On Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that the unemployment rate for African Americans dropped below 5% for the first time in US history.
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Black Business Spotlight: Fresh Heir Delivery
‘There’s a sense of pride that comes with being able to successfully run a small business and being able to hire some people and connect with them.’
Posted inLocal & State, News
Champion of second chances
Senator Bobby Joe Champion recently spoke to the MSR about the work that went into passing the ‘Restore the Vote’ bill and what’s next on the legislative agenda.
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Tribute to a Renaissance Man: Archie Givens, Jr.
‘He really cared about all people and really cared about ensuring that Black Americans can be seen as contributors in a positive way like any other cultural group.’
Posted inLocal & State, National, News
Final officer in George Floyd murder case convicted of state charges
‘The short of it: Tou Thao did not want to follow the proper protocol and the work it would entail. George Floyd died as a result.’
Posted inHealth + Wellness, News
Surgeon general warns of high cost of loneliness
The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared widespread loneliness in the United States the latest public health pandemic, comparing its effects on people’s health to those of smoking a pack of cigarettes every day.
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Postal employees say they’re fighting ‘toxic’ work environment
May 1 is International Workers Day, and in the U.S. postal workers say they are struggling with toxic work environments and staffing shortages.
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Standoff ends in deadly FBI shooting in North Minneapolis
Last weekend, federal agents shot and killed a suspect in North Minneapolis while they were helping local officials serve a warrant.
Posted inBlack Business Spotlight, Business
Black Business Spotlight: 4RM+ULA
‘We like to get to know not only the client, but also the community stakeholders—the community at-large.’
Posted inArts + Culture
Harry Belafonte leveraged his stardom for social change
No other entertainer immersed themselves so deeply in the Civil Rights Movement as Harry Belafonte.
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Metro Transit eyes big service changes
In the coming weeks, Metro Transit is asking riders to tell them what they should focus on over the next five years, in an initiative they are calling ‘Network Now.’
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House passes bill to legalize recreational cannabis, sends it to Senate (updated)
‘It’s time. Minnesotans deserve the freedom and respect to make responsible decisions about cannabis themselves.’
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Transcripts of Yia Xiong deadly encounter with St. Paul police raise more questions
‘We have been trying to pressure the police and the government to make sure they do their investigation thoroughly and impartially.’
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City may sell Roof Depot site to activists after all
The City of Minneapolis recently indicated it may sell land earmarked for a water facilities expansion in the East Phillips neighborhood to local activists.
Posted inLynx/WNBA, Sports
When Blacks transformed the game of basketball
‘I knew that Julius Erving and Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe had just transformed the game in ways that White fans were not accustomed to.’
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Anchors away: Tucker Carlson out at Fox; Don Lemon fired from CNN
Two embattled news anchors at competing cable networks are out of jobs.
Posted inGo Green, Local & State, National, News
Chisolm Legacy Project provides climate justice resources for Black communities
‘We can’t have climate justice. We can’t have racial justice. We can’t have gender justice, in the context of an extractive economy that is doing what it was designed to do, which is enclose wealth and power in the hands of a very few.’
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No controversy: House overwhelmingly OKs bill to rename highway after Prince
House legislators passed a bill to name a 7-mile stretch of Highway 5 after Minnesota’s favorite son Prince on the seventh anniversary of his death.
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Biden signs executive order establishing office of environmental justice
‘These communities with environmental justice concerns face even greater burdens due to climate change.’
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Protests continue more than a month after Yia Xiong’s police killing in St. Paul
‘The community is really upset and felt terrible and devastated that Yia Xiong was killed so easily.’