A Brooklyn Center police officer shot a Black youth, 20-year-old Daunte Wright, yesterday at around 2 pm in the afternoon during a traffic stop. Hundreds of area residents protested the shooting in a rally at police headquarters. As protests moved into the evening, some people looted busines…
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly .” ~Zen proverb
Some call it “a solution looking for a problem” when referring to the wave of election reform initiatives sprouting up in at least 43 states. Critics of the reform initiatives cite that the wave of GOP sponsored bills are in large part a reaction to the “big lie” perpetrated by the Trump adm…
On the 10th anniversary of its Internet Essentials program, Comcast announced it would invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to help further close the digital divide and give even more low-income Americans the tools and resources they need to succeed in an increasingly digital world. The …
Remember these names: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Tiffany Cunningham, and Candace Jackson-Akiwumi. These are President Joseph Biden’s first three nominations for the federal Court of Appeals.
To reduce housing displacement, landlords could be barred from immediately filing evictions for late rent, and to reduce barriers to finding housing, renters could have an easier time getting past evictions removed from their records.
The trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is underway in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A virtual Town Hall meeting 1pm Tuesday, April 6 will explore issues and opportunities created by the search for improvements in the Highway 252/I94 Corridor segments in North Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park.
When the world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. Malala Yousafzai (the youngest Nobel Prize laureate - an advocate for Pakistan)
The 15-member jury has been selected for the Derek Chavin trial. Jury selection began Monday, March 8. And after 11 days, the panel of 15 –12 jurors, two alternates and an additional alternate—were selected. There are six jurors of color, including three Black men, one Black woman and two mi…
Healing is never complete until we have been truly heard. May the universe send you someone who will sincerely care to listen. Anthon St. Maarten
The African American Leadership Forum, in partnership with members of a Black professional fraternity, the Itasca Project and GREATER MSP, have announced an initiative to address racial inequities in the Twin Cities region in a new and transformational way.
Summer break may not be as leisurely for many students this year after the House advanced a summer school funding package Tuesday.
Ben Johnson has been named head men's basketball coach at the University of Minnesota. The University and Johnson have agreed to a five-year term, pending the completion of a background check and Board of Regents approval. Johnson, 40, is Minnesota's 18th head coach in program history.
Just hours after signing into law his massive $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, President Joe Biden addressed the nation and announced the implementation of his next phase of a national strategy to put the pandemic in the country’s rear-view mirror.
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) continues its global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities and implications of the transatlantic slave trade.
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dateline: Friday, March 12, 2021
Hennepin County Board Chair Marion Greene introduced a measure today that would raise the hourly minimum wage for county employees from $15 per hour to $20 per hour.
Carlotta Madison said what happened to her brother was “horrific.”
Justice and power must be brought together so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. Blaise Pascal
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource. John F. Kennedy
“When we don’t explicitly focus on equity, we implicitly increase economic and racial disparities.” Commish
The House of Representatives Wednesday gave final approval to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief Bill and sent the Bill to the President’s desk for his signature. Biden’s Friday signing the Bill into law means millions of Americans will get direct stimulus payments and the $…
Community members and a coalition of social justice organizations gathered outside of the Hennepin County Government Center on Monday March 8 to demand justice for George Floyd as the first day of jury selection began for Derek Chauvin’s trial.
The court in the trial of State of Minnesota vs. Derek Chauvin this morning reinstated the charge of 3rd-degree murder against Chauvin.
Jury selection for the Derek Chauvin trial began on Monday, March 8. Though it began with delays, it continued on Tuesday, March 9 with three jurors selected, two men and one woman. An additional man was seated on the jury this morning.
The prosecution in State of Minnesota vs. Derek Chauvin, led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, filed a motion with the Minnesota Court of Appeals today to keep the trial from proceeding on substantive matters, including jury selection, until the district court regains full jurisdi…
The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, is now underway. The trial has opened with a pre-trial appeal. On Friday, Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that the district court erred in not granting the State’s motion to reinstate the…
Comcast Twin Cities recently hosted a virtual screening and panel discussion of the critically acclaimed film, “A Most Beautiful Thing.” This 90-minute documentary chronicles the story of the nation’s first African American high school rowing team and their journey to overcome the seemingly …
The YMCA is partnering with Minnesota Safe Streets, a community-based organization focused on providing boots on the ground and coordinating efforts with local law enforcement agencies, to reduce violence and create safe, thriving neighborhoods.
Edward McDonald coordinates the Minnesota Equal Opportunity Partnership. He poses a question and challenge about fairness.
Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety, John Harrington, and city leaders recently discussed Operation Safety Net on "Black Life Amplified" a virtual town hall. The discussion focused on the plans and preparation leading up to the Derek Chauvin trial.
The former chauffeur turned lawyer and civil rights activist Vernon Jordan has died. He was 85. Jordan’s storied career was a true American Dream that was less about rags-to-riches and more about humble beginnings, discrimination forcing him to work as a domestic as a college student, and tr…
A people without history is like a tree without roots. If you don’t know where you’re coming from, you won’t know where you’re going.
If you don’t build your own dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs.AnonymousThe reality is there are so many astute, passionate, grassroots community builders, activists, and change agents who have and will continue to campaign and vie for voters to remember their name in November…
North Dakota has one of the lowest Black populations in the country but that did not stop the introduction of a bill to their State Senate to make Juneteenth a ceremonial holiday. The bipartisan bill will recognize June 19 as an important day of remembrance without interruption to normal pub…
On March 15, 2021, Rosalind Brewer is slated to make history as the only Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company she will helm Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., the parent company of Walgreens drugstores. She is currently the COO of Starbucks and the former president and CEO of Sam's Club, a…
COVID-19 can infect anyone. But some communities in the U.S. have been hit harder because of racial disparities. Black Americans are almost three times as likely to be hospitalized and almost twice as likely to die from the disease as their white counterparts. With harsh statistics like thos…
When Minnesota cities are damaged by floods or other natural disasters, they can apply for state aid to help repair the damages, and if approved, the money comes from a contingency account set up for just such events.
Almost 56 years to the Feb. 21, 1965, assassination of Malcolm X, the slain leader’s daughters and a noted civil rights attorney are shining a light on those whom they believe are responsible for the heartless murder.
Often times as a people we are so suspicious about things that we can miss opportunities that could have benefitted us. Elder Atum Azzahir, founder of the Cultural Wellness Center
Comcast NBCUniversal presents an exclusive virtual panel discussion on the new film A Most Beautiful Thing, the highly acclaimed documentary chronicling the first African American high school rowing team in the United States from the West Side of Chicago.
To say that interest is high in a House bill proposing to legalize recreational marijuana is both a bad pun and an understatement.
WASHINGTON — Today, the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties will host a hearing on H.R. 40 – a bill that would study the history of slavery, the role federal and state governments played in supporting slavery, and racial discrimination agains…
Georgia prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s phone call to Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger. During the call, the former President asked him to “find” the votes he needed to overturn the state’s election results.
WASHINGTON, DC — To kickoff Black History Month, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Chair of the powerful Congressional Black Caucus, introduced three related pieces of legislation. Collectively, the resolutions formally recognize the important contributions, struggles and sacrifices o…
JC Lofton Tailors is continuing a family legacy that has been around for almost a century, with the help of a $10,000 grant from Wells Fargo through Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
[ST. PAUL, MN] – Governor Tim Walz signed Chapter 3, HF 114 into law. This bill waives statutory deadlines imposed upon judicial proceedings during a peacetime emergency.
The City of Minneapolis leadership has said its committed to working with the community to reconnect 38th & Chicago after the conclusion of the Derek Chauvin trial. City leadership’s overriding goals will be to support the needs of residents and businesses while honoring the importance o…
Netflix and Higher Ground, the Obama’s production company, are bringing a puppet-filled kids cooking show to the streaming service. “Waffles + Mochi”, arriving March 16th, will depict Michelle Obama as a supermarket owner who hires two new employees, Waffles and Mochi. These two best friends…
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