‘The majority of residents in the Twin Cities are renters, and this affects [people] across races, across communities.’
Minneapolis
Posted inLocal & State, News
MPD warns Lyft, Uber drivers to be alert after numerous carjackings
After numerous carjackings the Minneapolis Police Department has issued a citywide alert to warning to Uber and Lyft drivers to be alert.
Posted inFeatured, Local & State, News
Construction diversity is still a work in progress
‘Construction firms need workers and demographics are changing.’
Posted inArts + Culture, Music
Wu-Tang lit up the Skyway Lounge
The MSR caught up with members at the tour kickoff held at the Skyway Lounge in Minneapolis.
Posted inFeatured, National, News
More guns, pandemic stress, and a police legitimacy crisis created a homicide spike in 2020
Homicide rates in the U.S. spikes by almost 30% in 2020 according to FBI figures.
Posted inFeatured, Local & State, News
Government-sanctioned discrimination explains housing gap
According to the ‘Mapping Prejudice’ website, 78% of White families own homes in Minneapolis, compared to 25% of Black families.
Posted inFeatured, Local & State, News
Black-owned First Independence Bank to open in Minneapolis in November
First Independence Bank, a Detroit-based, full-service bank, has filed an application to open a branch in the Twin Cities.
Posted inOpinion
DFL is not anti-law enforcement
The Minnesota DFL Party fully supports reforming our policing and criminal justice systems to increase transparency, improve accountability, reduce the use of violence and root out systemic racism.
Posted inFeatured, Local & State, News
St. Paul and Minneapolis cops exonerated in separate shootings
A press conference was held by those who have been demanding justice for Dolal Idd’s police killing last December.
Posted inLocal & State
Chauvin likely to do significant prison time
In my opinion, Cahill’s memo on the aggravating factors is a clear signal that the judge will depart upward.
Posted inLocal & State, National, News
Police reform still in limbo one year after Floyd murder
Many cities across the country are working to introduce reforms on the state and local level to effect change in policing, but much progress is yet to be made in the city that sparked the idea of dismantling police.
Posted inOpinion
Star Tribune must transform ‘inequitable reporting practices’
‘The Star Tribune finally acknowledged its lack of journalistic integrity in sharing a false police narrative claiming that Winston Smith was a murder suspect but that’s not enough.’
Posted inOpinion
Community group demands accountability for killing of Black man by federal task force in Minneapolis
We are demanding that law enforcement officials and state and local political leaders such as Mayor Jacob Frey promptly answer these questions coming from the community.
Posted inOpinion
Black internecine community violence and police violence spring from the same tree
Those who are opposed to our murder at the hands of the system are also opposed to death at the hands of one another. They are not mutually exclusive.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Violence flares again in Minneapolis as law enforcement kills man
The family of Winston Smith is demanding answers after he was shot and killed by members of a U.S. Marshal Task Force on Thursday afternoon.
Posted inFeatured, Go Green, Local & State, News
Residents demand City shut down Northern Metal—for good
‘We can’t breathe for so many reasons and our Black Lives continue not to matter to our city and state government. Enough is enough.’
Posted inBlack Business Spotlight, Business, Featured
Black Business Spotlight: Finish Touch Boutique
The MSR recently caught up with Willie Frazier, owner of Finish Touch Boutique. The shop, located near George Floyd Square, is surviving in spite of the odds.
Posted inFeatured, Health + Wellness
They are killing us: guns and public health
Firearm-related injuries remain a significant public health crisis here in the United States.
Posted inFeatured, Local & State, News
George Floyd a year later: some progress but not enough
What made the killing of Floyd by police so different was the response by people in Minnesota, around the nation, and around the world who took to the streets by the millions to demand justice and accountability.
Posted inLocal & State
Chauvin prosecution: Will it be a model or aberration?
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd was a well-tried case, with a compelling case centered on the testimony of the community members and the life of Floyd.