Light Rail Shutdown To Protest Deportations By Video By Will Hommeyer | May 24, 2018 18 people were arrested after blocking a light rail line to protest deportations. The action is part of the national “Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival”
Homepage Featured House Rules Committee declares racism a public health crisis By Sheila Regan | July 15, 2020 The Minnesota House of Representatives advanced a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis in Minnesota on Tuesday. Authored by Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL, Mendota Heights), the new resolution passed in the House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee.
Economy/Jobs Losing a job unexpectedly is devastating By Jessica Webster | August 9, 2019 With unemployment insurance back in the news, as a governmental response to the economic impacts of Covid-19, here’s a look back at what it is and why it matters.
Live Coverage Racial equity leaders discuss legislative session By Cirien Saadeh | July 22, 2019 Voices for Racial Justice, a community organization which centers on racial equity organizing, recently held a legislative discussion with leaders of different local movements. Community members discussed their legislative organizing, as well as the ways in which they sustain legislative organizing.
Minnesota Reversing the Legacy of Racial Inequity By Bill Sorem | April 28, 2019 Reversing the Legacy of Racial Inequity from The UpTake on Vimeo. Minneapolis holds a reputation for being one of the most progressive cities in the Midwest with implementation of new policies and programs to improve the lives of its residents. Unfortunately, these policies have long overlooked and ignored the thriving legacy of racial inequity in the city. This should come as no surprise as a 2017 news report found that Minnesota was ranked the second worst state in the country for racial equality. So what exactly is racial inequity and what is Minneapolis doing about it?
Criminal Justice Simon Urges MN Legislature To Invest In Democracy By Michael McIntee | January 3, 2019 Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon says the state can do more to insure voting rights. He and legislative leaders unveil a plan to increase voting security; decrease barriers to voter registration; restore of voting rights for those who were formerly incarcerated; and protect voter privacy.
Economy/Jobs Philando Castile’s Death Inspires Black Economic Movement By Cirien Saadeh | November 27, 2017 “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 the death of Philando Castile.
Minneapolis Racial Equity Questions Heat Up Interest In Minneapolis Park Board Races By Bill Sorem | October 14, 2017 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 discussion with the Minneapolis League of Women Voters.
Minnesota Video Replay:Transforming Men’s Lives With Dr. Bernice A. King By Michael McIntee | October 12, 2017 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 called Nonviolence365™.
Indiana Students Petition for Removal of KKK Painting By Veronica Carter - Indiana News Service | September 18, 2017 Signatures are being collected this month asking Indiana University officials to remove a painting on the Bloomington campus that depicts a cross burning by the Ku Klux Klan.
Racial Equality Thousands Demand Removal of Memphis Confederate Statues By Stephanie Carson - Tennessee News Service | August 23, 2017 With the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr’s assassination looming, thousands of people have filed a petition asking for the removal of two Confederate statues in Memphis
Free Speech Trump Supporter Arrested For Pulling Gun On Black Man At Boston “Free Speech” Rally By SARAH BETANCOURT + BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ - DigBoston | August 20, 2017 The man was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, and according to witnesses attempted to pull out a gun on the black man he was arguing with.
Free Speech Boston Counter-Protesters Feel “Stood Up” By Lack Of Nazis By Zach Huffman-digboston | August 20, 2017 For Boston counter-protesters with hopes of punching nazis, Saturday’s rally was a big disappointment — there weren’t nearly enough faces to go around.
Free Speech How Boston Counter-Protesters Organized Against “Free Speech” Rally By Britni De La Cretaz -DigBoston | August 19, 2017 How a the organizers of the Boston counter-demonstrations started planning even before the racist violence in Charlottesville, VA.
Free Speech Boston Counter-Protesters Aim To “Make White Supremacists Hide Again” By Chris Faraone @Fara1 | August 19, 2017 Counter-protesters chase ‘free speech’ rally goers out of town, but endure police aggression after peaceful march
Minnesota Minnesotans Organize To Oppose 10 Hate Groups ID’d In State By Laurie Stern- Minnesota News Connection | August 16, 2017 Ten hate groups operate in Minnesota, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate-group activity nationwide. Minnesotans are organizing to oppose the hate groups.
Democracy “Resistance” Part of Twin Cities Democracy Conference At U Of M By Veronica Carter - Minnesota News Connection | July 31, 2017 The national 2017 Democracy Convention is being held in the Twin Cities this week. Organizers want to find ways to give a voice to everyday Americans about issues that concern them, from war to inequality.
DC Trump Touts Accomplishments In First Presidential Weekly Address – Video & Full Transcript By Michael McIntee | January 28, 2017 Trump appeared to take delight in the disruption he has caused in his first week in office. “Everybody’s talking about it.”
Minnesota Groups Outline Road Map To Racial Equality In Minnesota By Bill Sorem | January 19, 2017 Community members and nonprofits gathered at the Minnesota Capitol on Thursday to launch Our Mnisota: A Shared Vision for a Racially Equitable State.
Criminal Justice Video Replay: The Myth of Colorblindness: A Conference on Race and Criminal Justice By Bill Sorem | January 13, 2017 We live in an era of mass incarceration where the United States has the highest rate of imprisonment in the world. The ACLU has brought together both national and local leaders who are pushing for reforms to our system and to learn from them how to best move forward.
Education Black Boys Will Achieve When Teachers Believe In Them By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | January 8, 2017 “My job is not to fix black boys,” says Michael Walker, the man who is in charge of the relatively new office of Black Male Student Achievement in Minneapolis schools. “It is our job to change how we think and what we believe black boys are capable of.”
CD1 Rep. Tim Walz And Jim Hagedorn Debate In Winona – Transcript And Captioned Video By transcript By Susan Maricle, Video By Michael McIntee | October 9, 2016 Rep. Tim Walz and his Republican opponent Jim Hagedorn squeeze 21 different topics into a lively one hour League of Women Voters debate in Winona.
Minnesota Battling ‘Minnesota Nice’, Structural Racism And White Privilege By Bill Sorem | October 9, 2016 “So can we talk about race?” asked Vivian Jenkins-Nelsen to a nearly all-white League of Women Voters gathering at a south Minneapolis restaurant. The co-founder of the INTER-RACE Institute, a diversity think tank located at Augsburg College said structural racism is alive in Minnesota because people don’t talk about it enough.
Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Sign Draws Misspelled Anonymous Threat Letter-Police Response Criticized By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | September 22, 2016 She put up a Black Lives Matter sign because she knew her black friends were afraid of being killed. Now she is the one who is afraid after someone sent her an anonymous threatening letter about the sign.
Economy/Jobs Minnesota’s Labor Unions Boosting Racial Economic Equality By Brandon Campbell - Minnesota News Connection | September 6, 2016 On the heels of Labor Day, and as the Twin Cities continue to struggle with racial disparities, a new report details how Minnesota’s labor unions are providing economic opportunities, especially for people of color.
2016 Presidential Race Unlike Donald Trump, Jill Stein Advocates For Citizen Control Over Police – Video Of Full Event In Minneapolis By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | August 17, 2016 On the same night Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was calling for more police to “restore law and order” in minority neighborhoods, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was taking a much different approach.
