RACIAL & SOCIAL INJUSTICE
The Minnesota House Select Committee on Racial Justice met on Sept. 29 to discuss Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Racism.
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The first meeting of the House Select Committee on Racial Justice met Sept. 22. Discussions focused on maternal-child health mortality and morbidity.
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Activists for the Unhoused also demanded the park board call for more resources for the unhoused.
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The Spotlight Series explores how our ethnicity, gender, and class impact a career path. Individual interviews allow us to hear personal experiences of how these three areas are intertwined and…
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In November, Minneapolis voters may get to decide whether to dismantle the city’s police department, setting up a dramatic battle for public opinion in the epicenter of the national uprising.…
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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…
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U.S. puts young people on student visas in a perilous choice as virus rages.
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The Minnesota Senate held its third joint Transportation and Judiciary Committee hearing about the civil unrest following the killing of George Floyd on Thursday, this time focusing on the state’s…
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In the wake of Covid-19 and the global pandemic that virtually stopped economies and communities in their track, community organizers were forced to shift their work online.
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Marjaan Sirdar is an UpTake columnist exploring the organizing and racial equity work that has happened and will continue to happen in South Central Minneapolis following the killing of George…
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