The Prison to Law Pipeline: from behind bars to the bar exam
Mitchell Hamline School of Law is working to help people who are incarcerated get an education in the legal field.
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Jasmine McBride
Jun 28
New V3 center serves health and wellness in North Minneapolis
This week marked the opening of V3, a new wellness center in North Minneapolis dedicated to improving health outcomes in the community.
Jasmine McBride
Jun 24
Juneteenth: Barriers to freedom and belonging remain
158 years after Juneteenth, many Americans of African descent still see real liberation as a dream.
Nicolo Schaust
Jun 20
Photo essay: Minneapolis celebrates Juneteenth
This week Minnesotans marked Juneteenth with numerous celebrations, from movie screenings to pageants, block parties to BBQs.
Jasmine McBride
Jun 14
Five ways to celebrate Juneteenth
Here are five ways to celebrate Juneteenth that are grounded in community, love and continuing the fight for liberation.
Jasmine McBride
Jun 3
Family responds to dropped charges in death of Ricky Cobb
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is dropping charges against the Minnesota State Trooper who shot Ricky Cobb due to new evidence.
Jasmine McBride
Apr 1
Amidst heightened crime, calls for alternative policing continue
While crime rates dropped slightly in 2022 from 2021, violent crime is still dramatically more common in the Twin Cities than it was...
Jasmine McBride
Mar 20
Parents testify in support of child welfare bill
Black families are fighting to keep their children from being unnecessarily placed in Child Protection Services. According to the...
Jasmine McBride
Mar 12
Activists protest Smith Foundry lead exposure, call on MPCA to act
Community members are demanding the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency shut down a local iron foundry. A petition with 500 signatures has...
Jasmine McBride
Mar 11
Route 1 is growing opportunities for BIPOC farmers
A new social enterprise aims to diversify Minnesota farming. Founder and President Marcus Carpenter says Route 1 helps BIPOC farmers...
Jasmine McBride
Feb 19
Black History Month inspires togetherness
Black History Month is an annual celebration of the accomplishments of Black Americans. The annual observance has taken place since 1976,...
Jasmine McBride
Feb 12
Celebrating Black History as U.S. History
Black History Month is an annual celebration to – as President Gerald Ford decreed – “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often...
CBJ Staff
Feb 9
Black History Month events to check out this week
Black History Month is a time set aside to acknowledge the significant influence of Black people on US history and culture. And there are...
CBJ Staff
Feb 8
Hennepin inmates can now seek reduced sentences
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) is now taking applications for currently incarcerated individuals seeking reduced sentences....
Jasmine McBride
Feb 3
Michele Norris expands the conversation on race
This past Thursday journalist Michele Norris discussed her recently released book “Our Hidden Conversations; What Americans Really Think...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 24
State Trooper charged with death of Ricky Cobb
Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan was charged Wednesday with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 23
Penumbra Theater’s Lou Bellamy files lawsuit for death of son
Lou Bellamy, founder of the nationally renowned Penumbra Theatre, has filed a federal lawsuit against Hennepin County jail for the death...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 23
Marvin Haynes celebrates new beginning
On Sunday, approximately 100 people came to the Aloft Hotel in Minneapolis to celebrate Marvin Haynes as a newly free man. Haynes was...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 18
Tackling the mental health challenges faced by Black communities
Just one in three Black adults gets the mental health care they need. That’s according to a 2019 national study. In part it’s because...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 15
"Juanell’s Chair" offers hope in the struggle for racial justice
This Martin Luther King Day, Walker West Music Academy in Saint Paul presented a reading of “Juanell’s Chair,” an original African...
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