2018 Elections News & Info

Black business owners, creators and influencers gathered for an event intended to uplift entrepreneurship and creativity.

Among the schools up for vote were Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools as well as Robbinsdale, Forest Lake and...

For those doing the work, it means more than posting selfies with “I Voted” stickers or holding signs at a...

By Thursday, two days after Republican Brian Kemp declared victory, Abrams is still calling for every vote to be counted...

Starting in 2019, women will make up nearly a quarter of the 435-member House of Representatives — a record high....

It may not have been the blue wave that some had predicted, but Democrats made significant gains nationally and across...

The law disproportionately affects Black and Latino voters, say the civil rights groups who brought the lawsuit. As a scholar...

Stacey Abrams would be the first African American female governor elected in history if she wins. Over 482,000 people have...

Voters are encouraged to descend on the polls at select early voting locations around the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

This Black man’s Republicanism came to him as he watched football great and civil rights activist Jim Brown come on...

  MSR contributors hit the pavement to ask community members whether they plan on voting in the midterm elections and...

Brown said that prior to his run he defended the underdog and championed criminal cases for the less fortunate while...

The race is on for more than candidates. After a record-breaking turnout during the Minnesota primaries, early voting has already...

Statistics reveal that Black women face disproportionate barriers to reproductive health care and are more likely to die after childbirth than their...

A William Mitchell College of Law graduate with over a decade of private practice experience, Calandra Revering is one of...

BVMM sponsored the evening at the Minneapolis Urban League, hosted by Robbins and activist Bill English and moderated by former...

We’ve seen the collective power of Black women impact key races for office in special elections and primaries. Black women,...

In 2007, Ellison became the first member of the Muslim faith ever elected to the U.S. Congress. In 2017 he...

The U.S. is not the only place where the advance of racism and misogyny in politics has spurred Black women...

The district reports that while it has the second largest school district in Minnesota, it has one of the lowest...