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Dozens of Brooklyn Park residents last evening crammed into city council chambers to witness history being made in Minnesota’s sixth largest city, the swearing in of the city's first black council member, Wynfred Russell, who was born and raised in Liberia. Russell, a former instructor at the University of Minnesota, defeated former council member Bob Mata by garnering a convincing...

New enrollments of international students fell by 6.6 percent at American universities in academic year 2017-18 compared to the year before, marking the second straight year in declines in new enrollments, according to new data from the annual Open Doors survey. New enrollments fell 6.3 percent at the undergraduate level, 5.5 percent at the graduate level and 9.7 percent at the nondegree level from...

Rwanda drew international attention, and some outrage, by agreeing to take in Britain’s rejected asylum-seekers in a plan that collapsed last year. Now Rwanda says it is talking with the Trump administration about a similar idea – and it might find more success. The negotiations mark an expansion in U.S. efforts to deport people to countries other than their own....

While President Donald Trump and his allies at the Heritage Foundation work to gut diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across America, a dangerous narrative continues to spread—that DEI is some handout to Black Americans. But the truth, backed by decades of data and recent studies, reveals a different picture entirely: the primary beneficiaries of DEI have not been...

Results for the 2026 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2026), popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will be available online starting tomorrow (May 3, 2025) at 12 p.m. EST. The U.S. government program that is run by the State Department makes 55,000 immigrant visas available each year. The visas are awarded randomly to people from countries with historically low immigration rates...

Tuesday evening, April 29th, nearly 200 people gathered at The Cedar Cultural Center in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis to taste not only an assortment of cheeses, olives, and other hors d’oeuvres, but also the sampling of music slated for this summer on the Cedar’s outdoor plaza. The Cedar’s board president, Maryam Yusefzadeh, opened the first ever Summer Plaza Preview...

By  Moriah Balingit WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted thousands of people and laying out the grounds for terminating their legal status. The new details emerged in lawsuits filed by some of the students who suddenly had their status canceled in recent weeks with little...

Rev. Jamal Bryant is urging Black Americans to keep the pressure on Target by continuing the national boycott that began as a 40-day economic “fast.” The move, sparked by the retail giant’s decision to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, has already cost the company an estimated $12 billion, Bryant said. “Because of your fast, Target has...

By  Jimmy Golen BOSTON (AP) — A rider dressed as Paul Revere eased his horse up to the Boston Marathon finish line and proclaimed, “The runners are coming.” And down Boylston Street they came. In record time. With a historic family first. And even “The Star-Spangled Banner” got some air time as the race and the region commemorated the 250th anniversary...

Target is spiraling as consumer boycotts intensify, workers push to unionize, and the company faces mounting financial losses following its rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. With foot traffic plummeting, stock prices at a five-year low, and employee discontent boiling over, national civil rights leaders and grassroots organizers are vowing to escalate pressure in the weeks ahead. Led...

International students in at least 29 U.S. states have seen their student visas revoked by the Trump administration with no explanation. As of 9:00 a.m. CST on April 11, Inside Higher Ed, a news site that covers the higher education community, reported that 140 colleges and universities have identified 700-plus international students and recent graduates who have had their legal...

Brooklyn Park Mayor Hollies Winston presented the annual State of the City Address on Tuesday evening, his third since taking office on Jan. 9, 2023. He preceded his speech by thanking first responders from the cities of Plymouth, Fridley and Osseo for assisting the Brooklyn Park fire department when U.S. Bank executive Terry Dolan’s single-engine Socata TBM7 plane crashed into...

The city of Brooklyn Park hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new teen center on Monday, where officials touted new amenities, they believe will improve the quality of life for area youth and young adults. The new center will be located at the existing Zane Recreation Center on 7100 Zane Avenue North and will feature a tech center by Best...