Black Power, Red Power and Brown Power are often taught as separate movements. A traveling exhibit at Mill City Museum shows how those fights for change crossed paths in North Minneapolis. “Soulforce: The Movements of Memory” brings Black, Indigenous and Chicano history into one conversation. Through photographs, newspaper clippings, books and videos, visual panels highlight community, events, and turning points within the movements. Created in summer 2024 by artist and curat

Beloved Coach Henry Combs Honored After Three Decades With Naming of Harding Track Field

Mayor Jacob Frey’s proposed 2027 budget includes an 11.3% property tax levy increase and $13.1 million more for police overtime, as MPD is projected to exceed its 2026 budget by roughly $23 million. City Council members are questioning how those overruns happened, who is responsible for monitoring them and why police officials weren’t present to answer questions at a recent budget meeting.

A string of hanging deaths involving Black Americans, renewed calls for scrutiny from members of Congress, a controversial Converse ad and a storyline in Tyler Perry’s “Beauty in Black” have collided in an unsettling moment. With questions mounting around how these deaths are investigated—and amid a long history of racial violence involving lynching—the imagery and timing have prompted difficult questions about responsibility, context and accountability.

Safiya Bikah, 8, and her mother, Salma Hussein co-authored “Safiya’s Big Idea,” a children’s book inspired by Safiya’s idea for a “Respect Club.” Photo: Binta Kanteh When eight-year-old Safiya Bikah came up with the idea for a “Respect Club,” she was thinking about how children could make their schools more welcoming. Her mother, Salma Hussein, knew the idea was worth taking seriously – and together, the Burnsville mother and daughter turned it into a children’s book. “Safiya