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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

Medical Neglect & Inmate Fatalities Fuel Demands to Shutdown MEnD Correctional Care

Early Friday afternoon mother of Hardel Sherell, Del Shea Perry, held a press conference outside the new Minnesota Board of Medical...

Jasmine McBride

Nov 6, 20212 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

Minneapolis Police Officer Charged with Vehicular Homicide

Minneapolis Police Officer, Brian Cummings, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminal vehicular homicide for fatally...

Georgia Fort

Oct 22, 20212 min read

Ex-Cop Resentenced Post Overturned Murder Conviction, Faces 57 Months

Mohamed Noor, ex-cop who was initially looking at less time with the Supreme Courts’ decision to reverse his 3rd degree murder conviction...

Jasmine McBride

Oct 21, 20212 min read

Minneapolis Mayor’s New Public Safety Plan Criticized Ahead of Charter Amendment Vote

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a four point public safety plan Monday afternoon that would integrate existing public safety work...

Georgia Fort

Sep 28, 20211 min read

Judge Reverses Decision To Have State Pay Legal Fees for Derek Chauvin’s Appeal

Derek Chauvin, former Minneapolis police officer responsible for the murder of George Floyd has filed to appeal his murder conviction as...

Georgia Fort

Sep 23, 20211 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

Untold Stories of Black Men: Jay Webb

The first time Jay caught my eye was in June of 2020. He was paces away from where George Floyd had died. He was dressed in full denim...

Georgia Fort

May 23, 20212 min read

How George Floyd is Still Changing The World a Year Later

The world is approaching the one year anniversary of the death and uprising of George Floyd. George Floyd, the name that highlights a...

Georgia Fort

May 21, 20218 min read

Less Lethal Weapons: Violence to Silence Justice

Less-lethal weapons have been used for crowd control by the police for decades, but only recently has medical documentation of injury...

Jasmine McBride

Apr 24, 20219 min read

Pivots & PPP: How Black Business Owners Are Surviving the Pandemic

The pandemic has affected everyone in one way or another, but its impacts have been especially brutal for Black businesses. An October...

Jefferey Spivey

Mar 8, 20214 min read

Black Mothers More Likely Than White to Die in Pregnancy

The shocking death of 23-year-old expectant mother, Amber Isaac, earlier this year put a spotlight on the struggles Black women when...

Georgia Fort

Feb 1, 20215 min read