Monthly Archives: July 2025
Minnesota Africans United to host U.S.-Africa Trade Summit next week
Entrepreneurs, business owners and corporate leaders looking to amass beneficial information on doing business with Africa will come together next week on Aug. 1...
Organization of Kenyan women to celebrate 10th anniversary in Minnesota
The largest gathering of Kenyan women in the diaspora is set to take place in Minnesota’s Twin Cities in August, when an organization of...
My immigrant coworkers have taught me about the American story of a grandfather I...
Throughout most of my adult life, I have been a student and teacher of history. I have studied and taught the history of Africa...
4 candidates file to run in special election for vacant Minnesota House seat
At 5 p.m. Tuesday, the window closed for candidates to file to run in the special election for Minnesota House District 34B, left vacant...
Omar Fateh could become Minneapolis’ first Muslim mayor after winning DFL endorsement
In the race for Minneapolis mayor, state Sen. Omar Fateh on Saturday won the DFL endorsement over incumbent Jacob Frey during the party’s city...
African community urged to lobby lawmakers for more mental health resources
African immigrants should push their elected officials to ensure that they are not left out of the distribution of mental health resources, according to...
Sinkane opens with power and joy at ‘Summer at The Cedar’
Let’s wake up, take one breath and listen for the sound…
Thus begins the refrain of Sinkane’s anchoring song of the same name as their...
Black Americans still face deep retirement gaps despite higher incomes
A report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows that Black Americans continue to face serious challenges in saving for retirement, even as their...
Rep. Omar condemns Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ as harmful and immoral
The Trump Administration and Republican lawmakers’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” that passed last week and signed into law “is the most harmful, immoral budget...
Many Liberians take offense after Trump praises their president’s English
By Mark Mengonfia, Monika Pronczuk and Wilson Mcmackin
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s praise of the “beautiful” English of Liberia’s President Joseph...
NIH pulls plug on Black infant health study
A federally funded study exploring why Black babies in Detroit are disproportionately born prematurely has been abruptly terminated by the National Institutes of Health...