With Democrats enjoying a one seat majority in the Minnesota Senate, a former DFL staffer turned businessman, Ian Oundo, on Thursday launched his own bid for the Legislature’s upper chamber to represent District 35.
The district includes Coon Rapids and Anoka. The election is on November 2026.
Oundo in a press release following his announcement touted his community organizing background and...
Zār Electrik will climb The Cedar Cultural Center’s stage steps September 24th and give their Minneapolis audience something new, something different, and something very needed—a musical respite from the political and cultural upheaval of current events.
Mshale sat down with two of the band’s members, Anass Zine and Didier Miosine to understand more about their origins and influences. It was...
The Minnesota DFL’s Constitution, Bylaws & Rules Committee (CBRC), on Thursday revoked the historic endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh as the party’s nominee for Minneapolis Mayor following a challenge from current mayor Jacob Frey.
Fateh on July 19 received the required 60 percent of delegates at the Minneapolis DFL convention to secure the endorsement, the first time in 16...
A Minnesota state legislator is the first to officially enter the open 2026 race to be Hennepin County’s top prosecutor.
Rep. Cedrick Frazier, 46, announced his campaign for Hennepin County Attorney on Monday in a YouTube video.
He would become the first Black county attorney in Minnesota if elected.
The race for county attorney in Minnesota’s largest county is open for the...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and local officials on Thursday celebrated the successful completion of a $2 million project to convert a century old hotel into affordable housing units for veterans.
The Robin Hotel building at 4628 41st Ave N. in Robbinsdale, is now officially open and will soon house U.S. military veterans in 14 one-bedroom units. The conversion of the...
Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Xp Lee on Tuesday won the DFL nomination to run for Minnesota’s House District 34B, left vacant after the assassination of former speaker of the House Melissa Hortman in June.
Lee received 1,186 votes or 59 percent of the 2,005 votes cast in the DFL special primary. Brooklyn Park City Council member Christian Eriksen...
It was all pomp and circumstance Saturday, as hundreds of Kenyan women from across the United States and Canada descended on Minnesota’s Twin Cities for a gala to conclude a three-day reunion that began Thursday.
The gala was the peak of a convention that began in St. Paul on Thursday to celebrate 10 years since the founding of Kenyan Women...
The largest organization of Kenyan women in North America began a three-day convention in Minnesota Friday to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
The convention of Kenyan Women in the United States, which is popularly known by the acronym, KWITU, brought hundreds of women from across the United States to St. Paul in what organizers called a reunion of its members.
Most attendees...
The Little Africa festival returned to St. Paul for the 11th year, as members from African communities came to showcase their cultures and support their businesses.
“It means a lot to me because it brings together different cultures, awareness, businesses,” said Ugandan-born John Kisekka. “There is plenty of food. I encourage all Africans to come meet, socialize, make new friends,...
The Ames Center’s 1,000 seat main theater in Burnsville which on a regular basis hosts theatrical plays and concerts - such as the “Takin' It To The Limit” EAGLES tribute” next month - was filled to capacity on Sunday, but it wasn’t a play or concert that Kenyan Americans drove hours to see.
A Kenyan presidential candidate, Dr. Fred Okeng’o...
A new 16-page issue brief by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies warns that federal industrial policy investments aimed at advancing economic opportunity for Black communities are under threat, as the Trump administration eliminates key diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) provisions and slows the disbursement of funding.
Authored by policy analyst Dr. Gabrielle Smith Finnie, the report, “Shifting...
