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The Fine Print: The connection between the club and civic life
It matters more than ever at a time when nightclubs, lounges, and music venues—the gathering spaces that have long served as the connective tissue of Black social and civic life—are disappearing at an alarming rate. And it might not be a coincidence that democracy is dying along with the spaces where we learned to practice it.
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In Da Club, We’re All Fam!: The Importance Of Belonging and Third Space
Sociologist Ray Oldenburg popularized the term “third place” in his 1989 book The Great Good Place, arguing that informal gathering spaces are essential to civic life and healthy communities. A third space is what exists beyond home and work: the places where people gather, build trust, exchange ideas, and create culture in real time. It is where community stops being abstract and becomes something lived.
The Fine Print: Rage Against The Machine and the power of protest music
I didn’t realize it at the time, but buying the Evil Empire album by Rage Against The Machine when I was a junior in high school fundamentally altered my brain chemistry.
The Fine Print: The Centennial of Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King, who would’ve turned 99 years old this month, devoted her life to anti-war and anti-capitalist ideals. Those philosophies would make her an enemy of this current regime. And yet, we remember her as a hero who, along with her husband and countless others, brought this country closer to its truest ideals.
The Fine Print: Why we can’t stop with No Kings
Last Saturday, America made history.
An estimated 8 million people took to the streets for No Kings rallies throughout the country as a protest against authoritarianism, war, and the erosion of our democratic systems.
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How a Minneapolis man became “Dissent Dad” in the face of ICE’s blitz
For Twin Cities residents, the upheaval is just the latest trauma to hit Minneapolis and St. Paul, which also witnessed and protested the murders of Philando Castile and George Floyd in the last 10 years.
That’s why one, a father of two, refuses to be silent—both in calling out injustice and creating the community he wants for himself and his family—not matter what it costs.
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INAUGURAL AANHPI 2026 PROGRAM: CARRY IT FORWARD
Thursday, May 21, 2026
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