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...
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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...
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
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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