June 17, 2022
n 1947, the cluster of houses on Ridgewood Lane North and Ridgewood Lane South in Roseville had an identical legal clause inserted into each of the property deeds. “No part […]
November 1, 2021
n the weeks after George Floyd was murdered by now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a reckoning with police violence and systemic racism played out across America, including for American […]
February 2, 2021
or an hour on Jan. 28, Minneapolis’ old Northside came back to life on a Zoom call. Theartrice “T” Williams, a longtime civil rights activist and community leader, recalled how […]
October 14, 2020
t is a fairly common experience for one to have their entire image of an individual upended after discovering some previously unknown fact, and this is no less true for […]
October 2, 2020
Part 4: Navigating the reconciliation process will mean going beyond the typical collaboration of Black and Jewish organizations.
October 1, 2020
This is part of Exodus and Equity: Reconciling the History of Minneapolis’ Jewish North Side, a series exploring how Twin Cities Jews were unwitting participants in racist real estate policies […]
September 30, 2020
Being at the nexus of issues like the ones the community face is part of why the organization was started.
September 29, 2020
Part 3: As more Black people moved into Near North, it was also assumed that property values for Jewish and white residents would drop and wipe out housing wealth — a self-fulfilling prophecy thanks to redlining policies.
September 25, 2020
Events from a Jewish lawyers’ group is offering greater understanding of how disparity really is coming from the way that communities are divided.
September 24, 2020
Part 2: The shared experience of inequality between Jews and Blacks in North Minneapolis didn’t last.