Susan Du
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Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Hennepin County Library staff, probation officers face threat of layoffs
The economic fallout from COVID-19 has devastated local government finances, and Hennepin County – responsible for the heavy-duty work of housing the homeless – is… → Read More
North Minneapolis green energy hub wins $1.6 million grant
In 2017, first-time developer Jamez Staples took out a private loan to purchase a former state workforce center on Plymouth Avenue in north Minneapolis for… → Read More
Minneapolis cartoonist recognized for 'Average Mohamed' series
On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department recognized Minneapolis resident Mohamed Ahmed as the 2020 recipient of its Citizen Diplomacy Award. → Read More
Hero dog survives 11 days in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Scott and Melynda Renner of Herndon, Virginia, are avid Boundary Waters canoers. They’ve paddled the remote wilderness more than 20 times, including several with Eden,… → Read More
That guy Maya Moore helped get out of prison? She married him!
A year and change ago, at the height of her career, Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore announced her indefinite hiatus from professional basketball.… → Read More
Minnesota apple orchard picks racist hill to die on
As you’re gearing up for the fall season, you’d do well to remember that there are lots of local apple orchards around, and it’s still… → Read More
Reviving Lake Street: Can the coolest street in Minneapolis be saved?
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Memo: Minneapolis police pulled gun on teens who ran a stop sign
On October 13, 2019, Minneapolis Police Department officers Ty Jindra and Daniel Payne stopped a car full of teenagers in front of a house on… → Read More
County withdraws north Minneapolis homeless shelter plans after outcry
An emergency homeless shelter proposed for north Minneapolis’s Willard-Hay residential neighborhood is off the table after neighbors criticized the project’s lack of public input… → Read More
North Minneapolis families rally for peace in a violent year
This year has been Minneapolis’s bloodiest in recent memory, with at least 55 homicides before September.… → Read More
Downtown Minneapolis suicide sparks night of confusion, clashes, looting
A man Minneapolis police pursued as the suspect in a homicide shot himself on Nicollet Mall around 6:00 p.m. Thursday evening. … → Read More
North Minneapolis youth coaches frustrated by closed rec centers
Saturday morning at Northeast’s Beltrami Park, a dozen grade school kids in bright blue jerseys ran drills on the basketball court under the watchful gaze… → Read More
Black at Benilde: Black students at the elite private school recommend enrolling elsewhere
The civil unrest that engulfed blocks of south Minneapolis after the killing of George Floyd spilled down Lake Street as far west as Calhoun Commons, a strip mall near the city’s border with St. Louis Park. Businesses in that pocket of the western shore of Bde Maka Ska had their windows smashed. Just two miles away, in St. Louis Park, was Benilde-St. Margaret’s, a private Catholic School whose… → Read More
Minneapolis school board rep gives voice to 35,000 disenfranchised students
Pandemic aside, the Minneapolis school board has made some big decisions this year. In May, it approved a major district makeover that would… → Read More
After teens charged in Bloomington imam attack, state leaders call out hate
The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington has been the target of on and off harassment and violence going on years. → Read More
North Minneapolis residents say homeless shelter planned without their input
Encampments in the parks, along the Midtown Greenway, and underneath bridges across Minneapolis have made the plight of the chronically homeless impossible to… → Read More
Activists protest CEO of Cargill — 'worst company in the world' — at his Edina home
Minnesota-based agricultural giant Cargill vows to end deforestation in its supply chain. It’s just unclear how long they'll take to do it.… → Read More
After cutting ties with police, Minneapolis schools are quietly hiring security guards
In June, like several other public and private institutions, the Minneapolis Board of Education unanimously voted to cancel its contract with the Minneapolis… → Read More
Watch Derek Chauvin's painfully awkward appearance at Mrs. Minnesota 2018 [VIDEO]
While Minneapolis and the rest of the nation struggle to comes to terms with the death of George Floyd and its implications, there’s… → Read More
Defund & dismantle: Minneapolis looks toward a police-free future
Two weeks after a Minneapolis police officer crushed George Floyd to death with a knee to the neck, a crowd of hundreds gathered in Powderhorn Park to demand an end to policing. The park, a rolling green hill on the banks of Powderhorn Lake, is the site of the progressive city’s annual May Day celebrations. It was June 7, the birthday of the late, great Prince. Young Black Visions Collective… → Read More