Some of us are so “woke” we’re sleepwalking.

“I think we all recognize that this is a historic moment” said Timothy Welsh, Vice Chairman, Consumer Banking Sales and Service at US Bank. “Today we celebrate the opening of a new headquarters for one of the most important and vibrant companies in our region. But we celebrate more than that…

An Eden Prairie police detective lied on a drug case search warrant and as a result, more than 30 cases will be dismissed by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

Keith Ellison is counting on every vote.

After the unveiling of reports where U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, openly considered allowing schools to use federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) funding, to purchase firearms and provide firearm training to educators, members of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Righ…

It’s hard to smile when the subject is death, but it’s hard not to smile when in the presence of April Estes, owner, and Tracy Wesley, funeral director, of Estes Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services.

ESTES. The transformation of the Estes Funeral Home and Chapel continues. This important and historic business has changed and evolved through several buildings and has grown in its

Washington, D.C. – A life-sized bronze statue of Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first African-American woman to receive credentials to cover the White House and Congress, was unveiled at the Newseum on (Sept. 21).

Sept. 24, 2018 (GIN) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa couldn’t be prouder as he unveiled a life-size statue of Nelson Mandela on the eve of the U.N. General Assembly and the opening of a day-long ‘peace summit’ with nearly 160 scheduled speakers.

MAYPORT, Fla. – A 2015 Armstrong High School graduate and Minneapolis native is one of 1,200 sailors who recently returned to Naval Station Mayport after a six-month deployment aboard USS Iwo Jima.

Bill Cosby arrived at the Montgomery County, Penn. courthouse in a black SUV surrounded by his publicists and attorneys. He left in a prison van, escorted by sheriff’s deputies.

Washington, DC — No one questions the fact that for the past six decades, African Americans have overwhelmingly supported and voted for Democratic Party candidates for the United States Congress. In the upcoming 2018 midterm elections, African Americans by the millions will once again cast t…

Richard Copeland grew up in the Sumner Field housing project – child of a single mother – near Penn and Plymouth Avenues in North Minneapolis; and by his own admission, he hasn’t gotten that far.

Remarks by President Obama at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, ILSeptember 7, 2018

The largest predominantly African-American denomination in the U.S. is bringing upwards of 30,000 people to Minneapolis over Labor Day weekend for its Annual Session.

Civil rights leaders and others reacted with a sense of relief – if only temporary – after a Texas jury sentenced a former police officer to 15 years in prison Wednesday for the shooting death of Jordan Edwards, an unarmed African-American teen in a Dallas suburb.

While there’s at least a perceived growing number of Democrats who say they want to replace California Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the Democratic leader in the House, South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn has emerged as a favorite among his peers to become the first African-American to hold that position…

Voters throughout the state are casting ballots in important DFL, Republic and nonpartisan primaries today.

Sen. Tina Smith has a DFL challenger in the form of an anti-President Trump former Republican.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Drew Berry is the new executive director of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). 

Remone Wagner is changing his life for the better.

The former head of the St. Paul branch of the NAACP is making a run to become a Ramsey County judge.

Rep. Keith Ellison is putting Minnesota on notice that it is not politics as usual in his bid to become the state’s next attorney general.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) endorsed Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) for Minnesota Attorney General, citing Ellison’s strong record of Congressional leadership on worker and consumer rights and as a civil rights lawyer.

 The Democratic National Committee announced a nearly $88,000 grant to the Minnesota DFL to boost engagement in African-American, Latino and Hmong communities in Minneapolis-St. Paul ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

 The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified two Minneapolis Police Department officers who discharged their weapons during the shooting of Thurman Blevins on June 23.

A 31 -year-old man is dead, killed by Minneapolis police officers on Saturday afternoon in North Minneapolis.

Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has selected Wynona Redmond, president and founder of Wyn-Win Communications, as the recipient of the 2018 Patricia L. Tobin Media Professional Award. 

The long-term key to good health and economic prosperity in North Minneapolis could be positioned on the corner of Dowling and Humboldt Avenues.  

The Thor Companies headquarters is nearing completion.

The Northside will not be left behind.

The interior of Estes Funeral Chapel and Cremation services is currently being constructed. 

Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA) launched a $14 million capital campaign to renovate and rebuild their current space to nurture young artists in the North Minneapolis community.

Sometimes history hides in plain sight.

Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has selected Beverly White, general assignment reporter at NBC Southern California/KNBC, as the recipient of the 2018 Chuck Stone Lifetime Achievement Award.

With a move that stunned many, Rep. Keith Ellison (MN-5th) announced he is running to be Minnesota’s next attorney general.

Eagan’s next Police Chief is a 24-year veteran of the department who has risen steadily through the ranks.

An earlier edition incorrectly identified the Rev. Brian Herron as Clarence Castile. We regret the error. 

The Rev. Dr. Arthur Agnew is celebrating his 25th pastoral anniversary of leading Bethesda Baptist Church in downtown Minneapolis.