Chanhassen Dinner Theatres announces summer concerts
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres recently announced a schedule of live summer concerts including 'Hot Buttered Classic Soul' featuring Ginger Commodore, Dennis...
Golf Showcase winner will play for St. Kate’s
Jaycee Rhodes is preparing for her final high school golf tournament before she heads off to college.
Black Lives Matter mural planned for Plymouth Ave.
'This is a historic public art event to support the fight against systemic racism and police brutality against Black people...
Deadline to apply for food benefits extended
Minnesota has also extended P-EBT to provide an additional food benefit through the summer.
The lies they tell: COVID-19 inside our prisons
What are we really doing to help and prevent the spread of this deadly disease to the human beings who...
Judge issues gag order in George Floyd case
A judge issued a gag order in the George Floyd case, citing concern that pre-trial publicity could hinder the fairness...
Cub Foods opens ‘community markets’ to fill Mpls. food desert after riots
Cub Foods opened the Community Store, a 13,000 square ft shop full of fresh fruit, dairy, meat, and other essential...
‘We eat pain like Skittles’ – MSR Forefront explores Black trauma
'The revolution will be healing. Radical self-care is resistance, because the system does not want us well.'
Mississippi removes Confederate emblem from flag; Frey says he’s for reparations; protesters hit by drivers
A smattering of news bits that may have missed your radar
Blackout Tuesday aims to strengthen the Black dollar
Today is Blackout Tuesday, a day organized for Black Americans, people of color and allies to collectively assert and harness...
Mpls. entrepreneur to launch Black online marketplace in conjunction with Blackout Day
The launch of the shopping site will feature hundreds of Black businesses, many of which are new entrepreneurial ventures.
In Memoriam: Keith Hardeman
In loving memory of Keith Hardeman who passed 10 years ago.
Signs available for lower speed limits in the Twin Cities–while supplies last
You can pick up your '20 is Plenty' yard sign at any Minneapolis fire station.
Hip hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests
No one who has listened to hip hop since its origins in the 1970s should be surprised that rap music...
Dreaming big for local change
We’ve also seen iconic product brands created with racial stereotypes and caricatures finally being shelved as the Black Lives Matter...
Fourth of July happenings—#Blackout edition
Not a lot of fireworks this year, but plenty of opportunities to get out in the community and continue to...
Why are so many people lighting off fireworks?
The number of fireworks being lit off at night is out of control this year.
From ‘defund the police’ to its obvious next step
If Americans have reason to question the nation’s increasingly militarized law enforcement, shouldn’t they question this country’s thoroughly militarized approach...
Absentee voting for 2020 primary election is open
The 2020 primary election kicked off on June 26 with the start of absentee voting.
Gov. Walz, Lt. Gov. Flanagan announce public-private partnership to support technology needs of MN students
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced a public-private partnership that aims to meet the technology and connectivity...
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