by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:

Minnesota is paying a group of black activists $55,000 each to rest.

From St. Paul activist Melvin Giles one of seven to receive $55,000 grant for rest and recuperation:

With $55,000, Melvin Giles can buy a lot of fuel — er, bubbles.

Giles, a lifelong Rondo community activist and urban gardener in St. Paul, is known for blowing bubbles as a central part of his peace advocacy. In addition to co-leading the Urban Farm and Garden Alliance and spreading joy with bubbles, Giles also installs peace poles, simple monuments with the inscription ‘May peace prevail on Earth’ in several languages.