By David Lamb, The Progessive. Originally published March 3, 2021. As H.R. 40 gathers dust in the U.S. Congress, St. Paul, Minnesota, becomes the latest city to join the national grassroots movement to make reparations

By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune. Originally published February 16, 2021. As part of America’s development of its highway system, Interstate 94 was routed through the Black community of Rondo in St. Paul in the 1960s,

By Charmaine Nero, KARE 11. Originally published February 4, 2021. ST PAUL, Minn. — “I was born and raised in Rondo,” says Marvin Anderson Anderson’s personal story mimics that of countless others. “It’s a story of

By Bill Lindeke, MinnPost. Originally published February 2, 2021. For years, advocates and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) have been engaged in a subtle game of three-dimensional advocacy chess. It centers on the central portion

By Jay Kolls, KSTP Eyewitness News. Originally published February 4, 2021. The St. Paul City Council passed a resolution supporting a Minnesota Department of Transportation Concept of “Rethinking I-94”, which could be a major reconstruction of

By Mohamed Ibrahim, Associated Press. Originally published February 2, 2021. MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota lawmakers on Tuesday heard a proposal that would construct a “land bridge” to reconnect a historically Black St. Paul neighborhood that was devastated

by  Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, WCCO 4 News at 6. Originally broadcast February 2, 2021.

by Maury Glover, Fox 9. Originally published February 2, 2021. A pocket park at North Fisk Street and Concordia Avenue honors the memory of St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood, but Marvin Anderson hopes there’s a way for

by Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press. Originally published February 2, 2021. A lifetime ago, construction of Interstate 94 carved a deep trench through a historically middle-class Black neighborhood in St. Paul, destroying properties by the hundreds. More

Architectural renderings courtesy Design by Melo and Visuals by James. interview by Cathy Wurzer, MPR. Originally broadcast February 2, 2021 A proposal to reconnect St. Paul’s fractured Rondo neighborhood gets a hearing Tuesday before the