In his first State of the City speech, held in the Community Activity Center’s grand room on Thursday, Mayor Hollies Winston of Brooklyn Park touted the city’s recently implemented “Alternate Response Team” that pairs social workers and paramedics on some 911 calls.
In an address that was heavy on public safety and economic development issues, the city’s first Black mayor...
Recently-arrived refugees in the Twin Cities are getting a head start to fully participate in the digital world thanks to a donation of 100 laptops from Comcast during a surprise announcement, as part of the telecom giant’s efforts to expand digital equity.
On Friday, the company’s executive vice president for public policy and digital equity, Mr. Broderick Johnson, flew into...
Debra Hurston, the executive director of the Association for Black Economic Power (ABEP), has been honored with the Minnesota Credit Union Foundation’s (MnCUF) Credit Union Builder award, in recognition for her work in leading the establishment of Minnesota's first Black-led community credit union to serve Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
The award honors an “individual’s dedication to the success, growth, and...
New results from a U.S. Census Bureau simulation indicate a significant number of noncitizens were missed in the 2020 census, a national head count during which the Trump administration tried to prevent people in the United States illegally from being tallied at all.
Some civil rights groups pointed to the bureau’s latest findings as evidence that, despite the Trump administration’s...
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Days after a Plymouth, Minn. man was arrested by federal authorities for setting fire to two Minneapolis mosques, the Somali American Coalition hosted the first of its kind “Somali Day at the Capitol” on Tuesday.
“The community has come to the realization that by working together, we can effectively tackle a wide range of challenges such...
Minnesota State, the state’s largest highest education system that runs seven state universities and 26 community and technical colleges, is closing in on hiring a new chancellor. Dr. Devinder Malhotra, the current chancellor is scheduled to retire this summer.
The system announced Dr. Tonjanita (Tonja) Johnson and Dr. Scott Olson as the two finalists that were scheduled to come to...
As a longtime restaurant manager, Victor Obisakin knows what it’s like to stay busy on your feet. Anyone who works in the industry knows that there’s an art to managing staff and customers while addressing unexpected issues – all of which happens at a rapid pace.
For Victor, his world changed in ways he did not expect when he broke...
Books for Africa (BFA), the world’s largest shipper of donated books to Africa held its annual spring luncheon on Friday to celebrate 35 years of fighting illiteracy in the continent. The event, which was themed “Reading for All,” was held at The Town and Country Club in St Paul and was attended by various dignitaries, including Gov. Tim Walz...
Restaurant owner Abdirahman Kahin, after being named Minnesota’s Small Business Person of the Year last month, told Mshale in an interview “I am looking forward to competing at the national level and win it all.” He did exactly that today after SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, announced him as the national winner at the annual National Small Business Week...
Over 200 people sat in the audience welcoming waves of Malian music wash over them. Bassekou Kouyaté and Ngoni Ba played on the Cedar Cultural Center’s stage Saturday evening, April 22nd in Minneapolis delivering the magical sounds.
All of the instruments were of the centuries-old traditional style including two ngonis, a calabash, a tama also known as a talking drum,...
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Wednesday said she will support President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, after the president announced on Tuesday that he is running for a second term.
"This is a very dangerous moment for our country and the president (Biden) that is leading us has done a great job and we need to coalesce behind him," Omar told MSNBC's...
