“Traumatic events, by definition, overwhelm our ability to cope. When the mind becomes flooded with emotion, a circuit breaker is thrown that allows us to survive the experience fairly intact, that is, without becoming psychotic or frying out one of the brain centers. The cost of this blown …
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing - doo wah - doo wah - doo! Duke Ellington, 1932
After six months of grassroots organizing, eleven of thirteen Minneapolis City Council Members voted in favor of both charter amendments establishing a process for passing rent control in Minneapolis. They rejected bureaucratic opposition from the City Attorney’s office and the Minneapolis C…
Minneapolis is rebuilding Plymouth Ave. N. between Xerxes Ave. N. and Penn Ave. N.
With the pandemic finally waning, the months ahead will be crucial in ensuring a successful economic recovery. There are important priorities on the line right now, as we look towards administering more COVID-19 vaccines, re-opening the economy, resuming normal life, and continuing critical …
Minneapolis-based company Henna & Hijabs (H&H) this month launched a groundbreaking partnership with Nordstrom to sell an exclusive line of luxury hijabs – one of the first offered by a major U.S. fashion retailer.
Minneapolis (July 2, 2021) — Central Cross Country Skiing (CXC), the Loppet Foundation, and the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF) are teaming up to create a high performance racing team - so that the next Jessie Diggins can stay home to train, inspire future generations, and win Oly…
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”. Angela Davis.
Critical race theory – an academic framework that holds that racism is embedded in society – has become the subject of an intense debate about how issues of race should or shouldn’t be taught in schools.
U.S. Bank in May laid out the details of the $25 million U.S. Bank Access Fund – a fund for women of color microbusiness owners, which was first announced in February. The fund, a collaboration between U.S. Bank Foundation and U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation (USBCDC), includes…
In a bit of irony, one of the last bills heading to the governor that would prevent a partial state government shutdown is the omnibus state government finance and policy bill.
The President Joe Biden-led bipartisan Infrastructure Framework released on Tuesday, June 29, addresses economic disparities in America’s economy and the consequences of decades of disinvestment in the nation’s infrastructure that have fallen most heavily on communities of color.
The Center for Economic Inclusion (Center) last week announced three new staff appointments: Nathan Arnosti to Director of Products and Analytics, Ashley Johnson to Director of Research, and Nadia Shaarawi to Interactive and Digital Media Coordinator.
Grant to Create “Generation Now”Partnerswill Commission and Develop 16 New Plays for Multigenerational Audiences by Writers who are Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American Pacific IslanderMinneapolis-SaintPaul,MN/Los Angeles, CA/New York, NY— Five nationally respected theatres announce…
Governor Tim Walz last week outlined how Minnesota will spend $132 million in flexible federal education funds the state received as a part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Minnesota received a total of $1.3 billion for E-12 education under the ARP, 90 percent of which was allocated direct…
Summer means hot and often dry weather for many gardeners. Keep your garden looking its best with less water and maintenance throughout the summer.
Artist Jordan Weber is partnering with Minneapolis youth-development organization Youth Farm to transform a vacant lot into a new public artwork in the form of an urban farm.
“Equality says we treat everyone the same, regardless of headwinds or tailwinds. Equity says we give people what they need to have the same access and opportunities as others, taking into account the headwinds they face, which may mean differential treatment for some groups.” Dolly Chugh, Th…
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A view of the House Chamber June 17. House Photography file photo
Ending of the COVID-19-related eviction moratorium and making substantial investments in multiple types of housing are among the highlights of a bill with bipartisan agreement.
A version of this column appeared on Medium, June 19, 2021.
On a blistering June afternoon, Chet Holmgren was just another high school graduate hours
Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier’. Alfred Lloyd Tennyson
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” Albert Camus
“I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.” Nadia Comaneci, gold-medal gymnast
SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 15, 2021) Seaman Carlos Diaz, from Minneapolis, Minnesota stands port watch on the bridge wing of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that…
SAINT PAUL, Minnesota — Minnesota ranked third among states for overall child well-being, improving in health and education rankings but falling in the Family and Community domain from 2020, according to the latest edition of the national 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, released today by the Ann…
U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) last week celebrated the Senate passage of legislation to commemorate Juneteenth as a federal holiday during a Senate floor speech. The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act–led by Sen. Smith and her colleagues Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (…
As each day passes, we feel closer to the moment when we can finally say this pandemic is behind us. While we are not there yet, the sacrifice and fortitude it has taken us to make it this far should not go unrecognized or go unappreciated.
Visitors and employees who are fully vaccinated are no longer required to wear face coverings in Hennepin County buildings. Visitors and employees who are not fully vaccinated remain required to wear face coverings. Fully vaccinated is defined as 14 days after the last dose in a person’s vac…
The 13th Annual Community Empowerment Through Black Men Healing Conference convenes virtually this week on June 24 & 25, 2021. The theme this year is "The New Normal." The conference takes an in-depth look at what "The New Normal" could mean for the Black Community. Thought leaders and a…
The Center for Economic Inclusion (Center) named four new members to its board of directors: Dionne Gumbs, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GenEQTY; Karen Hudson, Chief Sales Officer, Grant Thornton LLP; Elliot Jaffee, Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy, Corporate & Commer…
The Comcast Twin Cities Region recently announced the promotion of long-time employee, Tommy McNeal to the position of Director, Customer Experience. McNeal and his team are responsible for ensuring an exceptional experience for all Twin Cities Comcast customers and work to ensure all employ…
Inspired by 400 years of systemic injustice, inequality and inhumanity, Sounds of Blackness Singers & Band express the perpetual pain and rage of Black People, who never received “40 Acres And A Mule” promised at the end of slavery, despite their centuries of free labor, exploitation, br…
Here., too, was the guide, the beacon for such times as humanity might be in danger; here was the Guardian of Whom all humans knew — not an exterior force, nor an awesome Watcher in the sky, but a laughing thing with a human heart and a reverence for its human origins, smelling of sweat and …
Silence has a deep explanation in every situation. It’s either you truly don’t care anymore or you’re pretending to be unaffected, but deeply hurt. LiveLifeHappy
A nonprofit organization supporting the Black community in Kentucky said they received a "six-figure reparations payment" from a white American who recently discovered her ancestor enslaved people in the area.
It has been 100 years and we are only now, as a country, beginning to learn the truth of one of the most horrific events of racial violence in America's history, the Tulsa Massacre.
Minnesota ranks high in a lot of areas. Education, health, and homeownership are examples. But access to these things hasn’t been equitable.
I am ignorant of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward. Kahlil Gibran
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes. But I laugh. And eat well. And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table when company comes. Nobody’ll dare say to me, eat in the kitchen then. Besides, they’ll see how beautiful…
Stairstep Foundation CEO Alfred Babington-Johnson and Conversations with Al McFarlane moderator, Al McFarlane in April co-hosted a virtual Town Hall meeting to introduce an initiative to support Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) efforts to broaden engagement around the project f…
Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place. Walter E. Williams
6-year-old Aniya Allen death was confirmed to Wednesday afternoon outside Hennepin Healthcare in downtown Minneapolis.
Local Twin Cities artists Enzyrose, Eyenga Bokamba, Noah Lawrence-Holder, LeShon Lee, and Meadow Gillispie, talk about their reaction to the murder of George Floyd, the trial of Derek Chauvin, and life as a black artist during this time.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott today said he was pleased that Attorney General Keith Ellison will lead the prosecution in the Daunte Wright case.
I am eager to see a brilliant Black woman serving as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. I hope to celebrate her swearing-in later this year. If you’re thinking, “Did I miss something?” the answer is no, there is no vacancy on the Court right now.But there has been talk that Justice Stephen Breyer…
Listen to my words. Go out and tell our story. Let it echo far and wide. How that justice was our battle and how justice was denied. Make Them Hear You! Ragtime
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that he has accepted a request to lead the prosecution against former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who is currently charged with second-degree manslaughter in the April 11, 2021 Brooklyn Center death of Daunte Wright. The…
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Local Twin Cities artists Enzyrose, Eyenga Bokamba, Noah Lawrence-Holder, LeShon Lee, and Meadow Gillispie, talk about their reaction to the murder of George Floyd, the trial of Derek Chauvin, and life as a black artist during this time.
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