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For more than two decades, Farji Shaheer dedicated his life to serving Minneapolis communities from within the walls of Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC). Rising from the hospital's dietary department to become a founding architect of Minnesota’s first hospital-based violence intervention program. But what began as a career rooted in healing and hope ended in heartbreak and, ultimately, erasure.

Community groups are expressing outrage after it was confirmed that Sgt. Mark Hanneman, the Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a no-knock raid in 2022, is now leading the department’s use-of-force training.

The National Urban League’s 2025 State of Black America report dives into an unprecedented extremist, anti-diversity movement to erase 60 years of freedoms gained under the Voting Rights Act and undermine Democracy. 

On Monday, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building to denounce recent ICE arrests of undocumented asylum seekers.

The family of Tekle Sundberg has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis and the officers responsible for...

Nearly two months after 16-year-old Jordan “Manny” Collins Jr. was reported missing, his father, Jordan Collins Sr., has been formally charged in his murder.