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Rockwood School District
August 21, 2022
Advocates say students from racial minorities perform better when their educators include teachers and support staff of color.
August 17, 2022
Ex-Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years at a low-security federal prison camp in Colorado.
August 10, 2022
Nearly $1.5 million was awarded to eight minority corrections officers who were working at the jail where Derek Chauvin was…
August 9, 2022
A jury may determine damages for civil rights violations students say resulted in educational loss, mental anguish and emotional distress.
August 9, 2022
Three alumni of Historically Black Colleges and Universities are bringing “show style” marching band techniques to students in Minneapolis.
Daunte Wright
August 6, 2022
An ex-Minneapolis police chief alleges that he was forced to resign for refusing to immediately fire the officer who fatally…
August 2, 2022
The woman who was in Daunte Wright’s vehicle when he was fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb last…
July 29, 2022
For some Floyd family members and activists, the penalties were too small for three former Minneapolis police officers involved in…
July 27, 2022
A judge sentenced two former Minneapolis cops who were convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights to lighter terms than recommended.
July 20, 2022
The fatal shooting of 20-year-old Andrew Tekle Sundberg has stoked some activists' mistrust of the Minneapolis Police Department.
July 15, 2022
A Minnesota-based printing company must enforce anti-discrimination policies and pay a former Black employee for violating civil rights laws. 
July 4, 2022
“This can be positive. This can be good. It doesn’t have to be hateful or divisive," said NASCAR racer Brandon…
Floyd Former Minneapolis Police Officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. thegrio.com
June 30, 2022
Judge Paul Magnuson has not set sentencing dates for the former Minneapolis police officers responsible for George Floyd's death.
June 25, 2022
Mohamed Noor, the ex-Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman who called 911 to report a possible sexual…
June 23, 2022
Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to sentence ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin to 25 years for violating the rights of…
Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter Sentenced In Killing Of Duante Wright
June 22, 2022
The city of Brooklyn Center will pay the family $3.25 million and has also agreed to change policing policies and…
June 22, 2022
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has renamed its convention center, removing the name of an early resident who supported racist ideologies.
June 22, 2022
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Mayor Jacob Frey hasn't met a "clear legal duty" to hire more police officers.
June 15, 2022
Home Depot argued that Black Lives Matter is political messaging, which company policy prohibits on employees' clothing.
June 14, 2022
A 9-year-old boy finds encouragement in a sign meant to besmirch President Joe Biden and a new book tells his…