Eric Black is an American journalist. He was a longtime reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune newspaper, and has also been a Twin Cities blogger. He is currently a columnist for online newspaper MinnPost, primarily writing about politics and the historical background of current issues. [1]
In 2017 the national Society of Professional Journalists presented Black with a Sigma Delta Chi Award] for online column writing.
Black is the author of a book entitled Parallel Realities: A Jewish-Arab History of Israel/Palestine. The book gives an overview of the two parties of the conflict, with arguments supporting why either side may be in the right, as well as criticizing them. The book also gives a summary of the historical events leading up to the modern day Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [2]
In late 2012 Black wrote a multi-part series of columns about the U.S. Constitution entitled "Imperfect Union".