Leaders of the National Target Boycott gathered outside Target’s Minneapolis headquarters Friday, demanding answers about how a racially offensive children’s Halloween costume passed through the retailer’s internal review process and was offered for sale.

Target has pulled a children’s Halloween costume from its shelves and website after images of the outfit sparked backlash online by people pointing out the costume's exaggerated facial design closely resembled racist caricatures historically associated with Blackface and minstrel performances.

Artist Peyton Scott Russell will create two 8-foot murals in real time during the 7th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality, inviting the public and international delegates to join him in painting as part of a first-of-its-kind focus on arts and activism. The live mural sessions will take place Aug. 3 and 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the East Patio of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. The free event is open to the

Twin Cities racial justice organizations are gathering in solidarity with the Madison community following last week’s fatal police shooting of 38-year-old Corey Ruiz. A raised fist sculpture from George Floyd Square now stands at Ruiz's memorial in Madison, symbolizing the connection between two communities demanding justice and accountability.

The return of Roll 4 Justice comes as advocates say recent deaths involving ICE and police have renewed the urgency for public demonstrations. Organizers revived the event to connect current concerns over immigration enforcement with longstanding demands for accountability in cases of police violence, arguing that both are part of a broader pattern of state violence affecting Black and Brown communities.

Nearly nine years after St. Paul police killed Cordale Handy, his mother says her fight for justice isn't over. Kimberly Handy-Jones is asking the Ramsey County Attorney's Office to review evidence presented during the family's federal civil trial, arguing it warrants a fresh look at whether criminal charges should be filed.

There’s still time to save the patient. But all of us are needed to clock in. Overtime is required. But the patient is worth saving. The patient hasn’t always been perfect, but we’ll never know the life the patient could have if we don’t save the patient now. Together, we can cure this cancer. Let’s at least try.

How can someone be so moved by a person’s death that they fly across the country to attend his funeral, to days before the anniversary of that person's murder finding a joke about it funny?

The Minnesota office is the nation's first statewide office of its kind, addressing violence and disappearances impacting Black women and girls.

Organizers of the Palm Sunday faith actions and march say they’ve been planning for it since last fall.

Even with the efforts to keep their communities afloat, the financial toll of Operation Metro Surge is heavy.

There have been several more arrests in wake of the January protest at Cities Church in St. Paul.

The group of nine have been charged with the FACE Act, conspiracy against the rights of religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring, intimidating and interfering with the exercise of the right of religious freedom at a place of worship.

The Center for Broadcast Journalism and Power 104.7 FM talked with Jamila Keisar, a Somali American licensed independent clinical social worker and founder of Keisar Counseling, to learn what she has been observing as a mental health practitioner since the descent of thousands of federal agents across the state. Keiser also shares tools to employ when feeling overwhelmed.

A memorial at the site of the brutal killing of Alex Pretti. Photo by Harry Colbert, Jr. Humanity: humaneness; benevolence. Benevolence: the quality of being well meaning; kindness. If democracy is to return – let’s be very clear, in the U.S., it’s already fallen, and to say otherwise would be me abdicating my duty as a truthteller – but if the tide turns, it’s our humanity that will be the demise of this fascist regime. Yes, as a journalist I am breaking ranks and calling it

A reposting of our video on X by a far right-wing account has multiple comments calling for violence – even killing – of Somali human beings.

Also as journalists, we have abdicated our duty to curry favor. The First Amendment “security” of freedom of the press has been replaced with control of the press, and most are willing to go along to get along.

The newly formed Cedar Riverside Protection Alliance formed to protect Somali residents from the threat of ICE.

Black diaspora communities in Minnesota are “showing up,” despite divisive rhetoric online ICE agents and U.S. Marshals during a raid in St. Paul on Nov. 25, 2025 Over the past week, “Operation Metro Surge,” an operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) descended on the Twin Cities metro area with the mandate to focus on the Somali community who allegedly have final orders of deportation . The number of disclosed federal arrests at the end of Sunday was 19.

Trump calls Minnesota Somali immigrants and Ilhan Omar “garbage” as ICE targets the community