Summit for Civil Rights: working to create 'a new, modern political alliance'
Jim WalshAt the same time Islamophobia and a new strain of white racism has exposed itself in America, at the same time travel bans and all sorts of civil rights violations are being regularly...
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'Names matter': Finding out just how much on a stroll around Lake Calhoun/Bde...
Jim Walsh“Names matter,” said Sara Schonwald, a lifelong Minneapolis resident, before talking about why she supports Tuesday’s Hennepin County Board vote to return Lake Calhoun to its original Dakota...
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Jewbilee: Now 'a tradition unto itself' on Christmas Eve
Jim WalshIn the beginning, Danny Sigelman had a dream.It was Christmas Eve 2003 in Austin, Texas, and Sigelman — a Jewish musician/deejay/writer from Minneapolis — happened upon a party celebrating all...
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'Feeling good about being a northsider': Neighbors appreciating North Market...
Jim WalshThe first Sunday morning at North Market was a busy one, with shoppers stopping in for post-church and pre-Vikings game groceries and, for many, a first look at the long-anticipated market...
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Qhia Dab Neeg exhibit: Storytelling by 13 Hmong artists
Jim WalshThe Midway Commons office building in St. Paul doesn’t look much like an art gallery. But last week, Commons tenant the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council opened its conference room doors to...
View ArticleHmong Lucy goes to China
Jim WalshIt’s been a long journey from Lucy van Pelt to Nkauj (Miss) Hmong Lucy, but the latter is about to make her bow.On Feb. 10, Hmong Lucy — a statue created by St. Cloud-based artist Kao Lee Thao...
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'I want to send this picture to my family': New program in Anoka gives...
Jim WalshWednesday afternoon, the 66 men and women who live at the Stepping Stone Emergency Housing facility in Anoka were offered the chance to take part in a professional photography session,...
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History Theatre's 'A Crack in the Sky' shows the struggles immigrants face
Jim WalshLast Sunday afternoon, as most of America was fixated on downtown Minneapolis and the Super Bowl, a group of Somali-American and African-American actors quietly milled about the History...
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Why First Avenue, Rhymesayers and Juxtaposition Arts put together a free...
Jim Walsh“I saw a lot of black liberation, and a black utopia in a way,” said Kylia Porter, a youth apprentice at Juxtaposition Arts, in her review of “Black Panther.”The Hollywood superhero...
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'They need to know that people have their back': Concert will benefit...
Jim WalshIn January, at a White House meeting on immigration protections for people from Haiti, El Salvador, and some nations in African, Donald Trump infamously demanded to know why he should accept...
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Tribeca-bound: How Minneapolis director Norah Shapiro’s ‘Time for Ilhan’...
Jim Walsh“Forty-six percent of the 96 films premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival are directed by women – a record for Tribeca – including the festival’s closing night selection: Liz Garbus’...
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March for Our Lives: 'I want to be part of that movement; I want to be a...
Jim WalshIn 800 cities across America and the globe Saturday, fed-up Americans took to their streets and state Capitols to demand stronger gun laws in the first-ever March for Our Lives, the Minnesota...
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Wilhelmina Holder: 'This is why I have a passion now to help Liberia'
Jim Walsh“I want this to be a movie,” Wilhelmina Holder told a visitor to her family’s Plymouth home recently. Two hours later, after the visitor had heard Holder’s story and agreed with her...
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'An emotional reprieve': A 30 Days House to help families awaiting a new home
Jim WalshLouie Anderson is a successful comedian, actor, game-show host, and author living and working in Las Vegas and Hollywood, but his days growing up in the projects of St. Paul stick with him.“I...
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'We need a groundswell': 2018 Poor People's Campaign kicks off in St. Paul
Jim WalshIn 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. launched the Poor People’s Campaign and March on Washington in an effort to shine a light on the plight of America’s most vulnerable citizens. Monday evening,...
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Breaking (and blessing) ground in St. Paul for project that will provide...
Jim WalshIt was a ground-breaking and a ground-blessing July 11 for Mino Oski Ain Dah Yung (“Good New Home” in Ojibwe), a housing partnership between the Ain Dah Yung Center and Project For Pride In...
View Article30 years ago, M. Sue Wilson and 'National Free Sharon Kowalski Day' helped...
Jim WalshThirty years ago today, “National Free Sharon Kowalski Day” took place in 21 cities across the country. The marches and vigils that took place on Aug. 7, 1988, were essentially the first gay...
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