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Minneapolis, MN — Inside Wax World, Rosa Garcia’s South Minneapolis record store, the DJ known as Madre Rosa reflects on DJ-U, a program built from turntables, community, and care. After losing its funding, the free program that trained more than 100 non-binary artists of color…

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Minnesota residents are organizing against proposed hyperscale data centers, especially Google-linked projects in Pine Island and Hermantown, citing secrecy through NDAs, inadequate environmental review, and issues with water use, electricity, noise pollution and more.

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"Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise" is the result of an open call for art responding to the current political moment.

Celebrate the joy of a perfect summer tomato, catch a movie, go back to the time of the dinosaurs, or eat an apple with new friends — there’s something for everybody!

Queens has seen incidents of shocking racist brutality, but also, a range of far-right groups and individuals, from the Ku Klux Klan to neo-Nazis to ultra-nationalist organizations

The post Hate in the World’s Borough: How the Far-Right Has Flourished in Queens, New York appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.

Jill Nguyen, owner of Capitol Jill Baking, tells us where to get green curry cake, Indian ice cream, and more.

Catch a local punk show at the library, bring a dish to a community potluck, and more ways to get involved around the city.

Ahead of the anniversary, we asked our readers to reflect.

Chiang Rai, Thailand — Hand-painted banners reading “Protect the Kok River” and “Bring Back Clean Water” waved above a crowd of farmers, fishers, scientists, and environmental activists as they walked along northern Thailand’s Kok River. For five days, hundreds of people marched 68 kilometers from…

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Amid a dispute over unpaid rent, the community around Smokehouse at The Strand is reeling.

Residents said they want more history and culture, RFK coverage, and food access stories.

At least half a dozen new community spaces have opened this year.

Local makers, friendly rivalries, and four-legged stars — this week’s got a little bit of everything.

People on the move arriving on Crete are held in makeshift facilities where they have no rights, as authorities freeze asylum registration while implementing the EU’s contested new Migration and Asylum Pact.

The post Locked Up and Criminalized: People on the Move Face a Broken System on Crete’s Shores  appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.

Fighting back against one year of occupation and more ways to show up for your neighbors.

The 51st is tripling our reporting capacity and deepening our political coverage.

More than 50,000 people protested the far-right AfD party in Erfurt, Germany in early July. We took a look inside the anti-AfD blockades.

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Surviving wars in Sudan and Gaza, Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour shares the inspiration behind his poetry.

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Birth control, poison, and calls for a more peaceful coexistence. Is the District finally winning the rat race?

Readers encountered rodents in their basements, cars, tree boxes, closets, under foot — and even inside of a food delivery.