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“Restore the Vote” bill passes first committee vote
Rep. Cedrick Frazier testifies in favor of the "Restore the Vote" bill (Youtube/MNHouseInfo) A bill that would allow felons to vote after...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Minnesota nurses develop a disposable hijab for Muslim health care workers
The founders of Mawadda, respiratory therapists Yasmin Samatar and Firaoli Adam, are first-generation Black Muslim women with years of...
Chioma Uwagwu
Jan 19, 20232 min read
“Until We Are All Free” gives the formerly incarcerated a seat at the table
The non-profit Until We Are All Free creates space for the incarcerated to find community, opportunities, and their voice. Founder Kevin...
Jasmine McBride
Jan 15, 20233 min read
Minneapolis City Staff Call-out "Racist, Toxic, Workplace"
Minneapolis, MN - On Tuesday, May 24, Minneapolis City staff will speak publicly for the first time since releasing a letter of demands...
Georgia Fort
May 25, 20221 min read
Ellison’s Keynote Disrupted by Line 3 Protestors
Dozens of water protectors with the movement to stop Line 3 interrupted the installation of Mitchell Hamline School of Law’s new dean...
Nadia Shaarawi
May 7, 20222 min read
Criminal defense attorney convicted by jury for theft-by-swindle
On Oct. 25, criminal defense attorney, Kristi McNeilly, was convicted of theft-by-swindle for taking $15,000 from one of her clients in...
Georgia Fort
Oct 26, 20213 min read
Attempted Arson at Muslim Cemetery, CAIR-MN Offers Reward for Information
Imagine a town that does not want to accept nor serve you because of who you are. A town that allows messages like, “leave, you are...
Jasmine McBride
Oct 26, 20212 min read
“Planet or Profit?” Indigenous Activists Fight at Nation’s Capitol
A week of civil disobedience by water protectors from around the country culminated in numerous arrests in front of the U.S. Capitol this...
Jasmine McBride
Oct 16, 20211 min read
Covid Positive Reality for Single Parents
Covid preventive measures are known globally; wear a mask, stay six feet apart and wash your hands frequently. What’s not known globally...
Georgia Fort
Oct 1, 20214 min read
The Cycle of Minnesota Homelessness
Each summer Tent encampments fill unoccupied areas in the Twin Cities. Each winter we see the people in those encampments endure...
Georgia Fort
Sep 23, 20214 min read
How America Chooses the Missing Women It Searches For
Anyone with a heart would hope a missing person would be found and brought back to their loved ones. Even the thought of a loved one...
Jasmine McBride
Sep 20, 20214 min read
Breaking: Former Georgia Prosecutor is Indicted for Violation of Oath in Ahmaud Arbery Case
Former Georgia district attorney, Jackie Johnson, has been indicted for violating her oath taken in office to commit acts of honesty in...
Georgia Fort
Sep 2, 20212 min read
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