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School counselors on how to support students through a trial and COVID-19

School counselors on how to support students through a trial and COVID-19

As most Minnesota students now have the option to be back in school for in-person learning, there are still many distractions, like the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Host Angela Davis talked with two school counselors on strategies they’re using with kids who are stressed out or struggling in school.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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Out of prison but still trapped: Examining the 'afterlife' of incarceration

There are 45,000 laws, policies and administrative sanctions in the U.S. that target people with criminal records. Reuben Jonathan Miller researches how they affect people's lives in Halfway Home.
by Terry Gross

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Records suggest defendant called 911 during Minnesota attack

Records suggest defendant called 911 during Minnesota attack

Emergency dispatch transcripts show that among the calls to 911 reporting a shooting at a health clinic in Minnesota last month was one that apparently came from the man who said he carried out the attack.
by The Associated Press

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Official: Colorado shooting suspect prone to rage, delusions

Official: Colorado shooting suspect prone to rage, delusions

Law enforcement officials and former associates of a 21-year-old accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket described the suspect as someone prone to sudden rage who was suspended from high school for a sudden attack on a classmate that left the student bloodied.
by The Associated Press

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Black leaders launch effort to close Minnesota's racial disparities

Black leaders launch effort to close Minnesota's racial disparities

A new effort is taking shape to address Minnesota's persistent racial inequality, and organizers say it will be shaped and driven by the Black community.
by Tim Pugmire

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Transgender student to receive $300K in discrimination suit

Minnesota’s largest school district will pay $300,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit with a transgender student who was barred from using the boys' locker room during swimming season. 
by The Associated Press

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Analyzing jury selection and race in the trial of ex-cop Derek Chauvin

Analyzing jury selection and race in the trial of ex-cop Derek Chauvin

What do we know about the people selected for the jury? And how does jury selection in the Chauvin trial compare to other trials, especially in instances where race plays a role? Host Angela Davis will tackle those questions and more.
by Angela Davis

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What we know about the jurors in the Chauvin trial

What we know about the jurors in the Chauvin trial

Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s fate is now in the hands of 12 jurors who must decide if he acted reasonably in his use of force to restrain and subdue George Floyd last May, or if Chauvin’s actions killed Floyd. Here’s what we know about who is on the jury.
by MPR News Staff

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