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What we didn't learn in history class

What we didn't learn in history class

While this isn’t a new conversation, more Minnesota educators are starting to rethink how to teach a more complete history of the United States that includes experiences from Black and Indigenous people and other communities of color.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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Lawmakers leverage defense bill to address police reform, racial injustice

Lawmakers leverage defense bill to address police reform, racial injustice

Congress will vote next week on the annual defense bill. After failing to pass police reform, some lawmakers see a chance to revive the debate about discrimination, but a presidential veto looms.
by Claudia Grisales

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Raccoon nailed near Black Lives Matter sign in Roseville; police investigating

Raccoon nailed near Black Lives Matter sign in Roseville; police investigating

Authorities are investigating a number of instances in which Black Lives Matter signs were stolen or damaged in Roseville. But police became even more concerned when someone nailed a raccoon up to a post near one of those signs.
by Riham Feshir

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Q&A: What's behind the Twitter Bitcoin hack?

Q&A: What's behind the Twitter Bitcoin hack?

Hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of world leaders, celebrities and tech moguls in one of the most high-profile security breaches in recent years on Wednesday, highlighting a major flaw with the service millions of people have come to rely on as an essential communications tool. 
by The Associated Press

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Ballot question passion: Hundreds call in on removing police from the city's charter

Ballot question passion: Hundreds call in on removing police from the city's charter

The Minneapolis Charter Commission listened as hundreds of residents weighed in, sometimes passionately, on the idea of dismantling the police department. The commission hosted a call-in meeting Wednesday instead of an in-person hearing.
by Riham Feshir

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Minneapolis Park Board approves scaling back of large encampments

Minneapolis Park Board approves scaling back of large encampments

Under pressure from residents of the Powderhorn Park neighborhood, the Minneapolis Park Board is scaling back the tent encampments that have been established there and around three dozen city parks.
by Matt Sepic

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Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd: Welcoming tough conversations about race

Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd: Welcoming tough conversations about race

Johnathan Judd was elected in 2018, the first Black mayor of Moorhead. He's one of a relatively few Black community leaders across the state. Since the killing of George Floyd, he's been vocal about the need to talk about racism, and he's engaging his community in that conversation.
by Dan Gunderson

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A teenager didn’t do her online schoolwork. So a judge sent her to juvenile detention.

A teenager didn’t do her online schoolwork. So a judge sent her to juvenile detention.

A 15-year-old in Michigan was incarcerated during the coronavirus pandemic after a judge ruled that not completing her schoolwork violated her probation. “It just doesn’t make any sense,” said the girl’s mother.

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