August 10, 2026
A Minneapolis public school district has beaten the U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to a program aimed at attracting Black male teachers, with a Michigan federal judge saying Monday that the discrimination lawsuit can't proceed without the teachers' union, which the government lacks the power to sue.
December 10, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Minnesota federal court that Minneapolis Public Schools has union-negotiated rules that give employees from underrepresented backgrounds an illegal leg up when decisions about layoffs are made.