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For years, 3405 Chicago Ave was a radical community hub. The building housed three interconnected pillars of South Minneapolis: the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, RARE Productions and Cafe ...
The heart of Sergio Choy’s job as a medical interpreter is to capture the spirit of the message between patient and medical provider. “You hear things like, ‘I’m feeling a little blue today,’ in ...
The Minnesota Line of farm equipment, made by prison laborers, would take over as the predominant industry until the mid-1980s, ending officially in 2006. Having left industrial production the ...
Even though all the men in this case are of color, they are operating within and are simultaneously harmed by systems of white supremacy.
“Why do I have to live a life where I have to constantly defend my right to live?” McDonald said to a mixed audience of activists, artists and educators on Oct. 29. Alongside her sat Andrea Jenkins, ...
Clinicians and therapists of color lack adequate resources and support in the mental health field. The situation is even worse for queer and trans people of color.
Oral tradition, documentaries, dramatizations, books and articles have told this story repeatedly—and yet the bulk of Minnesota’s non-Indian population remains happily unaware of the genocide upon ...
[Image at right: Rendering of the coming Anpetu Was’te cultural market on Franklin Avenue.] Franklin Avenue was once the border of Minneapolis, marking the edge of the city. Before that it was home to ...
Globäl Gröceries | Chef Marcus Samuelsson shares his secret lutefisk recipe By Stephanie Fox (Global Groceries) | December 12, 2014 ...
In February 1951, within a climate of local anti-Semitism, Mount Sinai Hospital opened its doors at the corner of Chicago Avenue and 22nd Street in Minneapolis. The hospital — described in the AJW as ...
At 40 years old, Merle Payne is soft-spoken with a trim beard and unassuming nature. He is the co-director of Centro de Trabajodores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL), an organization “where workers build power ...
In the University of Minnesota area’s dinkiest neighborhood, Target is set to debut its smallest store in company history. On Wednesday, the Minneapolis-based retail company will open the doors to its ...