Handy acronym guide to Minneapolis Police accountability
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A quick and easy guide to the complicated landscape of police oversight in Minneapolis. Never scratch your head over an MPD acronym again. Continue Reading
The Seward Friendship Store sparks return of the co-op war
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Is a long awaited grocery going to help or hurt a historical black neighborhood?
An organic co-op moving into an historically African-American neighborhood in Minneapolis sparks fight over community benefits. Neighbors are asking for hiring and wage agreements, but negotiations have broken down. Continue Reading
Best of Neighborhood News 7/6: Charleston Reactions, Anti-Gay Fruit Propaganda, and Cluster Bombs
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The best of neighborhood and community news from our Media Partners around the Twin Cities, featuring stores on the Charleston race killings, development in the Phillips neighborhood, cluster bombs in Laos, and anti-GLBT Evangelicals at 2015 Pride. Continue Reading
Best of Neighborhood News 6/29: Supreme Court and the Struggle Against Poverty
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A curated collection of neighborhood news from the last week, from all corners of the Twin Cities. Read about an anti-LGBT billboard in Elk River, the North Minneapolis Promise Zone, a Saint Paul boxing gym, and much more from our Media Partners Continue Reading
Best of Neighborhood News 6/15: backroom budget deal, a new South Minneapolis slumlord, and more
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A roundup of news from our community media sources, including video stories on the end of the legislative session, housing struggles, education debates, and much more from all corners of the Twin Cities. Continue Reading
Indigenous People Take the Lead at Sunday’s Anti-Pipeline Rally [Photo Essay]
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Led by Minnesota’s Ojibwe community, thousands of people gathered on a lovely Saturday in downtown Saint Paul to march in opposition to the recently approved Sandpiper pipeline, which threatens the land in Northern Minnesota. For a rally centered around often atmospheric issues like stopping risky oil pipelines, ending destructive tar sands oil mining, and preventing climate change, it was a massive crowd. Continue Reading
Best of Neighborhood News 6/4 – anti-trans push, repealing lurking, and more
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The latest news from our Media Partners, including the push for anti-trans legislation, repealing discriminatory lurking and spitting ordinances in Minneapolis, the struggle for higher wages at the airport, and more. Continue Reading
Media Partner Roundup: Saints Stadium, Stories from Young People’s, and more on Justice 4 Taye
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A roundup of news from our diverse Media Partners in all corners of the Twin Cities… including Saints stadium news, stories from immigrant families, and coverage of police overreaction at the #blacklivesmatter protest. Continue Reading
What you might have missed from our Media Partners
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News on the chaotic end of the legislative session, how lurking and transit are widening the race gap, the latest on the Minneapolis Urban League, and more stories from around Twin Cities’ neighborhoods. Continue Reading
10-year-old pepper-sprayed by Minneapolis Police during downtown protest
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Social media videos capture scenes of a police officer spraying protestors. Outraged, some protestors and community members are demanding action be taken against the officer.
Shortly after 10 p.m., videos began to surface showing protesters in the streets marching peacefully. Off camera, a police siren can be heard. Moments later amid screams, you could hear someone yelling, “You just maced a 10-year-old kid.” Continue Reading