Civil Rights

Minneapolis Assistant City Attorney Julie Delgado-O’Neil’s discrimination complaint against the city — which the Minnesota Independent aired last summer after the city’s Department of Civil Rights ruled in her favor — is now in court, the Star Tribune reports.
Anna Pratt’s Aug. 1 story for MnIndy detailed Delgado-O’Neil’s charge that the Minneapolis City Attorney’s office — [...]

While part of the mainstream media wasn’t big on mentioning the fact in advance of his address today in Memphis, Sen. John McCain’s track record on commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination 40 years ago today is a bit complicated.

As a freshman congressman in 1983, he was among a minority of Republicans who voted against [...]

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a day when Americans celebrate the life and legacy of one of our nation’s most influential civil rights leaders, and by extension, the civil rights movement.  We at Minnesota Monitor would like to note the influence of Dr. King with a few facts about his life and the [...]