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The Metro Blue Line Extension is finally moving forward. But some fear it will drive up rents and force them to leave.

by Andrew Hazzard November 15, 2021November 16, 2021

‘We have a different story to tell’: As anchors Chenue Her and Gia Vang move up in the television news industry, they bring a new perspective with them.

by Hibah Ansari November 15, 2021November 15, 2021

The realities of anti-transgender violence

The most diverse city council in Minneapolis history might also be the weakest. We asked new council members how they hope to operate under a strong mayor system

by Hibah Ansari November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

Last winter, Minnesota struggled to get the COVID vaccine to people of color. This fall, the state is trying to get the rollout right for kids 5–11.

by Joey Peters November 12, 2021November 15, 2021

‘Horrific, hateful, racist’ video stirs protest at Prior Lake High School

by Elizabeth Shockman, Tim Nelson and Matt Sepic November 11, 2021November 15, 2021

There are plenty of new faces on the Minneapolis Park Board, but just one person of color.

by Andrew Hazzard November 10, 2021November 12, 2021

This year, Minnesota school-board meetings endured a backlash against diversity. On Election Day, three suburban districts elected Somali Americans for the first time.

by Becky Z. Dernbach November 10, 2021November 10, 2021

Three young Democratic Socialists elected to Minneapolis City Council are eager to pass progressive policies to benefit the city’s working class.

by Grace Birnstengel and Jon Collins November 10, 2021November 10, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Everything kids and parents need to know about getting the COVID-19 vaccine: a video in Hmong, Spanish, Somali, Oromo, and English.

by Sahan Journal November 9, 2021May 7, 2023

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Wax kasta oo waalidiinta iyo carruurtu ay u baahan yihiin in ay ka ogaadaan tallaalka COVID-19.

by Sahan Journal November 9, 2021November 10, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Talaallii COVID-19 ilaalchisee wantoota maatiiwwaniifi ijoolleen beekuu qaban.

by Sahan Journal November 9, 2021November 10, 2021

For the first time, Minnesota erects highway signs recognizing Native treaty boundaries

by Dan Kraker November 8, 2021November 8, 2021

The Great Digital Migration of 2020: How the Internet Kept America Running

ARTS & CULTURE, Videos

Welcome signs: Valerie Shirley helps Minnesota’s deaf Muslim community with everyday activities like filling out paperwork — and deeper concerns like understanding their religion.

by Joey Peters November 7, 2021May 23, 2022

The COVID-19 vaccine is finally available for Minnesota kids ages 5–11. Here’s how, where, and when to get a shot.

by Joey Peters November 5, 2021November 5, 2021

United Nations climate conference draws Minnesotans of color

by Andrew Hazzard November 5, 2021November 5, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Txhua yam uas niamtxiv thiab menyuam yuav tsum paub txog koob tshuaj tivthaiv tus kabmob COVID-19.

by Sahan Journal November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Everything kids and parents need to know about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

by Sahan Journal November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

With St. Paul school board win, Halla Henderson becomes first Eritrean American elected to office in Minnesota

by Becky Z. Dernbach November 3, 2021November 4, 2021

For the first time, majority of Minneapolis City Council members will be people of color.

by Hibah Ansari November 2, 2021November 3, 2021

Minneapolis voters reject public safety amendment. Strong mayor and rent control provision pass.

by Becky Z. Dernbach November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

Duluth elects Azrin Awal, first Asian American, to City Council.

by Hibah Ansari November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

Mayor Jacob Frey wins reelection in Minneapolis

by Andrew Hazzard November 2, 2021November 3, 2021

Your Minnesota Election Day 2021 results: All the updates on races in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

by Joey Peters November 2, 2021October 4, 2022

Election Day in Minnesota is here. So we made this last-minute voting guide for you.

by Sahan Journal November 1, 2021November 2, 2021

INSIDE SAHAN JOURNAL

Meet the challenge: Donate to Sahan Journal today and these community partners will double your gift.

by Sahan Journal November 1, 2021November 1, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Todo lo que los niños y los padres deben saber sobre la vacuna COVID-19.

by Sahan Journal November 1, 2021November 4, 2021

Starting and Scaling a Small Business as a Minority Entrepreneur

‘We need to follow the lead of the people’: Support for public safety charter amendment grows among elected officials of color in Minnesota.

by Hibah Ansari October 29, 2021October 30, 2021

As Bloomington becomes more diverse, two Latino men are among those seeking election to its city council.

by JD Duggan October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Environmental justice group sues Minneapolis over Upper Harbor redevelopment

by Andrew Hazzard October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Survey finds that people of color perceive discrimination more frequently in Minnesota than nationwide.

by Joey Peters October 28, 2021November 1, 2021

Minneapolis City Council candidates for Uptown, Whittier address housing and public safety challenges

by Logan Carroll October 28, 2021October 29, 2021

Arts

A new Native art installation, “Never Homeless Before 1492,” challenges the origins of Native homelessness in Minneapolis

by Andrew Hazzard October 28, 2021October 28, 2021

Minneapolis mayoral candidate Kate Knuth releases detailed immigration policy plan.

by Joey Peters October 28, 2021October 28, 2021

IMMIGRATION, OPINION

Hamse Warfa: Minnesota has a long history of working for the global good. Now is the time for a new generation to step up.

by Hamse Warfa October 27, 2021October 27, 2021

Unsettling messages tarnish final days of campaign in Minneapolis’ Ward 6

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 26, 2021October 29, 2021

In a new film, Minnesota choreographers Jonathan ‘AJ’ van Arneman and Peace Madimutsa imagine an escape from brutality and the creation of a global Black utopia.

by Jeffrey Bissoy October 26, 2021December 17, 2021

Protecting Yourself From Fraud

The 44-day journey that changed Muhammad Nishat’s life

by Hibah Ansari October 25, 2021October 24, 2021

Hands up, who wants to serve on the St. Paul school board?

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 24, 2021October 25, 2023

Clayton Howatt: ‘Our high-poverty elementary schools lack the same opportunities.’

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 24, 2021October 22, 2021

Uriah Ward: ‘Invest in the staff that work directly with students’

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 24, 2021October 26, 2021

Jeannie Foster: ‘To have an enrollment increase, we have to serve the students we currently have.’

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 24, 2021October 22, 2021

Jim Vue: ‘The people who are leaving our district are Asian Americans.’

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 24, 2021October 22, 2021

Jennifer McPherson: ‘Allow families to have real school choice’

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 24, 2021October 22, 2021

Halla Henderson: ‘Top of mind right now for me is school closures’

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 24, 2021October 25, 2023

James Farnsworth: ‘We need to learn from what the successful schools are doing around us’

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 24, 2021October 22, 2021

A Minnesota winter is coming. So are higher heating costs.

by Andrew Hazzard October 22, 2021October 25, 2021

Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor re-sentenced to 57 months in prison for the 2017 killing of Justine Ruszczyk.

by Abe Asher October 21, 2021October 21, 2021

Many younger immigrants in Minnesota can’t speak the language of their parents and grandparents. The result? Embarrassment, shame, and grief.

by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

‘I caused this tragedy, and it is my burden’: Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, in his own words.

by Joey Peters October 20, 2021October 21, 2021

Hmong American fashion designer Jocelyn Yang weaves her community’s history and tradition into modern-day clothing.

by Mecca Bos October 19, 2021October 20, 2021

Macalester professor watches for action ahead of climate summit

by Andrew Hazzard October 19, 2021October 20, 2021

In White House visit, Minnesota’s top teachers bring President Biden a message from second graders in Burnsville

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 18, 2021October 20, 2021

Sheila Nezhad’s run for Minneapolis mayor focuses on transforming public safety and making the city more democratic.

by JD Duggan October 17, 2021October 20, 2021

Duluth City Council candidate Azrin Awal hopes to make history by becoming the first Asian American to win office.

by Hibah Ansari October 15, 2021October 15, 2021

Comcast to give $10,000 grants to 100 small businesses owned by people of color. Applications closed. Grants to be awarded in late November 2021.

Some critics of the Minneapolis Police Department express doubts about public safety amendment

by Jon Collins October 15, 2021October 15, 2021

BUSINESS & WORK

Still struggling on Lake Street: Immigrant-owned businesses have reopened, but sales are down sharply, crime is up, and insurance is hard to find.

by Joey Peters October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

INSIDE SAHAN JOURNAL

Sahan Journal is hiring an editor to join its staff.

by Sahan Journal October 13, 2021November 10, 2021

INSIDE SAHAN JOURNAL

Mukhtar Ibrahim, founder of Sahan Journal, wins ‘Emerging Leader of the Year’ award in national nonprofit news competition

by Sahan Journal October 13, 2021June 9, 2023

What ‘kids in cages’ endured: Lawsuit filed by Rochester family alleges negligence and abuse by U.S. officials at infamous facility along the Mexican border.

by Joey Peters and Hibah Ansari October 12, 2021October 6, 2022

Candidates Phillipe Cunningham and LaTrisha Vetaw agree that public safety policy is the main issue in Minneapolis’ Ward 4. Next question: How to fix it?

by Hibah Ansari October 11, 2021October 11, 2021

Minnesotans of color trust news media, according to a new survey. But they say coverage includes ‘too few stories’ about people like them.

by David H. Montgomery October 11, 2021October 11, 2021

Minneapolis City Council votes for a compromise on redeveloping the Roof Depot site. Neighborhood groups reject the offer.

by Andrew Hazzard October 8, 2021October 8, 2021

Peggy Flanagan hails $1.3 million investment to teach K–12 students the ‘full true history’ of Minnesota’s Indigenous people.

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 8, 2021August 6, 2024

Somali American youth in St. Cloud sign up for new class in school: Reading and writing Somali.

by Kirsti Marohn October 7, 2021October 7, 2021

Hmong farmland or freeway interchange: New road expansion in Dakota County threatens small family farms.

by Andrew Hazzard October 7, 2021October 24, 2024

A luxury rental tax? A citizens assembly to solve public safety? In Minneapolis mayor’s race, AJ Awed adds unconventional solutions to progressive agenda.

by Joey Peters October 7, 2021October 7, 2021

BUSINESS & WORK

Changing a flight in Afghanistan? Wiring money to Ethiopia? Facebook crash severs connections between Minnesotans and family abroad.

by Hibah Ansari October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

STORIES FROM THE PANDEMIC

Free muffins, a fancy cappuccino machine, and a $1,000 signing bonus: A Minnesota school-bus-company CEO talks about the struggle to hire drivers amid the pandemic worker shortage.

by Ibrahim Hirsi October 5, 2021October 18, 2021

Some 50,000 Minnesota households have fallen behind on rent. With the COVID eviction moratorium ending soon, housing nonprofits want to help renters apply for help catching up.

by Katelyn Vue October 1, 2021October 6, 2021

Hmong Minnesotans see parallels in Afghan refugee crisis.

by Hannah Yang September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

INSIDE SAHAN JOURNAL

Why Sahan Journal published a story about a 6-year-old’s drowning and the people involved in his accidental death.

by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim September 27, 2021October 1, 2021

Racial disparities persist in drowning deaths.

by Andrew Hazzard September 27, 2021September 27, 2021

Sondra Samuels, Minneapolis nonprofit leader, reaches wrongful death settlement in the fatal drowning of a 6-year-old neighbor.

by Becky Z. Dernbach September 27, 2021September 27, 2021

Back to school may bring a resurgence of vaping addiction

No driver’s license? No housing. Minnesota immigrants, advocates say missing government-issued IDs keep people out of stable homes.

by Yusra Murad September 26, 2021September 27, 2021

Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson said he’d change the way his office works with immigration enforcement. Critics say the jail still referred 1,000 inmates to ICE.

by Joey Peters September 23, 2021September 23, 2021

INSIDE SAHAN JOURNAL

What makes a useful voter guide? We started by asking immigrant groups in Minneapolis what they wanted to know about the 2021 city election

by Aala Abdullahi September 22, 2021September 24, 2021

University of Minnesota appoints its first immigrant, person of color as dean at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs

by Hibah Ansari September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

Less than 30 percent of Minnesota’s people of color believe schools offer equal opportunities to all students, survey says.

by Elizabeth Shockman September 20, 2021September 24, 2021

Victor Martinez, a candidate for the Ward 5 City Council seat in Minneapolis, door-knocks almost every day, delivering his pro-police, pro-life message

by Hibah Ansari September 19, 2021September 28, 2021

Research team goes door-to-door talking to Latino business owners, hoping to identify barriers to energy efficiency and rebates

by Andrew Hazzard September 16, 2021September 22, 2021

A Minnesota researcher thinks he’s figured out why Black populations die more often from colon cancer: screening and insurance.

by Joey Peters September 16, 2021September 17, 2021

Photographer Nancy Musinguzi takes portraits of queer, immigrant people in Minnesota. But they tell their own stories.

by Alex V. Cipolle | MPR September 16, 2021September 17, 2021

Halima, a Somali elder in Minneapolis, hasn’t grown her own vegetables since leaving East Africa 27 years ago. This summer, farmer Naima Dhore helped plant a food garden for Halima and her neighbors.

by Andrew Hazzard September 15, 2021May 23, 2022

Judge’s order nixing public safety amendment angers Minneapolis activists. “This leads everyone to believe that the fix is in,” one supporter said.

by Joey Peters September 15, 2021September 29, 2021

Minnesota Supreme Court tosses 3rd-degree murder conviction of Minneapolis ex-cop Mohamed Noor.

by Jon Collins and Brian Bakst September 15, 2021September 30, 2021

Rent control is on the ballot this fall in Minneapolis and St. Paul. We asked supporters and opponents whether the measures will help produce affordable housing.

by Hibah Ansari September 14, 2021September 23, 2021

Should the mayor of Minneapolis have more power? Here is everything you need to know about the strong-mayor amendment on the ballot this fall.

by Joey Peters September 13, 2021September 23, 2021

Race

Hmong Cultural Center moves forward after vandals attack

by Abe Asher September 10, 2021September 10, 2021

On the first day of school, Minneapolis students say they’re happy—and only slightly confuzzled—to get back to in-person learning.

by Becky Z. Dernbach September 9, 2021September 10, 2021

Everything you need to know about the COVID safety plans in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools

by Becky Z. Dernbach September 8, 2021September 9, 2021

Minnesota’s most diverse cities? New U.S. Census data show communities of color growing in places like Austin and Worthington.

by Hibah Ansari September 8, 2021September 9, 2021

COVID vaccination rates for Minnesota prison staff lag behind state averages by 21 percent.

by Joey Peters September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

‘There is nothing safe about Delta in schools’: How parents can plan for the pandemic this fall

by Becky Z. Dernbach September 1, 2021September 1, 2021