Black-owned businesses across Minnesota participated in a general strike to protest ICE operations. Owners say closing their doors is an act of economic resistance and community solidarity. Hundreds of businesses […]
Tag: Minnesota
Posted inNational, News
After Don Lemon’s arrest, Black officials raise concerns
On Jan. 30, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass attended independent journalist Don Lemon’s federal court appearance at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Courthouse following his arrest in Los Angeles by […]
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LA demonstrators condemn fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the downtown Los Angeles federal building today to condemn the fatal shooting of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during an […]
Posted inOp-ed, Opinion-OW
George Floyd five years later
None of us can forget the moment we saw the murder of George Floyd unfolding before our very eyes. The sight of a white officer’s knee squeezing the life from […]
Posted inAcross Black America
Panel designed to stop violence against Black women
Minnesota’s newly established Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women met Monday for the first time with a mission to advise the Commissioner of Public Safety and Minnesota […]
