‘We are facing a tsunami of hate’: amid ICE crackdown, unions and community groups...
This story originally appeared in Workday Magazine on Jan. 13, 2026. It is shared here with permission. This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. Unions and community groups gathered in front of the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota this morning to...
Music fans scuffle with ICE outside all-ages Minneapolis rock venue
Audience members at the all-ages Minneapolis rock venue Pilllar Forum tussled with ICE agents on the street outside the club on Sunday - prompting that night's show to be canceled. The owner of Pilllar Forum, Corey Bracken, said several of his customers and musicians were pepper-sprayed by ICE agents and...
Arsenic Is Turning Up in Minnesota’s Private Wells—and Many Homeowners Might Not Know
Nearly half of Minnesota’s new private wells contain arsenic, an invisible toxin that raises long-term cancer risks.
ICE agents to check documents at MSP Airport, employee says
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will spend three weeks at MSP Airport, checking and verifying documents of both customers and employees, an airport employee said. The employee shared a memo that details the plans, which include patrolling jet bridges. In a statement on Tuesday,...
As many as 6 federal lawyers resign after DOJ declines to investigate Renee Good...
As many as six federal prosecutors with the DOJ's Civil Rights Division resigned Tuesday after the department declined a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
ICE Civilian Worker Arrested in Bloomington Underage Sex Sting, Police Say
Bloomington MN —Police confirmed 16 men were arrested this month after taking part in an undercover sex solicitation sting called “Operation Creep,” and one of those arrested was a civilian employee of U.S.
Target silent after federal immigration agents arrest Twin Cities employees, operate near stores
Target Corp. appears to be taking a neutral stance on the presence of armed federal immigration agents at its Twin Cities stores. Two males working as Drive-Up employees who identified as U.S. citizens were arrested Thursday by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents inside Target in Richfield, sparking a protest...
Tensions flare in St. Cloud as protesters and federal agents square off, while more...
Two protesters were detained by federal agents who were conducting a raid a shopping mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and it became another scene of protests and yelling at agents when they attempted to leave the mall’s parking lot.
Minnesota faith, union, community leaders call for economic blackout
Faith leaders, union representatives and community members are calling for a Day of Truth and Freedom on Friday, Jan. 23 — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school or go shopping.
Employees, neighbors stop ICE from entering Minneapolis restaurant
Surveillance video from Monday afternoon shows several men exiting an SUV outside Wrecktangle Pizza in Minneapolis' LynLake neighborhood before employees and community members chased them off.

















