Monthly Archives: December 2018
Netflix to add African originals
Erik Barmack, Netflix's vice president of international originals has announced that in 2019 the streaming giant will order original series from Africa to add...
Speaker-designate Hortman taps Hodan Hassan and Mohamud Noor for committee assignments
Minnesota legislators are getting ready for the 2019 legislative session referred to as the 2019-20 biennium. In the Minnesota House, the Democrats took control...
Immigration Court backlog explodes under Trump
The Immigration Court backlog continues to rise. As of November 30, 2018, the number of pending cases on the court's active docket topped eight-hundred...
Congresswoman-elect Ilhan Omar picks leadership team
Congresswoman-elect Ilhan Omar on Thursday announced her five-person leadership team for her Washington office and Minnesota District office. Last month's midterms saw Omar become...
Oscars 2019 shortlist has Black Panther
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday announced the shortlists for nine Oscar categories. This is the first time the Academy...
Trump unveils ‘New Africa Strategy’
Donald Trump’s administration has unveiled its policy towards Africa, which it says will counter the growing influence of its geopolitical rivals, China and Russia,...
Abdisalam Adam joins Fridley Public Schools Board
Abdisalam Adam, an assistant principal at Highland Park High School in the St. Paul Public Schools and a Doctor of Education candidate at Bethel...
Nigeria tops Apple’s A-list of African Music for 2018
Apple this week released its first ever A-list of African music. The 49-song list is a hit list of music popular in the continent...
Spouses of H-1B visa holders face new uncertainty
A proposed rule to ban the spouses of H-1B visa holders from working in the U.S. could now be released by the end of...
United Nations lists reggae music as ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has added reggae to its list of cultural institutions worthy of protection and preservation.
Each year, UNESCO...
Governor Dayton reappoints James Burroughs as Martin Luther King Holiday chair
Outgoing Minnesota governor Mark Dayton on Monday announced the reappointment of James Burroughs as chair of the Governor’s Council on the Martin Luther King,...