Minnesotans wishing to replace lost Social Security cards can now do so online, the Social Security Administration announced on Monday.
In a statement, Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, announced that residents of Minnesota can use the my Social Security portal for many replacement Social Security number (SSN) card requests.82X 0 positive blood type diet to lose weight 1...
Former federal prosecutor and current CNN legal analyst, Laura Coates, will keynote the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast on Jan. 17.
Coates is a St. Paul native and served as Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, as well as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, specializing in...
The upcoming special election to fill the East District seat on the Brooklyn Park City Council has drawn four candidates. The deadline to file for a place on the ballot for the special Feb. 8 election closed today at 5:00 p.m.
Candidates that filed for a spot on the ballot are Xp Lee, LaDawn Severin, Abraham Bah and Benjamin Osemenam.
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UNESCO on Tuesday added Congolese rumba music to its world heritage list. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo Republic had submitted a joint bid for their rumba to receive heritage status for its unique sound that melds the drumming of enslaved Africans with the melodies of Spanish colonizers.
"The rumba is used for celebration and mourning, in private, public...
Siad Ali, a member of the Minneapolis Board of Education, will not seek re-election to the board next year after serving two terms, he announced Thursday.
Ali, whom many in the African immigrant community view as a trailblazer, has not ruled out a run for a different office.
“My brother I have not made any other decisions right now besides this...
President Biden on Wednesday announced he has nominated former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Meg Whitman as U.S. ambassador to Kenya.
Whitman, a Republican, gave $500,000 to the Biden Victory Fund during last year’s presidential campaign after endorsing Biden at the virtual Democratic Convention.
“I’m a longtime Republican and a longtime CEO. And let me tell you, Donald Trump has no clue how...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Deqa Dhalac is the first Somali immigrant to become the mayor of a U.S. city, but she describes her rise in local politics as very old fashioned.
Dhalac, 53, became mayor of South Portland, the fourth largest city in Maine, on Monday. She fled Somalia in the early 1990s as war broke out and settled in...
An economic development agency serving African immigrant community in the Twin Cities is bringing back a leadership conference after the inaugural one held in 2020 became a success.
On Dec. 9 and 10, the African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS) will host the 2021 National African Leadership Conference, which will be held virtually due the coronavirus pandemic. The theme of this...
When 18-year-old Mike Elliott went to Brooklyn Center City Hall for a permit to hold a carwash fundraiser for his high school prom, he did not know that was his first step to making history as the city’s first Black mayor.
“I remember that day very vividly,” says Elliott, during a recent interview in the council chambers at City Hall.
It...
A container with 16,000 books arrived in Cape Coast, Ghana this week as the launch of a historic trade and investment expo dubbed “Wakanda-One, City of Return” is taking place. The books which will benefit students in the country is a collaboration between the African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit and the St. Paul based Books...
Dr. Margaret-Mary Wilson, an executive at America’s largest health insurer UnitedHealth, has been elevated to that company’s chief medical officer to lead its clinical innovations, according to a report in Fierce Healthcare that announced the promotion.
Her promotion is effective Dec. 5 and she will be taking over from Dr. Richard Migliori who has served in that role since 2013...
