Bishop Harding Smith of the Spiritual Church of God in Robbinsdale has filed a lawsuit against WCCO alleging defamation of character due to the station’s report on him for alleged wage theft.
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Chappelle’s Minneapolis shows draw protests
Comedian Dave Chappelle’s three shows in Minneapolis last week stirred up protests and controversy.
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Department of Safety settles with journalists
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, settled a lawsuit last Tuesday stemming from the Minnesota State Patrol’s treatment of the press
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Students, community protest racist video at Prior Lake High School
‘It would be a mistake to think that this is just an issue of Prior Lake High School and the Prior Lake school district.’
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How the ‘Kaepernick Effect’ inspired a new generation
‘It was just incredible to see my Black students be transformed through these protests.’
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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.
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Twin Cities activists join nationwide day of protest against police violence
The Twin Cities and cities across the nation, including Orlando, Spokane, Boston, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Las Vegas, took part in National Day of Protest Against Police Violence.
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Asian American, Pacific Islanders, and allies protest anti-Asian violence
Several hundred people, primarily Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), along with supporters from the African American community and a scattering of Whites.
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As WNBA season nears its end, players say activism will go on
For keeping alive the drive for justice for Taylor and others who died at the hands of police, the WNBA players were honored last week in a historic move.
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Mothers marched and remembered family lost to police violence
Community voices sometimes take precedence over the voices of the actual family members but not at this march.
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More Black athletes join the fight for justice
‘We’re fighting racism in America. We’re fighting the justice system.’
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Calls for justice for George Floyd attracts diverse crowd
Diverse crowds continue to congregate on the corner of 38th & Chicago where George Floyd was killed at the hands of the people.
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Minneapolis burning should not come as a surprise
For those who choose to sit in judgement, this sign carried during a protest seeks to confront it: ‘Merchandise can be replaced. Black lives cannot.’
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Gov. Walz announces modified nighttime curfew
Gov. Tim Walz said he would modify and extend the temporary nighttime Minneapolis and St. Paul curfew through Wednesday morning.
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‘We don’t know these folks’: Leaders say majority of destruction not caused by Minnesotans
‘These people have brought more destruction and more terror to Minnesota than anybody in our history.’
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Pandemic and protests
The fundamental reason to protest the quarantine regimen is the fact that people need income to live.
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Black student activists face penalty in college admissions
Back when I taught at a predominantly White, selective liberal arts college, I came across a book called Acting White? Rethinking Race in ‘Post-Racial’ America. In the book, legal scholars Devon Carbado and Mitu Gulati argue that in the “post-racial” era, White-controlled organizations prefer to hire “‘good Blacks’ who will think of themselves as people […]
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Protesters press for justice for all victims of police killings
In response to Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s decision to charge Officer Mohamed Noor in the shooting death of Justine Damond, 13 community organizations gathered for an event to demand justice for all victims of police shootings in the Twin Cities and beyond. Around 40 people gathered for a rally at the Hennepin County Government […]
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What can we learn from Charlottesville? City leaders renounce racist history
Charlottesville, Virginia is going through a coming of age of sorts. On August 11-12 this year, White supremacist groups, organized by Jason Kessler (reportedly once a supporter of former President Obama and the Occupy movement) and led by Richard Spencer, were protesting against removing the Robert E. Lee statue from Emancipation Park (formerly known as Lee Park). Unite the […]
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NFL boycott a defense of free speech
It’s been nearly a month and I am still boycotting NFL games this season. Social justice activist Shaun King, in the June piece he wrote for the New York Daily News, called for it because of the apparent blackballing of Black quarterback Colin Kaepernick, still an unsigned free agent. “If you call the decisions by […]