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Creating space for grieving and healing through art
Performer Pedra Pepa in she who lives on the road to war. (Valerie Oliveiro/Rosy Simas Dance) Rosy Simas Danse is hosting an immersive...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Dec 21, 2022


Como Park Senior High School locked down after false reports of an active shooter
Como Park Senior High School was locked down Thursday afternoon after someone called the St. Paul Police Department and claimed that...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Dec 8, 2022


Como Park High School Students walk out over alleged discrimination from faculty
Students at Como Park Senior High School walked out of classes Wednesday morning after students reported racist and antagonistic behavior...
Elijah Todd-Walden
Dec 8, 2022


CAIR-MN threatened with firebomb attack
CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein (center) at a recent press conference. CAIR-MN reports it has received a firebomb threat....
Elijah Todd-Walden
Nov 3, 2022


Minnesota nurses begin three day strike
Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) began a three-day strike today. The walkout affects sixteen hospitals statewide;...
CBJ Staff
Sep 12, 2022


CAIR-MN responds to attack on Minneapolis Mosque
This past Sunday, security cameras captured a white male breaking and entering the Tawfiq Islamic Center mosque in the Cedar-Riverside...
CBJ Staff
Sep 6, 2022


Trial of a former Minneapolis police office POSTPONED
The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with criminal vehicular homicide and second-degree murder has been postponed....

Chioma Uwagwu
Aug 31, 2022


Minimum wages will increase 2.5% in 2023
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has announced that minimum wages will increase by 2.5% in 2023 in order to keep up with...
CBJ Staff
Aug 24, 2022


Former Mpls police officers reject plea deal, appeal federal convictions
In less than a week, former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng both announced they would appeal their federal...
CBJ Staff
Aug 21, 2022


UPDATE: Family says Police denied their requests to intervene in stand-off
Tekle was fatally shot on his mother’s birthday by Minneapolis Police officers following a 6-hour stand off at his apartment where his...
CBJ Staff
Jul 15, 2022


Mayor Frey to meet with East Phillips Residents
After 5 years Mayor Frey agrees to meet with East Phillips Neighbors and advocates calling for an indoor urban farm. Yesterday, the...
CBJ Staff
Jun 7, 2022


Seeds Worth Sowing
Learn about Zedé Harut and her work in creating a mutual aid-centered organization, Seeds Worth Sowing, spurred from her lived experience...
CBJ Staff
May 31, 2022


Memorialize the Movement hosts the 2nd annual Justice for George Exhibit
This weekend “Memorialize the Movement” brings the community together to heal, reflect, and learn from the display of more than 200...

Georgia Fort
May 17, 2022


BLCK Press expanding footprint, launches newsroom to address lack of diversity in reporting ranks
(May 11, 2022 – St. Paul, MN) — BLCK Press, an independent news organization headed by Georgia Fort, announced today that it is...

Georgia Fort
May 10, 2022
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