How Minnesota’s Singing Resistance is expanding across the nation
In six weeks, a group called Singing Resistance has grown from a few hundred Minnesotans singing in streets to a rapidly expanding nationwide movement attracting thousands wanting to start their own group. The big picture: Singing Resistance gathers outdoors or in church sanctuaries to peacefully perform songs with...
As search continues for killer, tribute paid to 14-year-old shooting victim
As of Thursday morning, police have not made any arrests in connection to Moore’s murder.
ICE moves out to the suburbs
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize. We sat in a parking lot and waited. We watched, knowing we were being watched in return. Two men, masked and presumably armed, idled in a gray SUV. “They’re all on this fucking street now,” Lety, a...
Minnesota Medicaid Fraud Scandal: Autistic Woman Evicted Despite Paying Rent as Provider Bills $12,630...
Introduction (Image Credits: Unsplash) A woman with autism in Minnesota finds herself homeless after sheriff’s deputies dragged her from her apartment, even though she kept up with every rent payment. Her caregiver provider, meanwhile, raked in $12,630 a month from taxpayers for services she says barely materialized....
Student walkouts are insubordination, not free speech
MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. In the wake of disagreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, high school walkouts have returned with force. Students...
I’m a Minneapolis Postal Worker. This Is What I Saw.
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Bianca Sonnenberg’s uniform has become her security blanket. Before ICE arrived in Minneapolis, she would change when she finished her route. Recently, she’s hoped her identity as a US Postal Service...
Red Lake Mom Faces Feds In Minneapolis Court After Sons’ Grisly Deaths
Jurors in a downtown Minneapolis federal courtroom were thrown into the darkest details of the case on day one of the murder trial of a Red Lake mother accused of killing two of her young sons. Prosecutors say the trial turns on a brutal attack and a house fire that left two boys dead and led to an AMBER Alert on...
Uptown Market Showdown: Hopkins Woman Charged In Deadly Minneapolis Shooting
A Hopkins woman is now facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with a December shooting outside an Uptown Minneapolis market that left a woman dead, prosecutors say. According to a Hennepin County criminal complaint, the shooter allegedly fired from a vehicle after a confrontation outside the store, then...
5-years since Ramsey County implemented a policy to reduce non-public-safety traffic stops. It’s improved...
It’s been five years since Ramsey County implemented a new policy designed to reduce the number of non-public-safety traffic stops, and began working to improve public trust. “We’re listening to what our community was telling us their needs were.”
Groundswell cafe in St. Paul won’t reopen after 2025 fire
Groundswell in St. Paul closed last spring following a fire that caused extensive damage to the cafe, as well as the apartments above the shop. Now, the cafe that opened in 2009 has announced that it will not reopen. "Friends, we have some hard news," reads an announcement from Groundswell....
