Ward 3 residents speak out against proposed police precinct
Nineteen different community partners, a council member, and a collection of neighbors stood together in the Minneapolis City Hall...
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Jasmine McBride
May 16, 2023
Event honoring Palestinian refugees forced to relocate
(Courtesy of CAIR-MN) Chief Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, was supposed to speak tonight on the University of...
Jasmine McBride
May 15, 2023
Teacher takes alternative route to focus on the whole child
(Courtesy of Growing Minds) Carlos Stewart is the founder of Growing Minds, a virtual reading and math tutoring business that tailors its...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 12, 2023
Minnesota House passes Equal Rights Act resolution
(Via the National Archives Foundation) The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a resolution to affirm the state’s commitment to the...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 10, 2023
Ex-MPD officer pleads guilty to excessive use of force
Stallings poses for a mugshot with a fractured eye sockets and multiple cuts and bruises after an MPD officer assaulted him during an...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 8, 2023
Minnesota nurses, legislators respond to Mayo Clinic’s threat to pull funding
Minnesota State Senator Erin Murphy (DFL) speaks at a press conference with the Minnesota Nurses Association over Mayo Clinic's threats...
Jasmine McBride
May 5, 2023
Mitchell Hamline conference focuses on well-being, secondary trauma for lawyers
Mitchell Hamline law school is hosting a conference called “Wellbeing In Law: Great in Theory, Better in Practice” to mark the 50th...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 4, 2023
St. Paul police seek authorization to use drones
(Courtesy of City of St. Paul) The St. Paul City Council is considering an ordinance that would allow the St. Paul Police Department to...
Jasmine McBride
May 3, 2023
International human rights experts solicit local testimony on police brutality, racism
Representatives of the United Nations Human Rights Council met with Black community members in North Minneapolis Tuesday to gather...
Jasmine McBride
May 2, 2023
Reviving Roots offers holistic care in South Mpls
Marlee James, founder of Reviving Roots Therapy and Wellness, poses for a photo (Courtesy of Reviving Roots Therapy and Wellness)...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 2, 2023
Final officer involved in George Floyd’s death convicted
The mugshot of Tou Thao, the final officer to be convicted in the death of George Floyd (Via city of Minneapolis) Tou Thao, the last of...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 1, 2023
Man accused of setting fire to mosques arrested in Mankato
Jackie Rahm Little's musghot after his court appearance Monday morning. A man accused of setting a fire in two Minneapolis Mosques and...
Elijah Todd-Walden
May 1, 2023
Author honors elders with “Grandma’s House Party”
(Courtesy of Junauda Petrus, @junauda on Instagram) As part of the launch of Junauda Petrus’ newly released children's book “Can We...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 28, 2023
Minnesota poised to legalize marijuana
In a tense vote Friday afternoon, the senate passed the omnibus cannabis bill, which puts Minnesota on track to be the 23rd state in the...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 28, 2023
Minnesota becomes trans refuge
Minnesota has officially become a “Trans refuge” after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed three bills Thursday that would protect...
Jasmine McBride
Apr 27, 2023
Jazz album “We Sick” wrestles with racism, COVID
Davu Seru, Nathan Hanson and deVon Russell Gray present their new album “We Sick” on April 28 at The Cedar. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 26, 2023
DFL-led Minnesota legislature rallies behind gun control measures
A supporter of gun control measures holds a sign saying "not one more." (Elijah Todd-Walden BLCK Press) The Minnesota House is...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 26, 2023
Minnesota House OKs marijuana legalization, Senate to vote on Friday
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed marijuana legislation Tuesday that would allow recreational use of the drug for adults aged...
Jasmine McBride
Apr 25, 2023
Graze 4 Good pairs local chefs with education equity
Some of the greatest Twin Cities culinary talents are reimagining “school lunch” for the annual philanthropic event. Graze 4 Good is an...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Apr 24, 2023
Former Brooklyn Center cop Kim Potter released from prison after 16 months
Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer responsible for the death of 21-year-old Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from...
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