Hundreds of Minnesota businesses are participating in a statewide general strike to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. Black-owned and Black-led businesses, including Griot Arts and Rise & Remember, are closing their doors to demonstrate economic resistance, solidarity, and collective power.
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Posted inOpinion
We still have power until we give it away
Thirty years after the Million Man March, the fight for democracy and self-determination continues. The No King’s Movement revives that spirit of collective power — a reminder that unity remains our greatest defense against tyranny.
Posted inLocal & State
Felony charges for local activist called ‘excessive’
Indigenous poet and activist Isabella Lopez faces federal charges tied to a June 3 Lake Street raid. Her attorney calls the case political overreach, while supporters warn it could chill civic engagement. A Sept. 29 pretrial hearing was canceled, and trial is set for Nov. 24.
Posted inEducation
Black Greek organizations stay relevant in changing times
Historically Black Greek Letter Organizations have been pillars of scholarship, service and activism within the Black community since their inception in the early 20th Century, providing leadership, academic excellence, and community empowerment, and continue to shape the next generation of leaders.
Posted inNews
Minneapolis honors activist Spike Moss with street renaming
The city of Minneapolis has renamed a stretch of Plymouth Avenue N. to Spike Moss Way in honor of community activist and freedom fighter Harry ‘Spike’ Moss.
Posted inNews
Spike Moss Way named for longtime activist
Spike Moss, a longtime activist, will be honored with a street dedication in North Minneapolis, recognizing his lifelong dedication to social justice.
Posted inFeatured, Local & State, National, News
Twitter may be dying—and taking Black Twitter with it
What would the demise of Twitter mean for the way global citizens engage in public discourse?
Posted inSports
Big Ten brings civil rights history alive for athletes, staff
‘To actually understand a lot further than just kind of the surface was really inspiring to me.’
Posted inLynx/WNBA, Sports
Women in sport ‘on the precipice’ of a new future
Black women stood tall in 2020, especially in sports. WNBA players, for example, played a huge part in getting Rev. Raphael Warnock elected as U.S. senator from Georgia, defeating former senator and Atlanta Dream part-owner Kelly Loeffler after her disparaging remarks about their social justice efforts and season-long Black Lives Matter emphasis last summer. Hudl, […]
Posted inFeatured, Sports
WNBA: ‘We’re people first, players second’
The WNBA for at least four years has been the unheralded leader in pro sport when it comes to advocating social justice.
Posted inOpinion
There is no such thing as ‘Black Identity Extremists’
At a time when violence by White supremacists is on the rise, the FBI appears to be targeting Black people in a secret intelligence program concerning so-called ‘Black Identity Extremists’ — an inflammatory term for a group that doesn’t even exist.
Posted inSports
Athletes continue tradition of using platform to fight against injustice
Athletes are making their voices heard on social injustice, be it WNBA players wearing T-shirts in protest of police shootings or NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and others refusing to stand for the national anthem. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and […]