Social Justice Issues 2/13

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...

Immigrant advocates, DFL lawmakers campaign for North STAR Act

Jasmine McBride

Feb 9

Immigrant advocates, DFL lawmakers campaign for North STAR Act

On Thursday morning a press conference at the Capitol overflowed with supporters of the North STAR Act, a bill that would make Minnesota...

Hennepin inmates can now seek reduced sentences

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....

Michele Norris expands the conversation on race

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...

Advocating for youth in the justice system

Jasmine McBride

Feb 2

Advocating for youth in the justice system

On Thursday, community members and policy makers gathered for a Youth Justice Symposium at Open Book in Minneapolis. The day-long event...

Ricardo Levins Morales: Making art for activists

Jasmine McBride

Jan 29

Ricardo Levins Morales: Making art for activists

Ricardo Levins Morales is a visual artist from Puerto Rico working at the intersection of healing and social justice. For decades he has...

State Trooper charged with death of Ricky Cobb

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...

Penumbra Theater’s Lou Bellamy files lawsuit for death of son

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...

Philip Vance fights for his innocence from solitary confinement

Jasmine McBride

Jan 9

Philip Vance fights for his innocence from solitary confinement

Philp Vance, who maintains his innocence of a crime he was imprisoned for more than 20 years ago, has spent the last four months in...

Commutation shaves more than six years off inmate’s sentence

Jasmine McBride

Dec 22, 2023

Commutation shaves more than six years off inmate’s sentence

Christopher Fausto Cabrera, who was sentenced in 2004 to 26 years in prison, is set to be released years early due to good behavior. At...

CBJ Staff

Dec 11, 2023

Marvin Haynes exonerated, released

After serving nearly 20 years for a crime he did not commit, Marvin Haynes has been exonerated and released from the Minnesota...

What to do if you’re worried about lead poisoning

CBJ Staff

Dec 8, 2023

What to do if you’re worried about lead poisoning

Friday morning, a small group of people crowded the entrance to Care 4 All on Payne Avenue in East Saint Paul, filling out forms so that...

Historic Rondo church to plant “mini-forest” in St. Paul

Jasmine McBride

Dec 5, 2023

Historic Rondo church to plant “mini-forest” in St. Paul

Pilgrim Baptist Church is partnering with two nonprofits – the Urban Farm and Gardening Alliance and Renewing the Countryside – to fight...

East Side residents exposed to toxins in air and water

CBJ Staff

Nov 24, 2023

East Side residents exposed to toxins in air and water

Residents of St. Paul’s East Side have recently had to contend with contaminated soil, air and water. The East Side is one of the most...

“American Precariat” empowers the incarcerated

Jasmine McBride

Nov 16, 2023

“American Precariat” empowers the incarcerated

More than a hundred people crowded into the Hook and Ladder in Minneapolis Wednesday night to celebrate the launch of “American...

Minnesota Constitution’s slavery clause sparks renewed outrage

Elijah Todd-Walden

Nov 6, 2023

Minnesota Constitution’s slavery clause sparks renewed outrage

Minnesotans are demanding a change to a clause in the state's constitution that allows slave labor in prisons. Minnesota’s 1857 bill of...

Minneapolis seeks to double funding for free immigration legal services

Elijah Todd-Walden

Nov 6, 2023

Minneapolis seeks to double funding for free immigration legal services

The City of Minneapolis is adding more funding for free immigration legal services to its 2024 budget, as increasing numbers of...

Minneapolis chooses new Third Precinct building

Elijah Todd-Walden

Nov 2, 2023

Minneapolis chooses new Third Precinct building

The City of Minneapolis has decided on a new home for the Third Precinct, putting an end to a long-running dispute between the City...

Ex-officer who beat Black man sentenced to 15 days in workhouse

Elijah Todd-Walden

Oct 23, 2023

Ex-officer who beat Black man sentenced to 15 days in workhouse

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Justin Stetson was sentenced to 15 days in the workhouse and two years probation for beating Jaleel...

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