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'Saint Paul police did the dirty work' Accountability Demanded After East Side ICE Raid
Community members, organizers, journalists, and residents are demanding accountability following an ICE raid on Saint Paul’s East Side on November 25 that left neighbors terrorized and resulted in injury to peaceful observers and members of the press after Saint Paul Police deployed tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and pepper ball munitions.

Rebecca Gilbuena
Dec 9, 20254 min read


ICE Staging at Target Parking Lots Condemned by Local Leaders
Community groups in Minneapolis are calling out Target after reports that ICE used the Lake Street Target parking lot to stage an operation threatening to separate families. Unidos MN, Racial Justice Network, CAIR-MN, and BLM Minnesota are demanding Target ban ICE from using any of its properties for enforcement or surveillance.

Rebecca Gilbuena
Dec 4, 20252 min read


“Event of the Year”: The Collective Sum Positions Minnesota as a Hub for Black Culture & Leadership
The Collective Sum, created by the Minnesota Black Collective Foundation, is a multiday gathering designed to strengthen community, nurture Black leadership, and build collective strategy in a moment when support for racial equity initiatives is being rolled back across the country.

Rebecca Gilbuena
Dec 3, 20255 min read


National Target Boycott Leaders Urge Shoppers to “Hold the Line” Through Holiday Season
Leaders of the national Target boycott gathered outside the retailer’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters Thursday to demand renewed public participation in their nearly year-long campaign. Leaders of the national Target boycott say the this holiday season marks the boycott’s most decisive moment yet and is an opportunity to underscore consumer anger over Target’s rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) commitments and its political alignment with the Trump administ

Rebecca Gilbuena
Nov 20, 20253 min read


Demands for Justice After Death of Postal Worker Kingsley Bimpong in Eagan Police Custody
Update: At the November 18 Eagan City Council meeting, community members delivered an urgent demand: find your humanity and remove the officers involved in the death of Kingsley Bimpong. Activists called for an independent investigation, a review of medical response protocols, and better training. Above all, they demanded accountability, starting with firing the officers whose actions and inactions left Kingsley dying on a cold jail floor when he should have been in a hospit

Rebecca Gilbuena
Nov 19, 20254 min read


A Decade After Jamar Clark’s Death, New Report Challenges Police Account
Ten years ago today, 24-year-old Jamar Clark was shot in the head and killed by Minneapolis police officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze. His death ignited weeks of protest outside the Fourth Precinct and became a defining moment in Minneapolis’ reckoning with police violence. A decade later, no officer has faced discipline or charges, and Jamar’s mother, Irma Burns, says her grief and her fight for accountability remain as heavy as ever.

Rebecca Gilbuena
Nov 15, 20255 min read
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