Family Ties
by Jamil Eason The stark reality is that the penal system's communications infrastructure wasn't designed to allow incarcerated people easy access to the communities they have been removed from. How…
by Jamil Eason The stark reality is that the penal system's communications infrastructure wasn't designed to allow incarcerated people easy access to the communities they have been removed from. How…
Guest Writer Brok Junkermeier From the outside looking in, prison life holds multiple views and stereotypes. Movies like "Desperate Measures" and TV shows like "Locked Up: Raw" are exaggerated. Movies…
Pierre Young Arts and Entertainment Editor On a surprise visit to the Twin Cities on the morning of October 22nd, Vice President Kamala Harris came to Metro State University, where…
Guest Writer Kamili Matata As crime rates continually rise, one of the many questions that is continued to be asked is how many of these crimes are perpetrated by repeat…
Guest Writer L. Vernardo This is a story about Minnesota prisoners and how their connection to the outside world is very limited. The phone system and JPay kiosk [a computer…
By Richard Johnson U.S. Congress in December 2020 passed a Stimulus Bill, inside this Bill contained a provision to Restores the Federal Pell Grant program for incarcerated inmates in county…
By Pierre Young - Arts and Entertainment Editor (Courtesy of Crypticon) Minnesota brings horror to Plymouth! In this 3-day weekend comic con, Crypticon is filled with celebrity guests from iconic…
Joseph Palumbo, Lindsay Wynne, Samuel Albers, Jessica Garraway, Pierre Young For almost a century, the Oscars have been the film industry’s gold standard for deciding who among a list of…
Tikkun Bambara Guest Opinion Black Table Arts “Art is the future” event, April 24th, 2021. Credit: Uche Iroegbu. When we refer to “Black ontology,” it seems, we are also thinking…
Guest Opinion Emmett Doyle Between the “Great Resignation” and “Striketober,” 2021 was heralded by some observers as the revival of the American labor movement. It has been a hopeful year,…