Every Map Is the Same Map: ShotSpotter Edition
A leaked map of gunshot detection systems in Minneapolis looks disappointingly similar to other city maps, and demonstrates familiar systemic biases.
Category: Race
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Indigenous Art and History in St. Paul’s Chroma Zone
James takes readers on a tour of the murals and history of Midway Chroma Zone. It’s a fascinating connection of Indigenous art and the neighborhood.
Minnesota Legislature Considers Investment In BIPOC Communities
BIPOC leaders are urging the Minnesota Legislature to invest an equitable amount of the state’s historic surplus into BIPOC communities, with a focus on housing, transportation and more.
National Links: Biodiverse Cities and Transit Construction Costs
How can cities be generators, not destroyers, of biodiversity? This and much more answered in this week’s National Links.
Together, Building an Anti-Racism Resource Library
Streets.mn wants to collaborate with readers on our new Anti-Racism library.
The Sound of the Police
Excerpt from Sparked: George Floyd, Racism and the Progressive Illusion edited by Walter R. Jacobs, Wendy Thompson Taiwo and Amy August. Reproduced with permission from the Minnesota Historical Society Press. On June 12, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to disband the police department and replace it with another model, an extraordinary step. Like most white, […]
National Links: Lumber Prices and Solar Pavement
Every day at The Overhead Wire we sort through over 1,500 news items about cities and share the best ones with our email list. At the end of the week, we take some of the most popular stories and share them with Urban Milwaukee readers. They are national (or international) links, sometimes entertaining and sometimes […]
Reconnection, Revitalization, and Restitution for I-94 Communities
Saint Paul’s historic Rondo neighborhood is a thriving, diverse community and home to many immigrant families and Black-owned businesses. It’s situated between University Avenue and the METRO Green Line to the north and Selby Avenue to the south. Black churches, businesses, and schools set down roots in the area in the late nineteenth and early […]
“Urban Progressivism” Didn’t Cause The Racial Housing Gap, Racism Did
Since the murder of George Floyd and the social unrest that followed, the Star Tribune has been publishing a series of editorials reflecting and commenting on the proposals that have emerged to address the issues of police violence and the racist system that underpins and fuels it. Unfortunately, before retroactively seeking out and publishing the […]