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Mayor Betsy Hodges, the Minneapolis City Council and police leadership have all failed in their oversight of the Minneapolis Police Department, bringing us to the place where unarmed community members are killed by police officers year after year with impunity. Continue Reading
If there’s one thing I’ve learned since moving to Minnesota, it’s that Minnesotans love Minnesota. Continue Reading
Anthony Promvongsa was driving in Worthington, MN, when an officer pulled him over and assaulted him. Continue Reading
Over the past few years, my school, Brooklyn Center High School, has moved away from suspensions as a way to discipline our young learners. Continue Reading
Suffice to say, we come to work every day looking for innovative ways to make sure only the most deserving people in Hennepin County wind up in the criminal justice system. Continue Reading
Art and Resistance II followed the inspiring first event held at the Third Place Gallery by sharing tangible tools with the community in creating their own form of creative resistance and by offering accessible pathways to plug into the movement. Continue Reading
People in Minneapolis like to think of themselves as progressive. But Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman is behind the curve. Continue Reading
We are millennials, a generation that doesn’t remember a time when the United States hasn’t been at war. In other words, we’ve never known a time of peace. Continue Reading
The University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus recently celebrated the addition of six full-time equivalent mental health counselors as a victory for student mental health care. These counselors are a much needed addition, but the problem of inaccessible mental health care persists. Continue Reading
Everyone agrees that parent involvement is a wonderful thing, and should be fostered. Unfortunately, wildly disparate PTA fundraising capabilities fuel and exacerbate inequity in public education. Continue Reading