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Impossible until you’re in a life or death situation: How the Minnesota-based Chance Foundation helped fight the pandemic in India.

by Tiffany Bui June 15, 2021June 14, 2021

Juneteenth: Our Collective Tenacity, Resilience, Persistence

‘We were able to achieve what we thought was impossible’: In a senior year like no other, these graduates found a way to thrive

by Becky Z. Dernbach and Aala Abdullahi June 14, 2021June 11, 2021

HD Laundry, in south Minneapolis, was looted and burned last summer. This year it’s reopening with a new cleaning system that will use less energy and save money.

by Andrew Hazzard June 11, 2021June 16, 2021

MN BCA: Not releasing names of undercover officers in Smith killing.

by Matt Sepic and Nina Moini June 10, 2021September 30, 2021

Omar Fateh: Negotiations on police accountability should take place in the public eye.

by Omar Fateh June 10, 2021June 10, 2021

Rahel Nardos: For a US citizen who is also an immigrant, seeking out the silver lining between a rock and a hard place.

by Dr. Rahel Nardos June 9, 2021June 9, 2021

The calendar says June; the weather says August. Minnesota’s record heat wave a sign of what’s to come.

by Andrew Hazzard June 9, 2021June 9, 2021

Arts

Theater Mu’s Lily Tung Crystal: The more people hear Asian Americans’ stories, the more they will treat us as the true Americans we really are.

by Jaida Grey Eagle June 9, 2021June 10, 2021

Too hot for school: Minneapolis and St. Paul close school buildings during June heat wave

by Becky Z. Dernbach June 7, 2021June 10, 2021

Help Your Kids Get Financially Fit

Arts

Hmong hip hop finds a home at new Twin Cities breakdance school

by Abdirahman Mohamed June 4, 2021June 4, 2021

Conversations around race and racial justice

After a grueling year in the ICU and at George Floyd Square, an unexpected friendship.

by Catharine Richert June 4, 2021June 4, 2021

Minneapolis clears George Floyd Square at 4:00 a.m., led by neighborhood security contractors. Activists describe ‘desecration’ of ‘people’s pain, people’s hope.’

by Ben Hovland and JD Duggan June 3, 2021February 21, 2022

With its virtual caucus already under way, Minneapolis DFL faces charges that the process is so discriminatory it must be scrapped.

by Hibah Ansari June 3, 2021June 4, 2021

BUSINESS & WORK

Out of the ashes of the George Floyd protests, an Ethiopian restaurant is reborn in a new neighborhood

by Emalyn Muzzy June 3, 2021July 7, 2021

Identifying environmental problems in Minneapolis green zones is pretty easy. Doing something about them is another matter.

by Andrew Hazzard June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

Promoting a reform agenda at the Department of Corrections? Safia Khan is trying to make it happen.

by Hibah Ansari June 2, 2021June 2, 2021

INSIDE SAHAN JOURNAL

Inside Sahan Journal: When a charter school closed in Cedar Riverside, we realized we had a lot to learn about getting the news to immigrant parents.

by Aala Abdullahi June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

Friendship, Health, Community: Twin Cities Latino Cyclists on a Roll.

by Kathryn Styer Martinez June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

Fraud allegations disrupt DFL endorsement convention for Minneapolis City Council seat

by Logan Carroll June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

Real estate frenzy in Minnesota poses extra barriers to Muslim homebuyers: Finding no-interest mortgages and down-payment assistance programs.

by Hibah Ansari May 31, 2021November 1, 2023

‘I’m just bracing for the next George Floyd’: Minnesotans reflect on continuing racial injustice, one year after Floyd’s killing.

by Riham Feshir May 28, 2021September 30, 2021

Minnesota’s new ECO Act will help ease the burdens of energy costs on low-income families, including many people of color

by Andrew Hazzard May 28, 2021June 2, 2021

Biden administration has extended Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Myanmar and Haiti. Now a decision looms on the status of Somali nationals.

by Hibah Ansari May 27, 2021May 28, 2021

ARTS & CULTURE, Food

Chef Yia Vang on his Minnesota Rice initiative, discovering his father’s heroism, and what he tells the kids with the ‘stinky’ lunches.

by Jaida Grey Eagle May 25, 2021May 26, 2021

George Floyd, PUBLIC SAFETY, Race

Jerry Blackwell’s closing argument helped win a conviction against Derek Chauvin. As a corporate lawyer—and hobby farmer—he wasn’t an obvious choice for the job.

by Riham Feshir May 25, 2021May 25, 2021

‘We’re evidence that the healing is happening’: How five people in Minneapolis experienced the cataclysm of George Floyd’s killing—and what they did next.

by Hibah Ansari, Andrew Hazzard, Becky Z. Dernbach and Joey Peters May 25, 2021September 30, 2021

Many immigrant kids deal with layers of trauma. This teacher’s answer: ‘I love you, and I trust you.’

by Logan Carroll May 24, 2021May 24, 2021

My celebration of AAPI Heritage Month

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Want to know what to expect when you get the COVID-19 vaccine? Sahan Journal’s COVID-19 vaccine video series answers your questions, in Spanish, Somali, Hmong, and English.

by Sahan Journal May 24, 2021May 20, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

COVID-19 Vaccine: Frequently Asked Questions for After You Get Vaccinated

by Sahan Journal May 24, 2021May 20, 2021

Tshuaj COVID-19: Cov Lus Nquag Nug: Nqe Ob

by Sahan Journal May 24, 2021May 20, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Tallalka COVID-19: Su’aalaha Badanaa La Isweydiiyo: Kadib Tallalka

by Sahan Journal May 24, 2021May 20, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Covid-19 Vacuna: Preguntas Más Frecuentes Parte 2

by Sahan Journal May 24, 2021May 20, 2021

Hennepin County’s new climate action plan preserves an unpopular old technology: burning garbage near north Minneapolis.

by Andrew Hazzard May 23, 2021May 23, 2021

Coronavirus, OPINION

Lee-Yang: Surviving COVID presented the Hmong community with an impossible choice. Mourn the dead together or stay safe on our own?

by May Lee-Yang May 21, 2021May 21, 2021

Black and Latino people in Minneapolis are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at half the rate of white people. We asked Minnesota’s vaccine equity director what’s going on.

by Joey Peters May 20, 2021May 21, 2021

Arts

‘Blackness Is…’ festival this weekend features work from 13 artists. ‘Magic happens when we live in our truth.’

by Hibah Ansari May 20, 2021May 20, 2021

Conversations around race and racial justice

‘America is not somebody else; America is us’: Civil rights organizer Bo Thao-Urabe wants Minnesota to measure success differently.

by Ben Hovland May 19, 2021May 20, 2021

‘A historic figure in Minnesota’: Kao Ly Ilean Her, a Hmong pioneer in education, law, and culture, dies from COVID.

by Tiffany Bui May 19, 2021November 5, 2021

Indian community in Minnesota holds fundraisers—and grieves—as COVID devastates families and friends overseas.

by Joey Peters May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

‘I want to wear the gown, I want the cap, I want tassels’: Minneapolis high school seniors want to walk the graduation stage—even if they’re missing credits.

by Becky Z. Dernbach May 18, 2021May 18, 2021

Arts

Arts groups led by people of color often get little in foundation grants. Now some groups in the Twin Cities and beyond are in line for a major boost in funding.

by Abe Asher May 18, 2021May 18, 2021

How to save to buy your first home.

A decade on, painful scars and hard-earned resilience mark a tornado’s path through north Minneapolis

by Andrew Hazzard May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

For almost three decades, Somali children in Minneapolis’ Riverside Plaza could attend school in their apartment complex. The historic school will close permanently June 30.

by Becky Z. Dernbach May 13, 2021May 14, 2021

Food

Mekfira Hussein’s meal programs have been feeding 5,000 children a day in the Twin Cities. A state effort to discipline an intermediary nonprofit forced her to suspend operations.

by Joey Peters May 13, 2021September 20, 2022

Showdown at school board meeting: Elk River alumni of color say they ‘never felt safe,’ parents decry ‘woke mob’

by Becky Z. Dernbach May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

Conversations around race and racial justice

Activist and organizer Anthea Yur wants the Asian community in Minnesota to confront racism head on.

by Evan Frost May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

How to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and anywhere in the Twin Cities.

by Joey Peters May 10, 2021May 11, 2021

Racial and health inequities have been part of Minnesota’s ‘“normal.’” That needs to change.

Arts

Said Shaiye says immigrant artists are expected to ‘perform trauma.’ He refuses to do that in his debut book, ‘Are You Borg Now?’

by Hibah Ansari May 10, 2021May 7, 2021

A landmark Minneapolis charter school may close forever in June. Its leadership debated the school’s fate in a meeting without Somali parents, community politicians, or the press.

by Becky Z. Dernbach May 7, 2021May 7, 2021

Visitors to Minnesota state parks are overwhelmingly white. A task force recommends a new office to make parks more inviting to diverse users.

by Andrew Hazzard May 7, 2021May 10, 2021

Students in Elk River asked the school’s equity specialist to explain looting. Now their parents want him fired.

by Becky Z. Dernbach May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

Are you a Muslim in Minnesota who’s facing difficulties buying a home? We want to hear about it!

by Sahan Journal May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

News, PUBLIC SAFETY

Interim U.S. attorney for Minnesota explains scope of civil rights investigation into Minneapolis police

by Joey Peters May 4, 2021June 15, 2023

The State of Black Entrepreneurship

No one has more power to change the Minneapolis Police Department than Mayor Jacob Frey. We asked him what he’s accomplished.

by Becky Z. Dernbach May 3, 2021September 30, 2021

HEALTH, OPINION

Hanif: Minnesota has serious health inequities for people of color. Two bills now before the legislature could help fix that.

by Trinity Hanif April 30, 2021April 30, 2021

Ilhan Omar and immigrant groups call for more green jobs in Minneapolis

by Andrew Hazzard April 29, 2021April 30, 2021

President Biden’s flip-flop on refugees creates confusion for Minnesota families. We asked an immigration expert what happened to Biden’s campaign promises—and what’s next.

by Hibah Ansari April 29, 2021April 29, 2021

News

A Somali ride-share driver was shot and killed while on the job in Minneapolis late one night. His widow, soon to give birth to their sixth child, has no answers about what happened.

by Abdirahman Mohamed April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

News

Somali American investigator from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office alleges Fairview discriminated against him during document handoff.

by Joey Peters April 27, 2021April 29, 2021

Asian health leaders in Minnesota fill information gap about COVID-19 death rates.

by Joey Peters April 27, 2021April 27, 2021

BUSINESS & WORK

In efforts to rebuild south Minneapolis from unrest following the George Floyd murder, a push for more community control.

by Andrew Hazzard April 26, 2021April 27, 2021

After guilty verdict in George Floyd’s murder, families of Isak Aden and Dolal Idd ask, ‘What about us?’

by Hibah Ansari and Becky Z. Dernbach April 26, 2021September 30, 2021

Minnesota mosque vandalized with racist, Islamophobic graffiti during Ramadan

by Andrew Hazzard April 25, 2021April 25, 2021

The killing of George Floyd

PHOTO: From ‘I can’t breathe’ to ‘guilty,’ a look back on the past 11 months through the lens of Sahan Journal.

by Ben Hovland and Jaida Grey Eagle April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

In anxious times, Twin Cities residents say the whir of helicopters and the buzz of drones make matters worse.

by Abe Asher April 21, 2021September 30, 2021

Minneapolis will soon have the opportunity–or competing opportunities–to vote on the future of the Minneapolis Police Department. We made this cheat sheet to help.

by Mike Mosedale and Becky Z. Dernbach April 21, 2021September 30, 2021

Faith

Ramadan is a month devoted to prayer, charity, and reflection. This year, Muslims in Minnesota have found another way to practice—protesting.

by Hibah Ansari April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

The killing of George Floyd

‘Black lady, I see you! Black boy, I see you! Black man, I see you!’: Community celebrates Derek Chauvin verdict with screams of relief—and joy.

by Dymanh Chhoun April 21, 2021October 24, 2024

The killing of George Floyd

After an anguished wait, Chauvin verdict brings a flood of emotions, pledges to do better—and food.

by Andrew Hazzard, Logan Carroll, Ben Hovland and Becky Z. Dernbach April 20, 2021April 21, 2021

The killing of George Floyd

‘An important step forward for justice’: Reactions to Chauvin’s guilty verdict

by MPR News Staff April 20, 2021April 20, 2021

The killing of George Floyd

For George Floyd, justice. For Minneapolis, a long-delayed reckoning with racism and police violence

by Becky Z. Dernbach, Joey Peters, Hibah Ansari and Andrew Hazzard April 20, 2021April 21, 2021

Anticipating possible unrest, pharmacies and clinics make contingency plans while awaiting Chauvin verdict.

by Joey Peters April 20, 2021April 20, 2021

George Floyd, PUBLIC SAFETY

U.S. Attorney General announces investigation into Minneapolis police for potential discriminatory conduct

by Joey Peters April 20, 2021June 15, 2023

Mass protests against racism spur statewide student walkout

by Becky Z. Dernbach April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

‘We want it to be the right verdict. But this is America’: South Minneapolis Reacts Ahead of Chauvin Trial Verdict

by Dymanh Chhoun April 19, 2021November 17, 2021

It’s Financial Health Month: Chart the Path Toward Your Next Milestone

Destroyed by fire and looted, a dental clinic reopens to care for underserved patients in south Minneapolis.

by Hibah Ansari April 19, 2021April 16, 2021

The killing of George Floyd

Inside the jury room at the Chauvin trial: Evidence, confusing legal terminology, and a lot of latitude to interpret it.

by Hibah Ansari April 18, 2021April 17, 2021

Urban farm or public works facility? One of Minnesota’s most diverse and polluted neighborhoods is fighting against the city for a greener future.

by Andrew Hazzard April 16, 2021August 18, 2021

Asian American history is rarely taught in schools. Educators say that fuels anti-Asian violence—and are pushing for change.

by Becky Z. Dernbach April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

Gardner and Chudgar: Justice requires that Minnesota attorney general prosecute officer who killed Daunte Wright

by Lena K. Gardner and Neil Chudgar April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

VIDEO: ‘They’re choosing to shoot now’: Demonstrators at the Brooklyn Center Police Station say public safety means ‘safety from them.’

by Michael Tortorello and Dymanh Chhoun April 15, 2021September 30, 2021

BUSINESS & WORK

VIDEO: ‘We’re bystanders. Why are they taking it out on us?’ Immigrant business owners on Lake Street share fears about looting in Minneapolis.

by Michael Tortorello and Dymanh Chhoun April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

Who is Mike Elliott, the Brooklyn Center mayor leading the city after the shooting of Daunte Wright?

by Andrew Hazzard April 15, 2021September 30, 2021

‘I’m scared because of that booming’: A preschooler and her family watch protests, police in Brooklyn Center.

by Evan Frost and Elizabeth Shockman April 15, 2021September 30, 2021

Many protesters have become familiar with the short-term pain of exposure to tear gas. For some, it might turn out to be a long-term problem, too.

by Joey Peters April 14, 2021September 30, 2021

Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter arrested on 2nd-degree manslaughter charge in killing of Daunte Wright

by MPR News Staff April 14, 2021September 30, 2021

Tear gas at bedtime: Brooklyn Center residents, including kids, suffer from aggressive police tactics to quell Daunte Wright protests

by Logan Carroll April 13, 2021September 30, 2021

Brooklyn Center officer, chief resign in wake of Daunte Wright killing

by Matt Sepic and Tim Nelson April 13, 2021September 30, 2021

A Black-focused therapy practice in Minneapolis sees ‘trauma, trauma, trauma.’ Here’s how they’re helping people to heal.

by Aala Abdullahi April 13, 2021September 30, 2021

Iconic fist sculpture from George Floyd Square rises in Brooklyn Center, where police killed Daunte Wright.

by Ben Hovland April 13, 2021September 30, 2021

‘I’m begging you to stop,’ versus ‘control and contain.’ Community defense lawyer Andrew Gordon on how to think about the Daunte Wright protests and the police response.

by Andrew Hazzard April 13, 2021September 30, 2021

What you need to know about getting a COVID-19 vaccine in the north metro, following the police killing of Daunte Wright.

by Joey Peters April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

‘Another Black life lost’: Trauma and frustration grow after death of Daunte Wright, but police reforms remain stalled in Minnesota legislature

by Hibah Ansari April 12, 2021September 30, 2021