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White House Generates Racist AI Image After ‘Politically Motivated’ Arrest of Activists Over Church Protest
Three activists in the Twin Cities were arrested by federal agents for protesting a church where the leader of the local ICE office is also a pastor.
Slavery is Legal in Minnesota. These Groups are Working to Change That.
Minneapolis, MN – Prisoners in Minnesota are earning less than a dollar an hour making products for Disney. That’s according to organizers and former inmates who gathered at a press conference in December to share what they’ve learned — or experienced firsthand — about the…
Immigration Protester Faces Terrorism Charges, Deportation as Trial Approaches
Alvarado, TX — On February 17, 2026, the trial of nine people connected to a July 4, 2025 protest outside Alvarado, Texas’s Prairieland immigration detention center begins. Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada wasn’t even at the protest — his wife was — but prosecutors have…
White Supremacist Mass Shooter of Protesters To Be Released From Prison in First Week of 2026
A decade after shooting five unarmed Black protesters in Minneapolis, white supremacist Allen "Lance" Scarsella is set to be released from his prison sentence on January 5, 2026.
Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy
Racketeering charges against 61 people indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday, marking a significant victory for those facing prosecution in the years after the movement’s peak.
Documenting Deportation Flights at MSP Airport
Over the past several months, an "aviation geek" in Minnesota who goes by ottergoose on reddit has been tracking, photographing, and posting his documentation of deportation flights online.
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Bryan Hooper Sr. Freed From Wrongful Conviction After ‘Sordid’ 27 Years in Prison
Bryan Hooper Sr. walked out of a Minnesota prison on Sept. 4 after 9,999 days of captivity for a murder he was wrongfully convicted of.
Mail Censorship, Book Bans, and Misconduct – A Letter From Federal Prison
FCI McKean, PA — Anson Chi says he’s a political prisoner dealing with mail censorship, book bans, and misconduct by federal corrections officers. In a letter to Unicorn Riot, Chi provided prison bulletins, prison communications, and letters from his mother as proof of “how the…
After 27 Years in Prison, Prosecutors Call For Bryan Hooper’s Murder Conviction to be Vacated
Minneapolis, MN — Bryan Hooper, another wrongfully convicted Black man in Minnesota, is hoping to be freed from his life sentence after the state’s key trial witness recently admitted to the murder Hooper was convicted for. In late July, the perpetrator of the vicious 1998…
New Conviction Integrity Unit Agrees to Review Mahdi Ali’s Case
Minneapolis, MN — After fifteen and a half years in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, a fresh burst of hope has worked its way into the cell of Mahdi Ali. His legal team has filed an application with Hennepin County’s new…