On July 11, after 14½ years in prison, Kevin Reese returns home and fulfills a long-awaited goal.
Opinion
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Volume on xenophobia and racism on blast
Pres. Trump’s statement illustrates how perceptions of birthright, citizenship, ownership, and racial entitlement have upped the volume of xenophobia and racism.
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A City in danger
It is a sad commentary when Minneapolis sounds like a movie based on a violent novel of a distant past.
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How an aid gusher helped and hurt Liberia
International economists have tried and failed to prove that getting more aid makes economies healthier. In this case, international assistance may have merely propped Liberia up.
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A nation divided
We don’t need future historians to look back to see what we already know: America is a split nation, and therefore, a dangerous nation.
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Incarcerating Black women for the crime of poverty
The nonprofit organization Prison Policy Initiative has reported that almost two out of every three women in jail have not been convicted of a crime.
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Studies expose destructive housing inequities
Here in Minnesota, the data suggest housing costs are continuing to rise unabated, which again disproportionately affect communities of color.
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Trump’s ‘mixed-status’ housing rule creates new form of family separations
The world has watched in horror as migrant families have been forcibly separated, placed into camps, and subjected to the cruel conditions of detention.
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Prison justice organizers celebrate a victory — with caution
A dialogue about reinstating Minnesota’s corrections ombudsman.
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Reparations: 40 acres and an Obama?
Civil rights legislation did not level the playing field or make Black America whole, which is the point of reparations. Black people did not get full when the Obamas ate!
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Watching a father and son
A video of DJ Pryor speaking with his toddler son about the season finale of Empire recently went viral. I watched it and loved it.
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Remembering the Stonewall riots
The Stonewall turbulence started on the backs of working-class African American and Latinx queers who patronized the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village.
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Trump’s attempt to erase Harriet Tubman
The attempted erasure of Tubman represents yet another move in the Trump playbook to disconnect racial reality from White fantasy.
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How prisons use Black bodies for White power
The body of the inmate of color, like the body of his or her enslaved ancestor, has been stolen in order to enhance the political power of his or her oppressor.
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House Democrats want us to do their job
Fear of losing elections because you did your job is putting party before country.
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Just throw the whole SAT test away
The fact that the College Board has had to create an adversity score is reason enough to discard the flawed SAT test.
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Noor verdict reinforces need for justice system overhaul
Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar
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Mpls council member pens open letter about Noor settlement
This tragedy, as unfortunate as it is, happens far too often in communities of color without the same penchant for justice.
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WORD ON THE STREET | Community verdict: No surprise!
The MSR hit the streets to get people’s initial reactions to the Noor verdict and sentencing and ask what this means to the Black community.
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Removing hair braiding license requirements puts Black women at risk
Removing the education piece will only place Black women at even higher health risks.