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1 side owned slaves. The other side started Black History Month. How a family heals

1 side owned slaves. The other side started Black History Month. How a family heals

In the U.S., what does it mean when a white family and a Black family share a last name — and one of their ancestors is a pioneer of Black history? How Black and white Woodsons became one family.
by Sandhya Dirks

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Immigrants and 'Driver's Licenses for All': 4 key questions, answered

Immigrants and 'Driver's Licenses for All': 4 key questions, answered

A bill working its way through the Minnesota Legislature would make nearly 81,000 state residents eligible to apply for and obtain driver’s licenses regardless of their immigration status.

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Hundreds rally at Capitol for clean energy plans centered on Indigenous rights

Hundreds rally at Capitol for clean energy plans centered on Indigenous rights

The rally was organized by more than 20 Indigenous, faith and environmental advocacy groups in response to the state’s new clean-energy law mandating Minnesota’s electricity utilities become 100 percent carbon-free by 2040.
by Nicole Ki

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Activists say diversifying police forces not best answer to cop misconduct

Activists say diversifying police forces not best answer to cop misconduct

There’s been a drive for decades to diversify the nation’s mostly white police forces, including in the Twin Cities. But the recent fatal beating of a Black man by five Black Memphis police officers has renewed questions about the role police officer diversity plays in reducing officer misconduct or brutality. 
by Sarah Thamer and Jon Collins

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Minneapolis, Bemidji rallies advocate for missing, murdered Indigenous people

Minneapolis, Bemidji rallies advocate for missing, murdered Indigenous people

Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Marchers said that the issue needs to be taken more seriously with better help from media and law enforcement.
by Sam Stroozas and Mathew Holding Eagle III

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'Taking up space': Black designers focus on joy in Augsburg exhibition

'Taking up space': Black designers focus on joy in Augsburg exhibition

Through an art exhibition at Augsburg University, Minneapolis designers and curators Olivia House and Silent Fox are developing their canon of the next generation Black designers.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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‘Opportunity to make history’: Communities of color look to lawmakers to close gaps

‘Opportunity to make history’: Communities of color look to lawmakers to close gaps

In Minnesota, people of color and Indigenous people face disparate outcomes when it comes to income, housing, academic opportunities and more. Some DFL state lawmakers said this is the year to make progress in shrinking those gaps.
by Dana Ferguson

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