WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Ilhan Omar (DFL-MN) will sit on the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the 116th Congress.

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BALTIMORE/ACCRA –NAACP President Derrick Johnson traveled to Ghana to meet with Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in support of the upcoming “Year of Return Ghana 2019” project, a year-long journey to celebrate the reconnecting of Africans throughout the Diaspora to their African heritage.

Secretary of State Steve Simon announced his “Investing in Democracy” agenda, alongside legislative leaders, county officials, advocates, and voters.

Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) said the body is disappointed and disturbed about CBS News' recent announcement showcasing new hires for coverage of the 2020 Presidential election.

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The imprisonment rate for African American women is twice that of white women.

In 2008, Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) made history after being elected as the first ever African-American woman to become speaker of any state legislature.

Keith Ellison was sworn in today as Minnesota’s 30th Attorney General.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-5th) was sworn in Jan. 3 as the representative from Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, making her the first Somali-American member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent Minnesota, and one of the first two Muslim-American women elected t…

Village Financial Cooperative cleared a major hurdle, becoming the first credit union in the past 15 years to be approved by the state. 

As we progress forward into the new year let us look back at 2018 … the year that was.

The NAACP will host its final national “tele townhall” of the year, #LivingWhileBlack, tomorrow (Dec. 20) at 7 p.m.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question of whether police officers are constitutionally obligated to help a person injured during arrest.

Incredibly in the 21st century some Africans are still working in conditions akin to slavery informally or formally in some areas of the Middle East.

Patrick Henry High School’s Janaan Ahmed has been selected to serve as the student representative on the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) board.

Michelle Obama is coming to the Twin Cities.

In Duluth Minnesota Attorney General-elect Keith Ellison kicked off the first in a series of listening sessions that he will be holding across Minnesota in December and January.

California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris has never been known to pull-punches.

An Eden Prairie man was charged with felony terroristic threats in connection with pulling a gun on a group of teenagers at a McDonald’s, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Monday.

Insight News is a winner in three categories of the Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA) Better Newspaper Contest.

Editor’s note: Part one of a three-part series. The complete interview is available at: https:// www.insightnews.com/

Marian Wright Edelman, a trailblazer, freedom fighter and champion of causes that affect the nation’s young, has announced that she’s stepping aside from the Children’s Defense Fund, an organization she founded 45 years ago.

Adorning Christmas trees is a tradition that dates back to the 16th century.

Somali women packers for the Amazon distribution center in Minneapolis are fired up and refusing to speed up the production line, becoming the first known group to defy Amazon management and bring them to the bargaining table.

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) commissioners voted to approve the nomination of Alfred Bangoura as the next superintendent of the system

An Eden Prairie man was charged with felony terroristic threats in connection with pulling a gun on a group of teenagers at a McDonald’s, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Monday.

“If I reach back far enough I can touch my own family slavery in a very personal way.” – Bishop T.D. Jakes

Kayla Schuchman, an affordable housing and policy strategist, has been hired as the new housing director in St. Paul’s Planning and Economic Development (PED) department.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey joined representatives from 10 Twin Cities law firms, Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN), Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid and Minneapolis tenants to launch the More Representation Minneapolis (More Representation) housing initiative.

The Minneapolis City Council approved $10.6 million in direct investment and $1.6 million in 10-year federal tax credits to create or preserve 764 units of affordable multifamily rental housing in 10 projects located throughout the city.

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter signed a citywide $15 minimum wage ordinance into law. 

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) has made racially-charged lynching comments during a campaign rally in Tupelo, Miss. 

Money and hip-hop go hand-in-hand.

In a spirited celebration of Minnesota civil rights icon Dr. Josie Johnson, a crowd of some 200 friends, colleagues, and admirers gathered at the Humphrey School of Public to hear of the school's plans to create a fellowship in Johnson's name and rename a community meeting room after her.

Along with what could be nine new members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the CBC will also likely feature five new chairs wielding the gavel of five committees in the U.S. House.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) named the top three finalists in its national search for its next superintendent of the Minneapolis Park System.

Pioneering poet and playwright Ntozake Shange died on the morning of Oct. 27 at an assisted living facility in Bowie, Md.

Minnesota Opportunity Zone Advisors (MN-OZA) has launched the D.R.E.A.M. Fund, an Opportunity Fund focused on Minnesota Opportunity Zones.

Minneapolis and St. Paul are national leaders when it comes to combating climate change.

Washington, D.C. -- President Donald Trump rejected National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) member and CNN White House reporter Abby Phillip's question today as "stupid" on national television.