Esther Agbaje Archives

The Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionately Act will take effect in Ramsey and Hennepin counties in January and expand statewide two years later.

Minnesota Midterm Election Results

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‘The first step’: Advocates celebrate Minnesota’s groundbreaking child welfare law

Minnesota House passes bill that shields abortion providers, out-of-state patients

Minnesota communities of color hope lawmakers will close gaps

Minnesota voters sweep in the state’s most diverse Legislature after historic wins at the polls.

Amir Locke killing leads Black elected officials to condemn failed Minneapolis police reform

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

In D.C., a mob tried to overturn multiracial democracy. In St. Paul, the most diverse Minnesota legislature ever is just getting started.

In an era of extraordinary tension, another challenge for state legislators of color: Personal security

Young, educated and Black: Here’s how Minnesota’s politicians with African roots are reshaping the state’s politics.

Surprised that political newcomer Esther Agbaje unseated a longtime DFL legislator? Her childhood friends aren’t.

In the August primary, diverse millennial candidates in Minneapolis drove new voters to the polls. What lesson will the DFL take into November?

‘Ready for a new generation’: With election night lead, Esther Agbaje hopes to bring ‘sense of urgency’ to the Capitol

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