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The Jacksons were the first Black family to move into the Prospect Park neighborhood in 1908.

Prospect Park’s Jackson family inspires generations of neighbors

by Grace Aigner
Published April 2, 2025

Amy and Madison Woods Jackson built their home in Minneapolis’ Prospect Park neighborhood in 1908 with their three daughters. In return, the neighborhood met the family with racist protests and discrimination,...

M Health Fairview, Neighborhood Health Source and the Minneapolis Health Department are among the providers affected.

City, health administrators warn about COVID-19 vaccination funding cut

by Katrina Bailey
Published April 2, 2025

The Trump administration announced around $11 billion in cuts to COVID-19 related grants nationwide on March 25. The Minnesota Department of Health said it is losing over $200 million in federal grant...

The line started running on March 22, offering free rides its first week.

Metro Gold Line buses now running

by Katrina Bailey
Published March 31, 2025

The Metro Gold Line, a 10-mile bus line connecting St. Paul, Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale and Woodbury, started running on March 22. As Minnesota's first rapid transit bus line that operates primarily...

Trump’s attempts to crush education will hurt everyone.

Teachers, students share concerns about Department of Education closure

by Alexandra DeYoe
Published March 31, 2025

President Donald Trump’s administration recently announced an executive order closing the federal Department of Education to “provide children and their families an opportunity to escape a system that...

Applications are open for pop-up art projects, and festival and cultural spaces until April 15. Courtesy of Jamal Adam.

Minneapolis’ grants for art, artists, cultural centers return for second year

by Grace Aigner
Published March 30, 2025

Minneapolis’ Cultural Districts Arts Fund returns for its second year to award artists and cultural centers grant money to begin and grow their work.Ben Johnson, the director of Minneapolis’ Arts...

Cedar-Riverside businesses call for return of safety program in the neighborhood.

Cedar-Riverside residents call for city to renew violence interrupter contract

by Maya Bell
Published March 28, 2025

Cedar-Riverside residents and business owners are raising the alarm after the city announced it would not renew the contract for violence interrupters in the neighborhood.Metro Youth Diversion, a violence...

StoryCorps has the largest collection of recorded human voices stored in an archive in the Library of Congress. Courtesy of StoryCorps.

Minneapolis, StoryCorps partnership captures resident stories, racial healing on tape

by Grace Aigner
Published March 26, 2025

Minneapolis is partnering with journalism organization StoryCorps Studios for a project to collect resident stories and cultivate racial healing. Five years after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis...

The restaurant is located between Crisp & Green and Bober Tea and Mochi Dough in Dinkytown.

Pizza Karma to open pending health department approval

by Katrina Bailey
Published March 26, 2025

Pizza Karma will open its fourth brick-and-mortar restaurant in Dinkytown once near the end of March or the beginning of April pending approval from the city’s health department.The pizza is Tandoor-fired,...

The forum was held in the Mississippi Room on the Third Floor of Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota.

Four Minneapolis mayoral candidates speak at Coffman Union forum

by Katrina Bailey
Published March 26, 2025

The College Democrats at the University of Minnesota’s Coffman Union held a Mayoral Forum on Monday with the four major candidates for Minneapolis mayor coming in to speak. The room was loud with...

Community members met in the University Lutheran Church of Hope Tuesday night for the first-ever EBNP meeting.

Construction, greenspaces talk at East Bank Neighborhoods Partnership first meeting

by Alexandra DeYoe
Published March 21, 2025

The first-ever East Bank Neighborhoods Partnership (EBNP) meeting was Tuesday night with association members and city staff giving updates about the two future construction projects in the area, the creation...

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