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CDC updates guidelines to protect kids from COVID in school. Plus: Vacation tips

CDC updates guidelines to protect kids from COVID in school. Plus: Vacation tips

The updated guidance promotes vaccination for those old enough and says vaccinated children may not need masks. What about kids too young for vaccines? And as summer begins, what about vacation risks?
by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

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As a child, he looked to Obama for proof he could be president. Now he's the U's first Somali American student-body president

As a child, he looked to Obama for proof he could be president. Now he's the U's first Somali American student-body president

Abdulaziz Mohamed hopes to use his experiences growing up as Black and Muslim in the predominantly white Stillwater area to better serve all students — especially those who often get left behind.
by Becky Z. Dernbach

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As demand for vaccines decline, public health shifts focus to small, targeted clinics

As demand for vaccines decline, public health shifts focus to small, targeted clinics

Just a few months ago, the state was launching massive COVID-19 vaccine clinics for anyone who was eligible. But now public health officials are focusing on clinics that are small and targeted to specific, sometimes hard-to-reach populations.
by Catharine Richert

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Nikole Hannah-Jones chooses Howard over UNC-Chapel Hill

Nikole Hannah-Jones chooses Howard over UNC-Chapel Hill

Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure there, and instead will take a tenured position at Howard University.
by The Associated Press

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Long, strange trip: Legislature passes new budget

Long, strange trip: Legislature passes new budget

Hours before a deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, the Minnesota Legislature passed the final elements of a $52 billion two-year state budget. It capped a year of remote meetings and special sessions related to the COVID-19 pandemic that pushed the limits of divided state government. 
by Tim Pugmire

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How critical race theory became the latest battle in the culture war

How critical race theory became the latest battle in the culture war

Critical race theory has been around for about 50 years. But inflamed by conservative media, it’s become the latest flashpoint in the culture wars. Several states have already banned it from being taught in K-12 schools. What are the implications?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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U.S. to review dark history of Indigenous boarding schools

U.S. to review dark history of Indigenous boarding schools

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is launching an inquiry into her agency's past oversight of the federal government's boarding school program for Indigenous children. 
by The Associated Press

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This school district erased all holiday names after dropping Columbus Day

This school district erased all holiday names after dropping Columbus Day

Some institutions have dropped the name Columbus Day or switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day. One New Jersey school district came up with a new solution: eliminate all holiday names.
by Joe Hernandez

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StoryCorps: How role models like Rosa Parks shaped a distracted kid into a leader

StoryCorps: How role models like Rosa Parks shaped a distracted kid into a leader

At StoryCorps in 2010, the Rev. Farrell Duncombe remembered those who shaped him — like Rosa Parks, his former Sunday school teacher. "These are the people that nurtured me. These are the people who saw me when I was still Little Farrell and now I'm their pastor," he said. Duncombe died last week at age 78.
by Jey Born

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