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Washburn High students hung black doll from neck in school stairwell [IMAGE]

A handful of Washburn High School students were disciplined after a black doll was found hanging from a noose in a school stairwell on January 11.SEE ALSO: Obama effigy hangs from Duluth billboard [PHOTO] The Independent Business News Network's Don Allen reports that three students were suspend ... More >>

Brett Buckner to challenge Don Samuels for City Council seat

North Minneapolis community organizer Brett Buckner will announce a bid for Don Samuels' Ward 5 City Council seat this afternoon at Avenue Eatery on West Broadway. According to Buckner's Linkedin account, he's worked for Keith Ellison, the Minnesota DFL, and the Minneapolis NAACP. He's currently li ... More >>

St. Paul police brutality: No felony charges for cops who beat up, maced Eric Hightower

Yesterday, prosecutors announced St. Paul officers Jesse Zilge and Matthew Gorans won't face felony charges for roughing up a seemingly helpless suspect in an August incident captured on a camera phone.SEE ALSO:-- Eric Hightower, St. Paul cop-kick victim, jumps out second-floor window to get away fr ... More >>

Voter ID is the new Jim Crow

New laws in dozens of states could cost Obama votes

Roy Wilkins: Who was he?

The story behind the iconic St. Paul venue

Minnesota gets an F in civil rights history

​The Civil Rights Movement was a big thing that happened, like, a really long time ago. Some people were being mean to other people who had darker skin. At least, that's what New York told us.Minnesota is one of 35 (!) states that got an F in the Southern Poverty Law Center's new report on the tea ... More >>

NAACP tells parents to abandon Minneapolis schools

​Angry over district a plan to close North High School, Minneapolis NAACP president Booker Hodges has called on city parents to abandon their public school system. But in North Minneapolis, the kids have already left: North has been targeted for closure in part because there aren't enough stu ... More >>

Keith Ellison says, yep, there's "extreme racists" in the tea party

Photo: cometstarmoonKeven LawWhat about racism at tea parties?​The Republicans, led by Michele Bachmann, are trying to figure out how to co-opt tea partiers, and the Democrats said yesterday they're happy to let the Republicans do it. You want to stand with folks determined to end Medicare, pr ... More >>

Robyne Robinson leaving Fox 9 and broadcasting

​Veteran Fox 9 news anchor Robyne Robinson made some news of her own last night, telling viewers that she's leaving the broadcast biz May 26 to build on her burgeoning reputation as a jewelry designer for clients including Beyonce Knowles (interview here), Madonna, Nicollette Sheridan and Paul ... More >>

Police watchdogs oust member for being too political

Plus: More ACORN drama, TiZA charter school

TiZA inquiry ruling nixes race bias

​The Minnesota Education Department's investigation into the test scores and teaching licenses of Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy was not racially motivated, the U.S. Education Department ruled this week.The Inver Groves Heights academy known as TiZA is a charter school whose student body is about 80 perc ... More >>

Rise!

Rise!

NAACP slams Strib's snitch series

Series could discourage people from helping police, prez says.

Celebrate the Dream: Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nude Beach Busted

Mud pit first victim of Hidden Beach crackdown. Hot skinny-dippers may be next.

St. Paul Ward One candidates forum tonight

St. Paul Scrum

7/21 Morning Communiqué

The Man with the Golden Ears

John Hammond had impeccable taste in music—and rarely hesitated to say so

Evelyn Eubanks, 1957-2005

7/18: Morning Communique

Playing Dead

Tht NAACP abandons its watchdog role over Hollman

The Classes and the Masses

Will bitter infighting spell doom for the Minneapolis NAACP?

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

Waiting to resolve a complaint against Minneapolis cops? Take a number

Class Action

With 'Justice,' a pair of Twin Cities civil rights lawyers raise the bar for African American filmmaking

Cops Like Us

Critics fear the MPD's latest spin on community mediation is all about window-dressing--and grooming snitches

The Two Jills

Why a pair of white women lawyers are taking the fight over federal mediation to the courts

Busted

Is Minneapolis police chief Robert Olson trying to stop federal mediation?

Reckless Eyeballin'

Longtime civil rights activist and agitator Ron Edwards talks about the city he loves and hates

The Gospel According to Carol Johnson

Minneapolis's top teacher keeps the faith in trying times

Nellie Stone Johnson: 1905-2002

Minneapolis loses a legendary figure

Tales out of School

An exit interview with former Minneapolis school-board member Bill Green

Help Wanted

There's new controversy surrounding the Hollman project: Who's getting the jobs?

Last Man Standing?

The man with the leverage to keep Minneapolis moving on its housing promises goes to work for the other side

Inflationary Pressuring

Minneapolis leaders want the feds to make up the shortfall in funds for the Hollman redevelopment

Off the Map

Will the shiny new near north side need social-service agencies?

Magic Bus

The NAACP's education lawsuit promised to be a watershed case for poor and minority kids. So when exactly did the wheels come off?

Off Beat

Let's Break a Deal

Did the Minneapolis NAACP botch its chance to save hundreds of low-income apartments?

Bio Feedback

Black Like Us

Political machinations, intrigue, and good old-fashioned mudslinging: A look behind the scenes of the Minneapolis NAACP election scandal

In Living Color

Some of television's most animated conversations on race and culture are taking place among cartoon characters

W.T. Lhamon Jr: Raising Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to Hip Hop

Firestarter

Presto Change-o

Minneapolis quietly backs away from its commitment to replace demolished north side public housing with other low-income units.

Taking the Fifth

With two African American candidates teaming up against City Council President Jackie Cherryhomes, the campaign in North Minneapolis has developed unexpected zing.

We're All Bozos Here

A former teacher's contrarian view of the reforms that have to precede "education reform.

Separate But Equal

"Neighborhood schools" are coming to Minneapolis packaged with talk of responsibility and community empowerment. But the bottom line is that the age of integrating public schools is over.