds and her 4-year-old daughter were in the car. Immediately following Castile being shot Reynolds livestreamed the now-viral video on Facebook.

the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen open the phone lines early in the program to talk about the historic win of the businessman Donald J. Trump. Many in the black community are mourning Hillary Clinton's loss but don't understand the the positive points of a Trump win. We have a lot of work to do and since president Obama has been in office for eight years and has not done much for black people; lets see what Trump does.

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Minneapolis, Minn. - Community members who cleverly disguise themselves as activists have been spreading a vile lie throughout the community that “a deal” was cut and the black community was successful in receiving over $35 million from the 2016 state legislature. As of this past Sunday on a local public radio station where the Minneapolis Urban League’s president Steve Belton was being interviewed, Belton made it very clear; the community did not receive $35 million – the lion’s share of the amount was supposedly distributed throughout the state of Minnesota to many cultures and missions. During the interview, the MUL’s Belton corrected the host of the show who seemed not to have his information correct. “The community (Black folks) did not get $35 million; the $35 million was distributed across the state. The north Minneapolis agency EMERGE and its leadership was asked to take the lead on the $4.2 million that was allocated,” said Belton.

What happens when you get a bunch of elected officials attempting to problem-solve in an area they know nothing about? A: Lies, misdirection, payoff's to friends and a whole lot of nothing that keeps community members in static state with no futures to look forward to.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus; The Minneapolis Story.com) and Don Allen (IBNN, Our Black News and Black Politics in Minnesota) for a rivieting program about what has happen to the money and why folk have selective memory loss.

The team of Ron and Don will try to answer many questions about the state of the United States and why so many people of color are being challenges by structual violence. We have a lot of current events and you just need to tune in and join our conversation...the phone lines will be open

Join Don Allen and Mr. Ronald A. Edwards as we probe the lastest violence in the Twin Cities. Local politicians are at odds with community leaders; community leaders are scambling to get funding and we seem to be moving nowhere fast. Don't miss this program, the phone lines will be open.

Downtown Minneapolis...fine dining, dancing, people watching and bullets flying through the air. Its not the Minneapolis we come from, but a downtown area void of responsibilities to the people of this great city. Jobs, high umemployment and the lack of community leadership is partly to blame, but hell - this has happened before.

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Join co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for an in-depth look at the Clinton/Trump/Johnson/Stein presidential race. On Wednesday program we talk about black Americans and how we/they need another choice for president of the USA. Our phone lines will be open. There is also plenty local news to go around. Join us on The Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio - real #BlackTalkRadio.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we bring to light some interesting facts about the state of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Human Rights Department and what happen to the funding in St. Cloud, Rochester and Duluth, Minnesota to address communities concerned about ISIS, violence and their new immigrant populations.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — The father of the man who stabbed nine people at a central Minnesota mall has identified him as a 22-year-old college student. Ahmed Adan told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that police told him Saturday night that his son, Dahir A. Adan, died at Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud.

Again on Wednesday night the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen will uncover and pull back information on the ongoing shootings and killings that plauge the Twin Cities. It seems someone is giving bad intel to local mainstream media outlets and we are here to set the record straight! The phone lines will be open!

The Minneapolis NAACP has lost it's fire to Coonery. With the surge in the Black Lives Matter movement locally and nationally (on a well-financed mission nobody really knows or cares about), we see the NAACP in Minnesota as a misguided, corrupt and sometimes non-function sorority that is willing to grab a headline then assist black people get ahead.

Join Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we talk the Minneapolis and national NAACP.

Tune in to the award-winning co-hosts Don Allen (Our Black News) and Ronald A. Edwards (The Minneapolis Story) as they bring you another stunning episode on this weeks program.

Joining the team for Wednesday's program is investigative journalist from AlphaNews.com Ms. Preya Samsundar, who will talk to us at length about her ongoing investigation and the many inconsistencies in Ilhan Omar marriage controversy that have not been fully explained. Samsundar and AlphaNews reported that the Brother Ilhan Omar sent an email to the news organization. The team of Ron and Don will dissect this email while discussing the many possible constitutional riff’s that come to light in the case of who-married-whom, why and who benefited.

This and much, much more. Phone lines will be open.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they bring you the latest in community, national and international news and information. Tonight we start the conversation about Donald J. Trump and his appeal to black voters of the United States. Is what Trump says correct? "What have we got to lose?" In 2016, maybe nothing - there has been no Executive Orders for Black's in the United States.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen on Wednesday, August 17 at 8:30PM for what will be a telling experience about what’s happening at KMOJ-FM Radio. We are joined by Calvin Quarles, former station manager.

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Minneapolis, Minn. - What’s happening at KMOJ is reflection on Minnesota’s black communities. We have folks who do not live with us, shop with us or co-mingle with us (except in nightclubs) making decisions they know nothing about. Join award-winning co-hosts Don Allen (Our Black News) and historian and civil rights icon Ronald A. Edwards (The Minneapolis Story) as we are joined by Mr. Calvin Quarles, former station manager of KMOJ-FM to find out his side of a gruesome tale of what we allege is an act of retaliation with the dismissal of due process.

This and much more. Phone lines will be open.

Don't miss this program; we have Jennifer Carnahan joining us to talk about her bid to replace Bobby Joe Champion in the MN senate. We also talk about the design of poverty in north Minneapolis and the continued overdoses, shootings and beatings that the local news never covers. It's going to be a great program!

We don’t hear much about the investigation on the killing of the two-year-old child in north Minneapolis; it seems the attention is focused on the police shooting of a black man. When we ignore what’s happening to our children, we ignore the importance of liberty, justice and freedom. Local community “hacktivist” have their priorities all mixed up…Ron and Don are here to put them back on track.

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Tune in on Wednesday, August 3 at 8:30 p.m. for the award-winning program The Ron and Don Show hosted by civil rights activist and historical Ronald A. Edwards and publisher and founder of the Independent Business News Networks Don Allen.

On Wednesday’s program the team bring you two of the three candidates running against incumbent Bobby Joe Champion for the senate seat in SD-59.

Join Mr. Edwards tonight has he brings you the latest in local, national and international news and information. This week he talks about the Democratic National Convention, national/local politics and the stuff that happens in our back yard.

What's happening in Minnesota? We really need to find out. Tune in tonight to hear historian Ronald A. Edwards talk about what's going on.

Listen to Mr. Ronald A. Edwards talk about what's happening in the Twin Cities.

Listen to civil rights hisotorian Ronald A. Edwards talk about the Twin Cities. (Don Allen is on assignment).

Join Mr. Ronald A. Edwards as he talks current events and tells us information the local news negates. (Don Allen is on assignment.)

If the argument of sameness works for gay rights, could it have worked for Civil Rights? Imagine the following “alternative history.” It is the early sixties, and while it should be obvious to everyone that all human beings are the same in every important respect, racism is alive and well. The white political leaders most sympathetic to the plight of African Americans decide to make the case for this moral sameness by arguing that black people are really white. “Look past their skin,” they say, “and you will find that they are just as white as we are.” This argument is so effective that the discourse about race in America changes nearly overnight. Anyone who wants to talk about the distinctiveness of African American culture is accused of racism. Even black leaders who want to draw attention to black history and its unique challenges and achievements are shut down. There is no black pride movement, no discussion of the particularity of black culture, and no effort to find room in public discourse to reflect on the uniqueness of black life in America. Blacks continue to have their own history and culture, but those differences cannot be named, analyzed, and celebrated. For the purposes of social justice, blacks have become white (Webb, 2014).

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (The Minneapolis Story) and Don Allen (Our Black News) as we welcome the honorable Minnesota Senate Republican Leader David Hann to our special political update broadcast. Hann, a veteran of the United States Army has served our state with honor and true integrity. On Wednesday night, in a history making broadcast, the senator will set straight the stories about a package that went from $100 million; to $35 million that now looks like $4.2 million dollars to address the disparities in the Black community. We also talk about the Northside Achievement Zone and also ask the question, where is the Minneapolis Urban League audit, normally due out in January. We can leave out the many shootings and murders in the Twin Cities and Ron and Don will bring listeners up to speed on the latest in corrective community processes. Don't miss this program and the phone lines will be open.

Tonights program deals with the reason blacks in Minnesota are behind the eightball in many issues, Some of the issues involve economic advancement where nonprofit poverty pimps use the poor population as cash crop; the other are groups like the NAACP and local Urban League that do not have the capacity or know how to affect justice.

Tonight the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen deliver straight talk about the Fed's denial to prosecute the officers involved in the death of Jamar Clark - bad witnesses, a media hungry NAACP and the lack of process cased this to happen.

Things are gettting hot and heavy in Minnesota's black community. The 2016 legislative session is closed and again we (black Minnesotans) get nothing from the state except empty promisses and money directed to only a few. On our program, we talk about what happened, who the players were and why $4.2 million dollars makes sure the black community stays poor, weak and unemployed. (Secret: It's not the Republcians fault.)

The Twin Cities #1 online #BlogTalkRadio program, the Ron and Don Show will talk about local violence, leaders and the political atmosphere of the Twin Cities. We will also disucuss how Mike Wynn can cure the communities ails with $31,000.00 - how embarrasing. Tune in tonight, the phone lines will be open.

The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they breakdown the serious issues of over 100 shootings in north Minneapolis and multiple murders; men, women and children. It has to stop. Are leaders have ducked behind the Minnesota State Capital searching for money to correct communities wrongs but fail to realize it takes a village; not village idiots. Our phone lines will be open for you to call in and talk about the many solutions and stolen ideas that never go anywhere in Minneapolis.

Tune in tonight to hear long-time civil rights activist, historian and host of Minneapolis Television Network's Black Focus talk about the current event happening in the Twin Cities and across the world. His co-host Don Allen is on assignment in New York City.

Join co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for a tribute to the hardest working person in music...Prince. His music had the formula that made people love him from around the world. Join us and call in and tell us about your personal encounters.

(Note: If you are from Chicago and didn't arrive in Minneapolis until the 1990s, Prince had graduated already.

Tonight the team of Don Allen and Ronald A. Edwards brings you the hard-hitting news about why hiring practices at the Twin Stadium (Target Field) have been the same since the construction of the facility. Several years ago Mr. Edwards filed a civil rights case with the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights who took one-year to come back and tell him he "had no standing." We've done this before and it seems like Twin Cities Negro leadership hasn't a clue about what the hell's really going on around them. Phone lines will be open.

...and much, much more.

If you ever wanted to hear about what’s really happening in Minnesota’s black community, tune in Wednesday night for our two-hour special program with north side pastor, activist and leader of New Salem Baptist Church; reverend Jerry McAfee.

The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen invite Rev. Mac to talk with us and inform listeners about the current 2016 legislative session and why some folks are not at the table. In a recent opinion published by the Star Tribune, St. Paul businessman Duane Johnson of St. Paul – who is the co-founder of Tuloko wrote: “I am skeptical of any black leader who claims to represent my interests as an entrepreneur without my input. Many of them have never owned or operated a business. They have never experienced the day-to-day hustle of entrepreneurship.”

There are several critical issues surrounding the group gathered to attain over $75 million dollars to address disparities in the black community and other minority-ethic circles.

The questions we have are:

Who picked these folks to represent black Minnesotans?

Why didn’t anyone call business people to the table?

What are the chances of the money being lost in translation?

If you don’t listen to any other program, this is the must listen on Wednesday night at 8:30pm on the Ron and Don Show.

After you read the information below, visit Bring Me the News website for the full story.

On Wednesday night, get your popcorn and tune in as the team of Ron and Don explain why the story is changing and who is behind the switch and bait. Phone lines will be open. (Posted by Bring Me The News on April 4, 2016 - By Melissa Turtinen and Shaymus McLaughlin).”The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has a recording of the 911 call online. In it, she says there was an “altercation” that she tried to break up, and in the process hurt her leg and she can’t move. That happened 60-90 minutes before she called 911, she says in the recording. Hayes also maintained Clark “was not hysterical” and he wasn’t hitting the windows of the ambulance like investigators had said.

You can read the attorney’s office narrative of events here.

Today on the Ron and Don Show the phone lines will be open. This will be an opportunity to hear from local residents, business owners and community stakeholders about how they feel about HC attorney Mike Freeman's decision. When this show promotion page was posted, Freeman had not held a press conference. Today (Wed. 3.30), Freeman will make an annoucement in the Jamar Clark case.

There are many players in this game; some who play the fools. Tonight we talk. Tune in at 8:30 pm.

Join us tonight for a very important program. We welcome former Council on Black Minnesotans multi-term chairman of the board Patwin Lawrence, who is challenging incumbent Bobby Joe Champion. Lawernce is a strategic person, thinking twice about what he says and for the most part is 100 percent correct. It's time for the community to get the right information about this candidate and what he will do in an area that has seen more than it's share of blight, unemployment and structual violence.

Any day now we expect Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to make an announcement in the case of charging Minneapolis Police for the shooting of Jamar Clark. We have a hunch it will not be what everyone is expecting. Tune in for more....

What's happening in education. Are teachers racist, or is it a lack of home-schooling?

The phone lines will be open.

Join the team of Ron and Don has we welcome North High School head coach for the men's basketball team Larry A. McKenzie, who lead his team to the domination of this years Minnesota's men's basketball tournament in downtown Minneapolis. The North High Polars pulled off a sweet win to bring attention back to North High School and maybe get our young black men back to North High.

After the coach, we talk to local community activist and all-around good guy Mr. KG Wilson about threats to black teenagers for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day holiday. You'll get it all right here, politics, sports, community values and education with the team of Ron and Don.

Phone lines will be open.

Heck no, we're not being silent. Join the loud team of Ron and Don as they break very important news tonight at 8:30 pm on the Ron and Don Show. Phone lines will be open.

Co-host Ronald A. Edwards wrote a letter to the United States Justice Department citing there had been tampering inside the Jamar Clark investigation via the police department and other concerned parties. On last weeks program, a member of the Minneapolis NAACP told listeners that a directive was made to tell community members not to give police video recordings of the Jamar Clark shooting (if any). Y-T-D, there have been no videos from those alledged community members, nor testimonies. Join the team of Ron and Don as we deconstruct what's happening inside and outside the Jamar Clark case.

We will also talk about the latest MCA II scores which show black children in the Minnesota school systems slipping below Native Americans in reading, writing and math. Of course community members, parents and collective impact groups remain silent.

This and much, much more. Phone lines will be open.

It's time to get this stuff out into the public...from the craziness going on at KMOJ-FM to the stuff happening in Hennepin County and all of the folks who said they had video of the police shooting of Jamar Clark; you folks are on some BS! Join Ron and Don have they bring you up to date on current events, community and a local political pimpin that will lead the community back to political choices that make sense.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we discuss the resent take-over at local public radio station KMOJ-FM, which is a small component of the Center for Communications and Development. We talk about the rules of public radio and how something is out-of-order at the station.

Things to consider:

The black museum (MAAM), AAFS, Sabathani Community Center, etc...

Later in our program we talk about the nomination of a new Supreme Court Justice, politics, people and places. Tune in every Wednesday night at 8:30 p.m. CST for the best in black-talk-radio.

Tune in tonight to hear the best in #BlackTalkRadio on #BlogTalkRadio. The team of Ron Edwards and Don Allen has they bring the latest in local news coverage you will not find in the mainstream media; most of the time, they don't cover positive news made by black people, especially the mixed up Star Tribune newspaper. The phone lines will be open and we look forward to your call-ins.

We start out with Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage Dr. Louis Porter who fills us in on the CMAH's upcoming police/community forum.

Next we take a look at the Minneapolis police chief's reappointment an what that means to our community.

Then we look at the case of Jamar Clark and how the Minneapolis NAACP is just plain screwing their membership with the lack of information to it's members.

Much, much more...

Wednesday's program marks the return of Our Black News publisher Don Allen from his one-month assignment in New York and Los Angeles. Allen collected data on several different local community spokespersons while working on his academic endevors.

Earlier this week, Minneapolis NAACP branch president allegedly called community activist and radio show host Aflred Flowers a coward; then she went on to call Mr Flower's mother, a well-respected local pastor a "bitch." Join the team of Ron and Don as we unpack what this means for the Minneapolis NAACP, it's membership and the local community.

Also, we will again talk about the money unaccounted for in the case of Jamar Clark and why Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, nor the Minneapolis NAACP have said a word. Tune in at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday night.

Tune in tonight (Wed.) and hear Ronald A. Edwards give you the latest update into the scandal behind the Jamar Clark situtation and how a group of no good community members are holding out on the money collected for this young man's family.

Join Mr. Edwards has he takes listeners on a detailed history lesson that only he can give. Phone lines are not open, th show is live.

Tonight Mr. Ronald A. Edwards takes the helm of the program and brings you news and infomation about current events locally and nationally. (Don Allen is on assignment.)

Join Mr. Ron Edwards every Wednesday in the month of January as he takes listeners back in a time capsule of events and historical happingings in the Twin Cites. (Don Allen is on assignment.)

Join Ronald A, Edwards (The Minneapolis Story) and Don Allen (Our Black News) as they tackle current events locally and national to bring simple clarity to the plight of black men and women. Tonight's program focuses on some of the major news events, some we broke before the mainstream media was alerted. Of course we never get credit, but will will be here heading into 2016.

Happy New Year!

Tune in tonight to hear the best in blog talk radio. Join Mr. Edwards at 8:30 pm. Don Allen is on assignment.

Someone told me a while back to just sit back and watch; all this stuff will implode and you can have a ringside seat. Well folks, the Minneapolis NAACP and friends have been compromised and community members and stakeholders that need the agency to work on behalf of the advancement of us all are worried.

Join Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we take listeners into the bylaws of the unit NAACP as writen and posted by the national NAACP. It seems someone has disregarded the rules in favor of fame and glory. The phone lines will be open.

Happy Holiday's!

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen has they dig deep into local and national civil rights issues and explain in simple clarity what happened a few years back when the United States civil rights commission held a hearing at the University of St. Thomas. We will also update listeners on current events within our community.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they bring the latest breaking news from the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul). On the heels of the governor and congressman Keith Ellison requesting protesters leave north Minneapolis, there is more rebellion.

Tune in and find out all the details, the players and who will loose in this battle for political relevancy.

Join Ronald A. Edwards as he guides listeners to the turn of events happening in Minneapolis, Minn. His co-host, Don Allen is on assignment.

If it happened once, it will happen again. Another black man is shoot by Minneapolis police; but there is a bigger story coming out of Minneapolis that the team of Ron and Don will break on the air tonight. Tune in at 8:30 to the Ron and Don Show. The phonelines will be open.

Back again for more fun, excitement and black talk radio! The team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen bring you the most current news and events happening in the Twin Cities and all around the state of Minnesota. We'd like to wish all the veterans a happy Veterans Day and thank you for youer service.

Mr. Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen will tell our listeners the truth about what happened to the museum and much, much more. They phone lines will be open.

Don Allen is on assigment and will return next week to the Ron and Don Show.

Tune in tonight to The Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio has we bring you up to date on an epidemic of violence in the Twin Cities.

Join the Ron and Don Show broadcasting LIVE from the Minnesota Lynx championship game in downtown Minneapolis.

My position is that Community Action of Minneapolis, the city of Minneapolis Inspections and the Minneapolis Public Schools could be complicit in the death of not only the three children killed in the north Minneapolis house fire on Sunday, but also other deaths involving children packed in inefficiently heated houses that die the worst death a child could die…death by fire. If Community Action of Minneapolis failed these families, then city officials, CAM board members, local politicians and the black leadership is complicit in overlooking something that went wrong a very long time ago.

Tune into the Ron and Don Show on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. has we dive in to the reasons and compelling evidence that no child should be cold, or die in a house fire in the Twin Cites.

Tune in to the Ron and Don Show as we talk about the public policy of Black Minnesotans. The phone lines will be open.

Tonight's show is loaded with tons of great information from the Minneapolis police cheif to the crooks who stole money that prevented the Minnesota black museum from opening. Join the team of Ron and Don as we give names, places and only facts on why some local people should be charged and locked up.

The phone lines will be open.

On Monday, September 14, co-host Ronald A. Edwards was interviewed on Up and At Em on Twin Cities News Talk Radio AM 1130 to talk about the historical implications of of Davis' actions. Join Ron and Don as they walk you back in time and re-tell our listeners about the many black leaders who misued grants and money meant to better the community protected by the DFL opertaives.

Other topics:

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights in chaos Don't look know, it's Al Flowers Was it something I said? Speocal guests

Don Allen is on assigment this week. He will return next week with Mr. Ronald A. Edwards.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards(Black Focus) and Don Allen (Our Black News) as we discuss events surrounding the Black Lives Matter protest at the Minnesota State Fair and how black professionals and academic are backing off from this movement because of bad leadership and decisions to protest that do not change outcomes for black people.

We will also be joined by several special guest who will chime in on their opinions about the state of black America and what we really do to put first-things-first by doing things the right way. It's a new day; it's time work towards success.

The phone lines will be open - don't miss this program starting at 8:30 p.m. (CST).

The phone lines are open.

Join the Ron and Don Show tonight as we welcome Mr. Jim Clingman a long time watchdog of his local and national NAACP to discuss with us the background behind Federal Judge Susan J. Dlott , who has subpoenaed the National NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and the National NAACP Legal Counsel. This will be a wake up call for black America.

We also cover the tragic shooting of two reporters and talk about the motivation behind this event. Then we talk about Minnesota's version of Black Lives Matter and much more. The phone lines will be open. Don't miss this program.

Tune in tonight to the Ron and Don Show on BlogTalkRadio as they deliver news and information from the Twin Cities of Minnesota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Tonight's program topics are:

The Council on Black Minnesotans
What's up with local black leadership; what have they done now?
The Norwood Teague scandal is delivered via the Star Tribune (there is more news guys).
Collective Impact Models in the Twin Cities: worthless social clubs.
How is your third-grader doing in the Minneapolis and St. Paul Public School systems? (Rhetorical Question 99)

Don't mis this program, the phone lines will be open.

The Ron and Don Show alleges reporter Amelia Rayno of the Star Tribune is not telling the full story. Let's go back to 2013; a reporter from Boston (Rayno) arrives in Minneapolis to cover the U of M athletics...this includes the strategic takedown of Tubby Smith by Rayno and the Strib. Of course one must ask, how did Rayno become so "connected" with the university's athletic department and the politics within?

On Wednesday night the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen will draw the picture of alleged corruption inside the Star Tribune, it's report(s) and Norwood Teague to prove the Strib attempted to put protection on the paper by the one-sided missive by their reporter.

The phone lines will be open.

Tune into the Ron and Don Show tonight as we investigate the many stories surrounding the death of young Barway Collins. The phone lines will be open and we hope to have as our special guest Parter Harding Smith of M.A.N.

Don't miss this progream.

Tune into the Ron and Don Show as we take listeners on a historic step-by-step lay out of the hustle for public safety money and how, by the evidence of the latest murders, it has not worked in Minneapolis. From July 25 to July 26 (24 hours), two people died from gunshots, many more injured. Ron and Don will discuss how to end this tragic violence, but also point fingers at the organizations that have sold out the black community in favor of a working friendship that is more dysfunctional then a duck with rabbit ears. As always, the phone lines will be open.

On Saturday, July 18th at approximately 12:15 p.m. - there was an incident that has not (at least at this writing, 7.20), has not been reported by the mainstream media. Join co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we walk listeners through each step of the story and explain why Mr. John Powell did not have to be beaten by Robbinsdale police personnel.

This and much, much more!

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus) and Don Allen (Our Black News) for a very special program as we welcome our special guest Ms. Kim Collins, Civil Rights Director for the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

This interview is to increase teachable moments for those concerned about contract compliance; how to do business with MnDOT and develop and hash-out some solutions for minority contractors who think MnDOT might not be following CFR 49; Part 26 PARTICIPATION BY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

This interview is important because of promises made by Minnesota governor Mark Dayton that will will air during the program and see if state kept their promise. Phone lines will be open.

Tonight's program deals with a number of topics in including the silence by organizations like the Minneapolis and St. Paul NAACP, Minneapolis Urban League and others who seem to not want to get their hands dirty by doing any real work in the community, on behalf of the community. There is a thin line between being effective and a yes person. We understand some don't want to rattle their "buddy's" black and white who are in leadership positions and it becomes more important to be friends than asking the right questions. Remember, the Twin Cities will never be a Ferguson or Baltimore because of all of the closet Nergo activist we have who run and hide when trouble hits the wires. You are invited to call in and contribute your thoughts to this conversation.

On a final note: Downtown Minneapolis is not safe.

There is compelling evidence the Minnepolis Department of Civil Rights is not functioning as intended. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus), and Don Allen (Our Black News) as we welcome special guest Ms. Michelle Gross from Citizens United Against Police Brutality (CUPB) as she explains what is happening within Minneapolis' civil rights construct and how the Civilian Review department is more like a get out of trouble free card for police, politicians, civil rights staff and the mayor of Minneapolis.

Also we will talk about the Minnexota Department of Transportation and how after 23 years, still no compliance according to the latest reports...their reports. What's next for Kim Collins and her department and how will the business of inclusion happen at MnDOT?

This and a whole lot more on Wednesday night!

In this special two-hour special, the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus, The Minneapolis Story) and Don Allen (Our Black News and the publisher of the Independent Business News Networks) bring to you a comprehensive program dealing with who the South Carolina shooter was and why this was not a random singular act by lone gunman. Tune in as we evaluate local and national media coverage and why this incident has everything to do with racism and not the Devil.

The Minneapolis Public School Board held a meeting on Tuesday, June 9 to vote on removing police from Minneapolis Public Schools. On a vote of 7-1-1, (seven for keeping police in the schools), the Minnepaolis Police Federation crushed representatives from the Minneapolis NAACP, and #BlackLivesMatter.

There was several missteps my those who didn't want police in schools. Members of these group have cast a vail of hate and mistrust over all law enforcement. As a product of the Minneapolis Public Schools in the late 1970s, the school police are friends to all learners K-12.

Join the team of Ron and Don as we give the play-by-play of why this did not work as we are joined by special guests for this program.

Two weeks ago, the Ron and Don Show was very happy to do a short interview with Minnesota state auditor Rebecca Otto. Since then, that program in on-demand has been listened to more than 200 times. Tonight we present the breaking interview and update listeners on what's really going on with Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republcians.

Other topics:

How not to respond to an application for a fellowship
The black community going downhill
Where are the summer jobs for youth?
Why does the Minnesota Council on Nonprofits exclude black women?

...and much more. The phone lines will be open immediatley after the we play the interview.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen has they discuss current events, news and information on "The Ron and Don Show." This week we will be looking at the Minneapolis Public Schools and the uptick in suspensions of chlidren of color. Don't miss this program and our phone lines will be open.

No sellers, growers, distributors or collaborators from the black community were allowed to take part in what will soon be a multi-billion dollar medical marijuana business in Minnnesota. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we bring to you an exclusive interview with the executive director of Minnesota Norml Marcus Harcus to discuss what happened and why.

The phone lines will be open as we also address the violence in the Twin Cities and the absence of black leadership, especially the new Minneapolis NAACP.

TUNE IN NOW!

Tune in tonight at 8:30 p.m. for the best in #blogtalkradio. The phone lines will be open for comments, suggests and topics you want to talk about. Don't miss this exciting program. Don't forget the check out the new website Our Black News.

Ronald A. Edwards breaks his silence on the National and local (Minneapolis) NAACP. n 2003, Mr. Ronald A. Edwards exposed the national and Minneapolis NAACP with information about millions of dollars gone missing from the coffers. Later the same year, the national NAACP expelled Edwards for life. The national office thought by expelling Edwards, he would no longer have the creditability to talk about issues of the NAACP. They were dead wrong. For more than 40 years, Ronald A. Edwards has been a mainstay in print, television and radio. He now my co-host on the award winning BlogTalkRadio program, “The Ron and Don Show,” broadcast weekly every Wednesday at 8:30 pm.

Join the team of Ron and Don has we examine what's happening with the the upcoming Minneapolis NAACP elections. Don't miss this show with special guest Jamar Nelson, who is running for Minneapolis NAACP president.

Insight News publishing a story citing the Star Tribune newspaper has attacked local leadership. The real question is who do these people represent and how do self-appointed leaders with access to media decide they are being attacked while there is no accountability for actions taken in the last decade? Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they tell the truth, and nothnig but the truth.

Again, it took the Star Tribune newspaper story about the misdealings at the Minneapolis Urban League toi make some community members understand the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen have been telling the truth for a combined 40 year. Tonight, it is our pleasure to bring you up to speed about current events in the Twin Cities black community you should be paying attention to.

The phone lines will be open.

Former Minneapolis Urban League president R. Scott Gray has resigned. This is after his Bush Fellowship award to receive up to $100,000 over 12 – 24 months. The Minneapolis NAACP is holding a special election on May 2. It seems the old Minneapolis NAACP is not working.

Tune into the Ron and Don Show to find out why the "Four Horsemen" lied to the black community...everything is not okay.

The award-winning black talk radio program on #BlogTalkRadio.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they bring you up to speed on local, national and international event via BlogTalkRadio, Wednesday, March 1 at 8:30 p.m. – to listen live, click here.

A commenter on a local television station news website wrote, “All I keep thinking about is how excited he was to see his dad. "Oh cool, there's my dad!" when he was getting off the bus; Fifteen-to-thirty minutes later Dad is seen down by the river. Waits two more hours to call the police to report him missing. Now he keeps changing his story. At the very worse, he did something horrible to this child. The very best he is hindering the investigation to find him. This is just a tragic situation.”

“The simple reality is that the education system has failed, particularly for minorities. The Minneapolis school district spends $21,000 per student per year, but currently less than 25% of black students are reading at or above grade level. If the system cannot adequately help large segments of the population, then we need a new system of education.” ~Better Ed

Minneapolis, Minn. – You have seen the billboards pointing worded fingers right at the Minneapolis Public Schools headquarters on Broadway Avenue. We have watched Better Ed run ad campaigns in mailers, social media and literature drops that tell us the Minneapolis Public School system is not educating learners for success. Join us as we speak candidly with Better Ed president Devin C. Foley.

The city of Minneapolis has been duped again by poverty pimps, hustlers and crooked clergy. While some continue to use the name of the Minneapolis NAACP to push an agenda and feed white guilt, there are some in the black community that understand processes and how to engage people from all walks of life...but we have been ignored.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we update you on current events and talk about why FOX News got caught with their pants down around their ankles looking like bobby socks.

On the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and the atrocities in Selma, Alabama, Minnesota’s black elected officials have sold out the black community to protect their lack process in the advancement of black Minnesotans…enough is enough – it’s time to vote them back to private citizenship ASAP! It's only fair we give Minnesota state representative Rena Moran an opportunity to explain to the community and our listeners on why she is a part of this silencing of the black voice.

Council on Black Minnesotans board member and state representative Rena Moran has some explaining to do. She, along with representatives Joe Mullery and Carolyn Laine (Columbia Heights) have joined the team of senators Bobby Joe Champion and the controversial Community Action of Minneapolis board member Jeff Hayden to shut down the voice of black Minnesotans through a divisive act of political bullying.

An informational hearing on HF 1353 has been scheduled for Thursday May 12, 2015 at 8:15 am. HF 1353 (attached) will eliminate the current operational approach of the Council on Black Minnesotans. Representative Laine represents Columbia Heights and is the author of the bill. COBM Board member Representative Moran and former Board member Mullery are signers on the bill. Senator Pappas and Hayden sponsor the senate version of the Bill. There are no other signers at this point on the senate version of the bill.

Trahern Crews is in it to win it. The Green Party candidate had no issue sealing the endorsement of his peers to run for a city council that is void cultural competent leadership.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen has handle current events and talk about a conference where a local pastor went crazy.

There is a lot to talk about on Wednesday night. The phone lines will be open.

Tune in tonight to the Ron and Don Show with Mr. Ronald A. Edwards. Don Allen is on assignment and will return next week.

The Ron and Don Show is in the business of bringing our listeners nothing but the truth. We do not read from pre-written questions provided to us by elected officials.

Recently, Council on Black Minnesotans board chairman and community stakeholder Patwin Lawrence was interviewed on a local radio station. The host of the program, who we attest had marching orders from the bottom of the barrel insisted on an attempt to belittle the COBM chair and imply the council, “wasn’t doing nuttin.” Now the tables are turned.

On Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 8:30 p.m. the Ron and Don Show is welcomed to have two very special guest from the Council on Black Minnesotans to set the record straight about how the COBM has changed and what the council is working on for the people of Minnesota. Join COBM executive director Edward McDonald and board chairman Patwin Lawrence as we take a real look at the Minnesota State Legislature, the process of a bill and why it is important we all work together in 2015.

Don't miss this program as the dynamic-duo of Don Allen and Ronald A. Edwards take to the airwaves. There will be no stuttering, mindless pauses or questions that are stupid. We deal in fact.

Minnesota's black leadership caste is in trouble. While elected officials put together the "game plan" for the black community, poverty pimps, huslters and clergy continue to look for that all mighty dollar bill at the sake of community progress.

Tonight Mr. Edwards speaks about local, national and global events. Don't miss this program.

Co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen bring you the best in Black Talk Radio on #BlogTalkRadio on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 8:30 p.m.

Former Cincinnati NAACP branch president Mr. Jim Clingman joins us tonight to discuss the Cincinnati Branch NAACP members win Temporary Restraining Order against NAACP headquarters.

Also on tonights program:

Dreams of $26 million diminish for north Minneapolis spokespersons…new hustle: Public Safety - It has come to our attention the proposal delivered to Minnesota governor Mark Dayton for $26 million to cure the black communities ills is a thing of the past. Minnesota’s black elected officials must be held accountable for political tomfoolery.

Sen. Jeff Hayden and other black elected officials dismisses Council on Black Minnesotans legislative agenda

In an IBNN News exclusive we learned today that Minnesota senator Jeff Hayden (DFL – and Black), will not be supporting the state Council on Black Minnesotans legislative agenda, but has took up camp with the Minnesota Asian Council to back, support and do whatever he can to make sure the Asian council is successful during this years legislative session. I’ll let you marinade on that.

The Ron and Don Show, along with OurBlackNews Network has been following the corrupt exploits of the NAACP in the matter of a newly elected president who has not been able to serve because of the antiquated people in the shadows of the old NAACP.

Posted by Don Allen (Sat.1.17.15 11:25 a.m.)

The national headquarters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - also know as the NAACP should be embarrassed and ashamed of themselves. 22 year-old UMD student Classie Dudley won the Duluth branch NAACP presidency. Claudel Washington, who some allege is an antiquated part of the old-school NAACP and former president refuses to step down. We have also asked "former" Duluth branch NAACP president Claudel Washington to join us to discuss how he can be president when a vote taken last year was in favor of ousting him (18-2-1).

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen (who will be returning to the air after a short academic leave of absense), to talk with not only Ms. Dudley, but with concerned community members in Duluth, Minn.

Also joining the conversation will be Ms. Dudley's father, Mr. Harrison Dudley to talk about why his daugter must be the "writing on the wall" for a corrupt system that has obstructed new leadership.

Ron and Don will also talk about the Minneapolis NAACP and how this resembles a 2013 election and the total fail of the Minneapolis NAACP.

Join Mr. Ronald A. Edwards as he discusses a series of current events local, nationally and on a global scale.

For the month of January, Mr. Edwards will be doing the show. Mr. Allen is on a leave of absence finishing some important research and doing some presentations for his academic adventure.

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Merry Christmas to you and yours. Ron and Don will take a break and be back next week.

There is a white male, maybe more than one abducting little black girls in Minneapolis. Co-host Ronald A. Edwards called the Minneapolis Public Schools and asked why an “AMBER ALERT” or “ROTO-CALL” was not done. School officials said it did not meet the threshold. The Minneapolis and St. Paul Public Schools have failed children of color one to many times. Join us as we talk about education, some history about Minnesota and current events.

Recently I asked the Minneapolis Urban League president Scott Gray how will he manage a 13th grade program in Minneapolis when the MUL's elemetary school was shut down and the high school ran by the MUL is on academic probation? It was deemed as an attack on a black man when in fact we, as black people should be able to ask questions when we see faulty systems and processes in place without it being considered an "attack." Of course these people want to live inside a shadow looking in the mirror reverse. If black folks in Minnesota and from around the United States expect any hope or change, our black leadership must be able to answer the questions posed to them in a timely and relevant manner.

Only a handful of Minneapolis NAACP members received notice about an upcoming election scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7. This election was to elect a new president and executive board. Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we examine what has happened to the Minneapolis NAACP.

Join Ronald A. Edwards as he breaks down what happened in Ferguson, MO. Don Allen is on assignment this week and will return next week.

Take your medication and make sure refills are available at your local drug store. Summit Academy OIC’s Louis King, a decorated Army veteran, advocate for education in the black community and businessman will be our special guest on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 8:30 p.m.

By The Ron and Don Show

On last weeks program, hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen tore open a hornets nest on the $26 million dollar proposal submitted to governor Mark Dayton last month. There are many questions about who will actually get money on behalf of Minnesota’s black community and why there are no job descriptions, outcomes or meaningful dialog with local community members about the proposal. Mr. Louis King will join us at the top of our program (8:30 p.m.) to answer questions within his fold.

This show will also cover: A local preacher has contacted IBNN NEWS to threaten the editor-in-chief with bodily harm. Although this preacher does not know there are forces beyond his comprehension watching his moves and monitoring all conversations. What’s happening with the Minneapolis NAACP? No notices sent out to members will spell disaster for any election. #pointergate: A waste of time and a distraction from the real business of the black community. The Minnesota African American Museum and the pending lawsuit – what happened to the money? Ferguson, Missouri – how many black folks must die before we will overcome? The latest updates live from our sources in that city. University Campuses: Black men need assistance. The campus atmosphere has rejected black-male masculinity in favor of protecting rights for sexual orientation. Join us on Wednesday for a real look on what’s happening in the black community locally and nationally.

In October 2014, a proposal was submitted to governor Mark Dayton from members of the Twin Cities black community. The $26 million dollar proposal is said to be supported by Senator Bobby Joe Champion Senator, Jeffrey Hayden Representative, Rena Moran Minneapolis NAACP, United States Senator Al Franken, Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Congressman Keith Ellison, African American Leadership Council Saint Paul NAACP, St. Paul Black Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, and Rochester NAACP President, W.C. Jordan.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we examine the proposal page-by-page, line-by-line and will discuss leadership roles and financial responisiblities. The phone lines will be open.

To download a copy of your own, the following links will let you download a PDF version of the documents.

Part 1 Community Proposal: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp3RO9NYtS5a3lYSV9ZRlk5clk/view?usp=sharing

Part 2 Budget for Each Organization: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byp3RO9NYtS5WG4wdXZxNkJfSHc/view?usp=sharing

Join the team of Ron and Don as we talk about the national and local elections and why the Republicans might give president Obama a rough time in his last two years.

The award winning BlogTalkRadio program The Ron and Don Show with co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards, Minnesota historian, civil rights activist, television host and the most quoted African American in the Star Tribune and Don Allen, Hamline University student, award winning journalist and founder of The Independent Business News Network welcomes Hamline University’s professor Dr. David Schultz to talk about the upcoming elections, Hamline University’s gubernatorial debate and the hearing by senate ethics committee in the cases of Senators Jeff Hayden and Bobby Joe Champion.

On Wednesday, October 29 at 8:30 pm you are invited to an in-depth examination of local politics and our prediction on the elections and who is more likely to win. David Schultz is Hamline University’s professor of political science and law and a University of Minnesota School of Law Professor. He is the author/editor of more than 28 books and 100 articles on American politics and he is frequently interviewed in the local, national, and international media including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and National Public Radio.

BlogTalkRadio is an online radio station that nurtures citizen journalism and is broadcast globally online via laptops, home computers, iPads and Smartphones.

Dr. Schultz told producers of The Ron and Don Show, “I would be honored to do the show.” The Ron and Don Show has been on the air for over three years and is one of the top-rated programs in Minnesota. Please tell fellow students, friends and co-workers to tune in Wednesday, October 29 to the best in BlogTalkRadio. Phone lines will be open and we welcome callers to contact us at (347) 426-3909

Tune in tonight. Don Allen is on assignment.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus, The Minneapolis Story) and Don Allen (The Independent Business News Network and Black Politics in Minneapolis) as they discuss the latest world news, politic, accountability and economic development in the minority-ethnic communities of the United States.

The University of Kansas Hospital said a person who came into the hospital with a high fever and other serious symptoms has been placed in isolation and is undergoing tests. IBNN NEWS along with the RonDex Group has reporters live on the location that will call in and explain to listeners the current situation.

At the 9 o’clock hour, Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Hannah Nicollet will join The Ron and Don Show. Candidate Nicollet will bring us up to speed on why the Duluth Chamber and the Duluth News Tribune are not doing their jobs by allowing political candidates to dictate who is in their debate. We will also discover why candidate Nicollet cannot be dismissed in 2014.

The phone lines will be open, your calls are welcomed.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards (Black Focus/The Minneapolis Story) and Don Allen, (The Independent Business News Network/OurBlackNews.com) as they bring you the award-winning news team that is a must listen, every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

This week we talk about the protest that happened in front of a local church and why community member are fed up with local leadership. Our special guest at the beginning of the show is a local community activist who will no longer tolorate the disrespect of black women by local elected officials and leaadership. The phone lines will be open, call in with your questions. Political and social ethics will be examined and questioned.

Many Minneapolis residents are appalled after learning an audit of the non-profit Community Action of Minneapolis found corruption and misuse of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars by leaders on luxurious trips to Palm Beach, spa treatments, bonuses, and even a personal car loan. (Star Tribune, September 22, 2014)

With the latest scandal surrounding CSI and Senators Jeff Hayden and Bobby Joe Champion, the team of Ron and Don will examine why now? Why is now the perfect time to expose these types of scandals? We see local community members and the press going after Hayden in regards to CAM; but why no mention of Minneapolis city councilperson Barb Johnson. There's an explaination, but you have to tune in to hear it.

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they examine what has been total chaos for local politicans, poverty pimps and clergy. The phone lines will be open.

By The Ron and Don Show

The City Pages wrote, “If Rich Stanek wins a third term as Hennepin County Sheriff, he'll do so without the support of his deputies. In July, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Deputies Association announced it's overwhelmingly supporting the candidacy of Minneapolis Police Assistant Chief Eddie Frizell, who is running to take Stanek's job.”

Join the team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as our special guest is Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek. In an unscientific poll conducted by the Independent Business News Network in August 2014 showed Sheriff Stanek leading Frizell in double-digits. We start the show with Sheriff Stanek who is happy to tell us about what it takes to be a leader in Hennepin County. We also cover the Community Standards Initiative (CSI) and hope someone in that organization can find a phone number, report or mission to let us know what really happened between the school board, Director Rebecca Gagnon, Al Flowers and Clarence Hightower. Sources tell IBNN NEWS that CSI was expecting a check on this past Monday for $49,000.00 – but did not get it. (Watch R.T. Rybak closely.) Also in the room will be the absurd discussion about a handful of community “freelancers” putting together a budget of $10 million dollars (mostly salaries) to present to the governor for more community pimping. The two African American state senators put the STOP on that!

Join Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for updates on current events, politics, social issues and community accountability. The phone lines will be open and we invite you to call in and join us.

Oh my friends, people say we should not be critics of the black community but when you find out what's been going on behind closed doors its enough to make you sick. Join Don Allen and Ron Edwards tonight at 8:30 p.m. for the award-winning The Ron and Don Show on #blogtalkradio.

Join Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen for another episode of The Ron and Don Show. This week both hosts will talk about the killing in Minneapolis as well as what's happening in Ferguson, MO. Tune in at 8:30 p.m. to hear the best in Black Talk Radio on #BlogTalkRadio.

It is unlikely the town of Ferguson, Missouri will change in our lifetimes. The mainstream media has portrayed Ferguson, Missouri as a town of rioter’s and looter dismissing the fact the town of 21,203 (2010 census) is in a crisis. In a report from ArchCity Defenders — a legal group that “works to break the cycle of ‘revolving door justice’ in the St. Louis metropolitan area” — reveals that in 2013, “the Ferguson Municipal Court disposed 24,532 warrants and 12,018 cases, or about 3 warrants and 1.5 cases per household.” In Ferguson, the “majority (67%) of [the city's 21,203] residents are African-American” and “22% of residents live below the poverty level.” Despite Ferguson’s relative poverty, fines and court fees comprise the second largest source of revenue for the city, a total of $2,635,400 [...] According to a court employee, the docket for an average court session may include as many as 1,500 cases. Assuming an 80% conviction rate, the average fine in a case resulting in a guilty verdict would be $275.The local carnage happening over the last month and a half is a direct representation of what being poor, black and broke looks like in a town with no opportunities to rise beyond the mundane.

Join the nationally team of Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as we talk about the incident in Ferguson, MO and the killing of Michael Brown. Is this also a killing of black and brown Americans?

The phone lines will be open and we hope you can join us.