Daily Updates – Page 4 – Racial Reckoning

As COVID-19 Cases Spike in Minnesota, Racial Disparities in Infection Rates Persist

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Medical experts point to a variety of reasons for these disparities, including poorer health as a result of structural racism and a hesitancy to get vaccinated. Tiffany Bui reports.

Protesters demand justice for Hardel Sherrell

MEnd Correctional Care was providing medical services for Beltrami jail in 2018 when 27-year-old Hardel Sherrell died in custody. Protesters say the state should shut the organization down.

U of M to Provide Free or Reduced Tuition for Native Students on all Five of its Campuses

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The tuition waiver program is available to enrolled citizens of federally recognized tribal nations in Minnesota. Feven Gerezgiher reports.

Charter Schools Present Options, Problems

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Critics of charter schools say they are draining funding from school districts; proponents say they are providing much needed options to traditional education. Feven Gerezgiher reports.

Critics Say St. Paul Public School Proposal Hurts Diverse Communities

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“Envision SPPS” would close, merge or relocate eleven schools by next fall. Opponents point out that most of the schools slated to close are in communities of color. Feven Gerezgiher reports.

Healing Trauma Through Doll-Making

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An Indigenous youth group has brought together different nations and generations to heal from the violent legacy of boarding schools. Feven Gerezgiher reports

Twin Cities Voters Pass Rent Control, Re-elect Mayors

Many racial justice activists were disappointed to see Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey re-elected and the public safety charter amendment rejected. Georgia Fort reports.

New Hotline Hopes to Divert Calls from the Police

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Relationships Evolving Possibilities (REP) is an abolitionist group that runs a crisis hotline which responds to non-violent emergencies such as neighbor complaints or welfare checks. Tiffany Bui reports.

Minneapolis Votes on Future of Public Safety

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Voters in Minneapolis will determine the future of policing and public safety in the first major election since George Floyd was killed.

Families Gather to Remember Demetrius Hill

Community members gathered Saturday at the Wilder Recreation Center to mark the anniversary of Demetrius Hill’s death, a Black man who was shot by St.Paul Police in 1997. Safiya Mohamed reports.