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After a tough year, Minnesota's Black women entrepreneurs look for ways to expand opportunity

After a tough year, Minnesota's Black women entrepreneurs look for ways to expand opportunity

For Black women entrepreneurs, the path to success can be filled with more obstacles than for people of other races. This was true before the COVID-19 pandemic and early data emerging shows the problem has worsened.
by Nina Moini

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What do Alabama and California have in common? Top-notch U.S. history standards

What do Alabama and California have in common? Top-notch U.S. history standards

State history standards can give educators a roadmap through the uncomfortable facts of U.S. history. In the current debate over critical race theory, they can also offer political cover.
by Cory Turner

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Worries over racism, waterways inspire push to rename fish

Worries over racism, waterways inspire push to rename fish

Some government agencies are changing the “Asian carp” label to "invasive carp" in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes that surged during the pandemic. At the same time, Illinois officials and partner groups are planning to give the four species yet another name in a marketing campaign to get more people to eat them.
by The Associated Press

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Money in the bank: Child tax credit dollars head to parents

Money in the bank: Child tax credit dollars head to parents

The U.S. government is starting to deposit child tax credit money into the accounts of more than 35 million families. President Joe Biden has expanded the credit for one year as part of coronavirus relief. The result is that most families will now qualify for monthly payments of as much as $300 per child beginning Thursday.
by The Associated Press

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In north Minneapolis, come for the haircut, stay for the shot

In north Minneapolis, come for the haircut, stay for the shot

A White House initiative aims to bring the vaccine to Black-owned barbershops and beauty salons across the country, including one in north Minneapolis.
by Riham Feshir

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More than 160 additional Indigenous graves have been found in Canada

More than 160 additional Indigenous graves have been found in Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his “heart breaks” after the discovery of more unmarked graves on the grounds of an Indigenous residential school in the southern Gulf Islands off the British Columbia coast.
by The Associated Press

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BIPOC, Latinx, POC: How we do — and don’t — identify and why

BIPOC, Latinx, POC: How we do — and don’t — identify and why

Host Angela Davis talked with MPR reporter Vicki Adame, two professors and a DEI expert about how terms like “Latinx,” “BIPOC” and “people of color” evolved, what they mean and who does — and doesn’t — use them.
by Angela Davis and Samantha Matsumoto

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