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As Duluth’s highest-ranking Black firefighter retires, efforts grow for more diversity

As Duluth’s highest-ranking Black firefighter retires, efforts grow for more diversity

After more than 25 years on the job, Duluth Assistant Fire Chief Clint Reff is retiring Thursday. When he leaves, there will be only one remaining African American firefighter in a department of about 130 people. Efforts are underway to recruit more diverse fire departments — in Duluth, and beyond. 
by Dan Kraker

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Survey: More Minnesotans rise to fight racism, educate themselves about social injustice

Survey: More Minnesotans rise to fight racism, educate themselves about social injustice

Minnesotans from various racial and ethnic backgrounds name community involvement, growing awareness of racism, as well as cultural celebrations as among the most positive things impacting their communities, according to a new survey.
by Mitchell Levesque

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Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families

Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families

Black patients and their families are less likely to sign up for end-of-life comfort care. To reach them, investors are starting hospice agencies run by people who look like the patients they serve.
by Blake Farmer

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Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

The buoyant, blunt-spoken clergyman used his pulpit as the first Black bishop of Johannesburg and later Archbishop of Cape Town as well as frequent public demonstrations to galvanize public opinion against racial inequity both at home and globally.
by The Associated Press

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Our Lady of Guadalupe parishioners, priest struggle with direction of historic St. Paul church

Our Lady of Guadalupe parishioners, priest struggle with direction of historic St. Paul church

Over the past few months, some longtime parishioners at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church say they are concerned changes made by the priest are erasing the traditions that have been the foundation of the 90-year-old church.
by Vicki Adame

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COVID sent last year's U.S. death rate soaring, especially among people of color

COVID sent last year's U.S. death rate soaring, especially among people of color

Americans' life expectancy declined by nearly two years in 2020 compared to the year before, primarily because of COVID-19. The drop in life expectancy was bigger for men, and for Blacks and Latinos.
by Rhitu Chatterjee and Rachel Treisman

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