I knew there would be hardships when I immigrated to the United States alone, with $87 dollars in my pocket. There was no illusion that my new home was perfect. However, I knew that I was setting a course for opportunities that were unavailable to a low-income student in post-colonial Jamaica. America was a land of possibilities for me,...
Rep. Ilhan Omar and several elected officials and activists held a press conference in Minneapolis Tuesday morning, calling on voters to make reproductive rights a major campaign issue in the upcoming general elections.
Omar urged voters to mobilize and elect pro-choice Democratic candidates in order to safeguard reproductive health care protections to women, both in Minnesota and nationwide. The press...
Former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, a candidate for Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District, has secured crucial endorsements from two influential unions as he heads into the August 13th Democratic primary against incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar.
This is the first union endorsement he has received.
Samuels’s new endorsers are United Steelworkers, a union representing 1.2 million members across various industries, and...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) launched the first advertisement campaign of her re-election bid over the weekend with a 30-second spot that focuses on her accomplishments.
The ad, titled “The 5th,” is airing in the Minneapolis/St. Paul media market, along with new upcoming advertisements in Somali and Spanish. It’s part of her campaign’s initial six-figure investment in broadcast and cable TV...
The Bush Foundation on Tuesday announced 24 recipients of its Bush Fellowships for 2024. The fellowship provides up to $100,000 to recipients to help them “build their skills and their networks and expand their thinking in ways that can help them drive transformational change in and across communities.”
Recipients are from Minnesota, North Dakota and the 23 Native nations in...
Juneteenth has been observed for more than 150 years in remembrance of June 19, 1865 when Union soldiers told slaves in Galveston, Texas that they had been freed. Slave owners had kept the news from the slaves that President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier.
Following years of activism by 95-year-old Ms. Opal Lee, President Biden...
The business dealings of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s husband are the latest flashpoint in the contest between Rep. Omar and her challenger former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels.
Mr. Samuels is running against Rep. Omar in the August 13 Democratic primary in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. On Thursday, he held a press conference to draw attention to a Minnesota Reformer...
Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Wynfred Russell on Monday formally filed to run in the August 13 Democratic primary for State Representative in Minnesota’s 38A House District. Mr. Russell hopes to replace Rep. Michael Nelson (DFL) who announced his retirement in January. The heavily Democratic district encompasses the southern half of Brooklyn Park and the entire city of...
Thousands of low-income Minnesota families with school-aged children will get assistance from the state to purchase food during the summer when school is out.
Gov. Walz on Thursday announced the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program aimed at combating food insecurity. Under the program families will receive $120 per eligible school-aged child in funds loaded on EBT cards.
"The end of the...
First-generation Kenyan immigrant and data privacy manager, Ms. Huldah Hiltsley, on Friday officially filed paperwork to run in the August 13 Democratic primary in the 38A Minnesota House District.
The heavily Democratic District 38A is an open seat after Rep. Michael Nelson (DFL) announced his retirement in January. The district encompasses the southern half of Brooklyn Park and the entire...