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African musicians awarded in Senegal at annual ceremony
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Africa’s star musicians hit the red carpet this past weekend at the annual All Africa Music Awards, celebrating the continent’s...
Pastor’s new book shares strategies for better planning
If you think it’s too late to start making a New Year’s resolution, Rev. Dr. Francis Tabla wants you to think again.
Tabla, a local...
April Graves, Brooklyn Center’s first Black woman mayor takes over amid calls for police...
April Graves took her mayoral oath of office Monday, becoming the first Black woman to lead Brooklyn Center.
“I think we are all ready for...
Trailblazing author releases Somali language novel to promote her heritage
When she’s not working her day job as a medical device engineer, Fadumo Yusuf writes the stories her younger self yearned for.
“I never saw...
Moriarty celebrates winning Hennepin County Attorney seat, promises to prioritize criminal justice reform
The new Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty celebrated her election Thursday and promised to make changes that will restore trust in the county’s law...
‘A Brooklyn Park for all’: Hollies Winston sworn in as city’s first Black mayor
Hollies Winston, the businessman that successfully sold a vision of an inclusive city to voters in November, the grandson of a Mississippi sharecropper and...
Former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett to keynote MLK Breakfast in Minneapolis
Former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett will be the keynote speaker at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast on Jan. 16,...
Biden’s U.S.-Africa policy might be something to celebrate, but not in Africa
To President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and perhaps most of the African leaders who traveled to Washington D.C. in December for the U.S.-Africa Leaders...
Susan Pha begins her term as Minnesota senator
The swearing in of three Black women at the Minnesota state senate on Jan. 3 was indeed historic, but it might have taken the...
Glass ceiling at Minnesota state senate shatters as 3 Black women are sworn in
The 2023 swearing in of lawmakers who were elected to Minnesota’s state legislature was like no other before. The ceremony, which was held on...
Watch live: Black women in the Minnesota State Senate for the first time
The Minnesota state Senate convenes today at noon and for the first time will have Black women among its ranks and will have a...