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We are declaring George Floyd Week.

Things to do this weekend in Minneapolis and St. Paul include a poetry workshop, an art market, and a mixed media art exhibition.

Visitors still come to 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis to learn about the movement for racial justice. A series of gatherings on Thursday marked three years since Floyd was murdered in the custody of Minneapolis police officers.

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This week we have a interview with the legendary local journalist KingDemetrius Pendleton!!!!

Over the past two years a local independent photojournalist has been on the ground capturing some of the biggest moments in the social justice movement in Minnesota.

Over the past two years, independent photojournalist KingDemetrius Pendleton has been on the ground capturing some of the biggest moments in the social justice movement in Minnesota.

A coalition of Black women and mothers called for the officer who fatally shot Amir Locke to be fired along with the city's interim...

Yves here. I don’t pretend to have any good answers for what to do about police brutality, particularly towards people of color. During the Presidential campaign, Biden backed even more police spending, no doubt to clam the nerves of the Dem’s professional-managerial class base. More unequal societies are lower trust societies, so the K-shaped recovery is only going to increase the perception of risk among the well off. Two things to keep in mind. First is that the most troubling form of po...

St. Paul school board member alleges discrimination after being kicked out of Golden Valley restaurant The diners said they had asked their table to be cleaned but the manager refused and told them to leave, before calling the police. Author: Google Streetview Community members and activists are calling on people to boycott Benihana in Golden Valley after its managers alleged discriminatory behavior toward five Black women after they asked for their table to be cleaned.  St. Paul Public School...