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‘La vanguardia’: Latinx youth lead a movement to get Minnesota Latinos voting

‘La vanguardia’: Latinx youth lead a movement to get Minnesota Latinos voting

Young Latinos are becoming more politically active as the state’s Latino population grows rapidly. The presidential election has sharpened their focus and their desire to get their voices heard. 
by Kathryn Styer Martinez

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Washington Post critic says 'Trump has unwittingly enabled' discussions of race

Washington Post critic says 'Trump has unwittingly enabled' discussions of race

Carlos Lozada tells NPR: "It's ironic that a president with such a negative force for race relations" and women's rights has presided over a period where both groups feel more empowered to speak out.
by Steve Inskeep

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Teen who recorded Floyd death on phone to receive PEN award

Teen who recorded Floyd death on phone to receive PEN award

"With nothing more than a cell phone and sheer guts, Darnella (Frazier) changed the course of history in this country, sparking a bold movement demanding an end to systemic anti-Black racism and violence at the hands of police," PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement Tuesday.
by The Associated Press

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Basketball star Sue Bird says WNBA players' activism is 'nonnegotiable'

Basketball star Sue Bird says WNBA players' activism is 'nonnegotiable'

Even as the league weathered a busy, unpredictable season in the "wubble," the Seattle Storm superstar carried on her colleagues' commitment to social justice activism.
by Emma Bowman

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Election 2020: Latinx women's vote could affect the outcome

Election 2020: Latinx women's vote could affect the outcome

"It's the dehumanizing rhetoric President Trump uses when referring to immigrants" that drove Lourdes Vázquez to become a U.S. citizen and to vote in this election for the first time, she says.
by Marisa Peñaloza

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Researchers find doubts about COVID-19 vaccine among people of color

Researchers find doubts about COVID-19 vaccine among people of color

At a series of listening sessions, participants voiced worries that the development of a COVID-19 vaccine is being politicized and rushed. Public health experts are taking vaccine hesitancy seriously.
by Laurel Wamsley

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Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies

Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren't welcome in the classroom. The three schools, in Minnesota, Indiana and Virginia, are affiliated with People of Praise.
by The Associated Press

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