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TurnSignl , founded by Minneapolis attorney and entrepreneur Jazz Hampton, has launched TurnSignl Plus, a service that connects users with immigration attorneys in real time across the United States. As federal immigration enforcement continues across Minnesota under Operation Metro Surge — even following a newly announced federal drawdown — a Minneapolis-based legal technology company is expanding services aimed at helping people access attorneys during immigration encounter

Community leader and racial justice organizer Jeanelle Austin has announced her candidacy for Minnesota Senate District 62, challenging incumbent Sen. Omar Fateh (D).

The arrest of independent journalist Georgia Fort on January 30 by federal agents in connection with an anti-ICE protest at a church in Saint Paul has raised a grave concern: Do we have a constitution?

UPDATE 3:30 p.m. CST Georgia Fort has been released from federal custody. More updates to follow... UPDATE 11:40 a.m. CST Local community leaders and members of Georgia Fort's family hold a press conference calling for her immediate release. Fort is facing two charges: Conspiracy Against Right of Religious Freedom at Place of Worship (18:241) and Injure, Intimidate and Interfere with Exercise of Right of Religious Freedom at Place of Worship (18:248 (a) (2), (b), and 2(a).

Greg Stoker served four combat deployments with the 75th Ranger Regiment, including two in Afghanistan. He said his experiences in war — and later as an activist — led him to reject U.S. militarism. He now works as an anti-imperialist organizer, geopolitical analyst, and journalist. He's also running for Congress in Texas. MINNEAPOLIS — Former U.S. Army Ranger and veteran activist Greg Stoker delivered a stark warning about the future of the United States during a veterans-o

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was killed by U.S. Border Patrol agents on Saturday, January 24 MINNEAPOLIS — Federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital, early Saturday, amid an ongoing surge in immigration enforcement across the city. The shooting was captured on camera by several witnesses. Those videos show Pretti holding a cellphone—not a gun—when he was shot. In multiple