Archive for 2017
Philando Castile’s Death Inspires Black Economic Movement
“We have to find another tool for resistance aside from the bodies of Black youth.” — Me’Lea Connelly, director of the Association for Black Economic Power (ABEP), which formed after…
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Small Independent News Outlets have Outsized Impact
A new study shows hows that even small independent news outlets can have a dramatic effect on the content of a national conversation.
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MN Senate Announces Layoffs In Budget Dispute With Governor Dayton
Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R) announces impending layoffs of Senate employees and last paychecks for Senators. He is making the move in response to Governor Mark Dayton's veto…
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In 2021, St. Paul’s First African American Mayor Looks Back At His First Four Years
What can you expect from St. Paul first African American mayor? Days before Melvin Carter won a surprising first round ballot election he gave a speech pretending he had already…
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Human Rights Advocates Alarmed by ICE Request To Expand St. Paul Detention Center
St. Paul is one of four cities where Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to build additional detention centers. Human-rights and immigration-law groups from Minnesota sent ICE a letter of objection.
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Video Replay: Transforming Men’s Lives With Dr. Bernice A. King
Dr. Bernice A. King, youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is in the Twin Cities to carry on her father's work with a program…
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Racial Equity Questions Heat Up Interest In Minneapolis Park Board Races
How can parks be used to bring about racial and economic justice? It's a hot issue in the Minneapolis Park Board races and the focus of this month's Civic Buzz…
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MN Gubernatorial Race Kicks Off With First Live-Streamed Forum In Duluth
All six DFL candidates running for governor will appear at Minnesota's AFSCME convention in Duluth on Friday. The forum will be live-streamed here on The UpTake.
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Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline Resistance Heats Up In Minnesota
A march and rally are planned Thursday for the only public hearings in the Twin Cities on Enbridge's controversial proposal to build a new pipeline called Line 3.
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Entrepreneurs Compete in Somali ‘Shark Tank’
A "Shark Tank"-style national competition in Minneapolis has awarded cash to three Somali entrepreneurs whose inventions will benefit both their local communities and Somalia.
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