"Good fire returned to Minnesota Point in Duluth on Thursday, when the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and its partners set a cultural prescribed burn on the narrow strip of land between Lake Superior and the bay."
10/10/2026

"Indigenous Peoples Task Force celebrated the opening of its new center for art and wellness in south Minneapolis Friday afternoon. The building is called Mikwanedun Audisookon Center, which means 'remember our teachings' in the Ojibwe language."
10/03/2026

"During a conversation at the Sheldon Theatre with MPR News host Kerri Miller, Anderson said she's worried the Jim Crow-era is beginning anew, thanks to persistent attempts to deny communities of color their right to vote."
(podcast, 66 minutes)
09/29/2026

"'Merciless': Indigenous Lands Since 1776"... is an exhibition that examines the enduring relationship between the original peoples and the Mississippi River in Bde Ota Othunwe (Minneapolis)." Featured at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis through May 16, 2027.
09/27/2027

"An Archdiocesan Commission of Black Catholic Ministry has been reestablished in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, with a mission to meet the spiritual, educational and cultural needs of African American and African diaspora communities."
09/17/2026

"Tribal and historic preservationists across the Upper Midwest are lining up against a proposed federal rule change they say will make it easier for the government to disregard Native voices in discussions over projects near sites sacred to Native people."
09/17/2026

"A campaign staffer for a Republican nominee in a competitive Minnesota congressional race resigned Thursday after his many racist and violent social media posts were highlighted by the rival DFL campaign."
09/10/2026

"Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute is calling on the community to donate books that affirm Black identity and empower young readers."
08/14/2026

"Explore the work of U of MN Heritage Studies and Public History master's student Abi Riggle, mapping the intersections of race and resort culture during the early to mid twentieth century in Cass and Crow Wing Counties, MN."
08/17/2026

"The arts district, a project of the Rondo Community Land Trust, aims to drive attention and resources toward area artists working in a variety of disciplines, including painting and music, and to connect the dots between the legacy of the Rondo neighborhood and Black artists in St. Paul today, said Mikeya Griffin, the land trust president and CEO."
07/28/2026

"Homeland Security investigators secretly recorded conversations, infiltrated Signal chats and obtained financial records for labor unions and progressive groups as part of a wide-ranging surveillance effort during Operation Metro Surge, according to court documents filed Thursday morning."
08/13/2026

"Eighty-three of the current 211 households would be eligible for stipends to escape unhealthy living conditions, according to Erik Hansen, the city's community planning and economic development director."
08/12/2026

"New data from the Minnesota Department of Human Services shows just 111 refugees have arrived in Minnesota so far this fiscal year... and all of them are white Afrikaners from South Africa."
08/08/2026

"Legal experts in Minnesota say a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule will put more asylum seekers into deportation proceedings without an interview."
08/06/2026

"A privately owned prison that has stood dormant in western Minnesota since 2010 is expected to reopen as a federal immigration detention facility under a five-year agreement between CoreCivic and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
08/05/2026

"Two Minnesotans have made history by becoming the first people in the country to earn a law school degree from an accredited program while incarcerated."
07/27/2026

"California advocacy groups are celebrating a 'big, important victory' in their push for state-level reparations after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation bill requiring large corporations to investigate and disclose historical ties to chattel slavery."
10/13/2026

"Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for efforts that the award committee said promoted international law as it comes under attack."
10/10/2026

"Opal Lee, the lifelong Texan and a driving force in making Juneteenth a federal holiday, spent her 100th birthday on Wednesday at the center of celebrations in her hometown that included a visit from former first lady Michelle Obama."
10/07/2026

"Today marks Orange Shirt Day, an annual tribute to honor the thousands of Native American, Alaskan, Hawaiian, and First Nation children who, for generations, were forcibly taken from their families and sent to boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada."
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09/30/2026

"The difficulties northern tribes are facing on their shared ancestral lands in the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan's Western Upper Peninsula have recently become acutely thorny, as they stare down an industrial buildout in the last uncut old-growth forest in the region."
09/19/2026

"The tribe and Trust for Public Land completed the transfer on Sept. 16. The property lies along the East Branch of the Penobscot River near Katahdin, Maine's highest mountain and a place sacred to the Penobscot people."
09/17/2026

"In this episode of Catholic Current, we speak with historian and author Shannen Dee Williams, Ph.D. ... discuss and celebrate the history and important role of the African Catholic experience in America."
(video, 18:12 minutes)
7/30/2026

"Caribbean nations are drawing up a multi-pronged "action plan" with legal options to push the UK into negotiating a decades-long slavery reparations deal, officials at a reparations conference have said."
09/19/2026

"Exploring white Christian nationalism's connections to white supremacist beliefs"
09/01/2026

"It's a stark illustration of how the Trump administration is trying to radically reshape the role that government plays in fighting discrimination and addressing long-standing racial inequities."
09/14/2026

"In his first extended interview since his appointment, Bishop Robert Boxie III, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington, shares how he went from D.C. lawyer to Catholic priest to America's youngest bishop at just 45 years old. He discusses his time as chaplain at Howard University, why he thinks Pope Leo XIV selected him to serve as bishop, what Black Catholics bring to the Church, and his reaction to being called a 'D.E.I. warrior.'"
08/21/2026
(video, 29:42 minutes)

"Nate Tinner-Williams, Father Josh Johnson, Sister Josephine Garrett CSFN, and Schola Eburuoh to discuss how Black Catholic media can best serve the Black community and the wider Church." Explore the Black Catholic Messenger's YouTube channel!
08/26/2026
(video, 1 hour 26 minutes)

"Psychoanalyst and minister Rev. Sheila Johnson explores the deep psychological impact when a Black teenager dies under mysterious circumstances. Looking at the unsolved case of 18-year-old Nolan Wells in Mississippi, she unpacks how institutional failures trigger ancestral trauma, leaving Black families to carry an agonizing weight while searching for justice."
08/25/2026

"In 2001 Gary Johnson celebrated a win that his tribe, the Chinook Indian Nation, had spent decades fighting for: federal recognition. Then, 18 months later, the government took it away."
08/26/2026

"Readers respond to Guardian reports and commentary about the academic, who was found dead at his home last weekend"
08/21/2026

"...in the Gospel read in many churches around the world, Jesus comes across as a real jerk. He sounds like President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance."
08/19/2026

"As many congregations struggle with declining attendance, Harlem First is betting the future of the Black church begins with inclusion, scholarship and community."
07/24/2026

"To love the church and yet feel the need to adjust in order to fit in is a tension that cannot be dismissed. It is lived."
08/04/2026

"As America celebrates its 250th year of independence, many of us are reflecting on our history, visiting national parks and museums. But for thousands of visitors, they're also on a mission."
7/17/2026
(video, 6:34 minutes)

"Donald Trump is trying again to scale back birthright citizenship in the US, weeks after the Supreme Court shot down his previous attempt to eliminate the right."
08/06/2026