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Tens of thousands of Black women vanish each year. This website honors their stories

Tens of thousands of Black women vanish each year. This website honors their stories

Erika Marie Rivers created the Our Black Girls website to shine a light on Black girls and women who have gone missing, a demographic that gets disproportionately less media coverage.
by Sharon Pruitt-Young

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Minnesota charges Brooklyn Center PD, Michaels Stores with discrimination, using excessive force

According to an investigation by the state agency, a white Michaels store manager called the police on a Black 16-year-old who wanted to apply for a job at the crafts business in March 2019. When three white Brooklyn Center police officers arrived, the state’s investigation determined that the officers used unjustified and unreasonable force, and that their body camera footage contradicted reports and testimony they gave.
by Dan Kraker

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How Haitian migrants are getting to the U.S., and where they may go next

How Haitian migrants are getting to the U.S., and where they may go next

U.S. border agents are allowing some Haitian migrants into the country on a temporary basis, while others are being deported or heading back over the border to Mexico.
by Steve Inskeep, Carrie Kahn and Rachel Treisman

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Profile: Susana Pelayo-Woodward on what it means to be a Latina in Minnesota

Profile: Susana Pelayo-Woodward on what it means to be a Latina in Minnesota

When Susana Pelayo-Woodward arrived in Minnesota 37 years ago from Mexico to study, she never imagined she'd stay. Now she is the director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Minnesota Duluth and assistant to the chancellor for inclusive excellence.
by Vicki Adame

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U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions

U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions

U.S. officials say the Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti resigned, protesting large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster. Daniel Foote was appointed to the position only in July, following the assassination of Haiti's president.
by The Associated Press

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Black and Latino homeowners are about twice as likely as whites to get low appraisals

Black and Latino homeowners are about twice as likely as whites to get low appraisals

A new analysis by Freddie Mac has found that only 7.4 percent of appraisals in majority-white census tracts came in below contract price, compared with 12.5 percent for Black areas and 15.4 percent for Latino ones.
by Joe Hernandez

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Abstract art created during Chauvin verdict goes up for auction

Abstract art created during Chauvin verdict goes up for auction

The starting bid for Minneapolis artist seangarrison’s “Walking on Air,” which he painted outside the Hennepin County Government Center, is $150,000. The sale will benefit Youth Link MN and the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery, as well as the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

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LGBTQ vets discharged under 'don't ask, don't tell' have new chance for full benefits

LGBTQ vets discharged under 'don't ask, don't tell' have new chance for full benefits

The new guidance will apply to veterans who were forced from service under the policy and given "other than honorable discharges" due to their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status.
by Jonathan Franklin

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One month after arrival at Fort McCoy: Afghan refugees and concerning reports out of Wisconsin

One month after arrival at Fort McCoy: Afghan refugees and concerning reports out of Wisconsin

It’s been a little over a month since refugees fleeing Afghanistan started arriving at Fort McCoy, one of eight United States military bases tasks with housing the more than 50,000 Afghans seeking refuge from the Taliban.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

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