“When we change who the money flows to, with the focus on building wealth in the BIPOC communities, and starting with Black wealth-builders, we increase prosperity for everyone.”

“I had to go through a kind of a reclaiming of culture. As I was growing up in my late teens ... now, I call myself a bridge. There was a journey about how to figure out how to belong and what belonging meant as like a modern-day Indigenous person.”

The exploration area is just a few miles from where Twin Metals had sought to build a massive $1.7 billion underground copper-nickel mine.

Over the next month, the commission will narrow the field to five finalists each for the flag and seal. And in December, it will select winners. The new designs will take hold next year unless the Legislature votes to veto them.

A deluge of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City has demolished apartment buildings, leaving craters where they once stood, while ground troops battle Hamas militants across northern Gaza.

On the Minneapolis ballot this November is all 13 City Council seats. Of the 13 wards, 11 have incumbent members running for re-election — most of them are moderates, and they hold a majority on most issues brought before the council. Here is a closer look at the races in Minneapolis.