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culture & Community
After murder-suicide, grieving brother of St. Paul man struggles to comprehend shootings that orphaned five children.
Chee Nou Xiong said the children of Yia Xiong and Ka Lor will need emotional and financial support as they adjust to their dramatically altered lives.
HEALTH
Keeping track of the applesauce: Federal Child Nutrition Programs make it possible for Minnesota nonprofits to serve low-income kids. But while the lunch may be free, you pay for it in paperwork.
Federal authorities allege that Child Nutrition Programs in Minnesota turned into a feast for fraud. This summer, Youthprise, a Twin Cities nonprofit, invited Sahan Journal to visit a neighborhood library and see the exacting work that goes into serving federally-subsidized meals to low-income kids. That means measuring chicken salad, following the clock on lunchtime, and tracking meals with a ticker.
changing minnesota
Two years after Trump left office, the International Institute of Minnesota is expanding to help welcome and resettle new arrivals
Who greets newcomers from Congo when they land at MSP International Airport? The International Institute of Minnesota helps immigrants and refugees resettle in Minnesota. The agency recently expanded its St. Paul offices and tripled its staffing.
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education
Mental health therapists often don’t know how to help patients cope with racial trauma. A pilot program just launched in Brooklyn Center aims to address that.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has partnered with a provider specializing in remote counseling sensitive to lived experiences. If it works in a city still reeling from the killing of Daunte Wright and the pandemic, the insurer plans to expand the program.
LATEST STORIES
Bewildered by the rapidly shifting landscape of abortion access? Don’t despair. In Minnesota, the procedure remains legal, and there’s financial and travel assistance for people seeking care.
Two health experts answer commonly asked questions about where and how to obtain an abortion. There’s help for out-of-state people, too.
New Minneapolis summer school program helps immigrant high-schoolers.
More than half of the students enrolled in the Newcomer Summer High School program are from Afghanistan.
Tragedy in St. Paul: Couple dies in apparent murder-suicide with five young children in the home.
The deaths of Ka Lor and Yia Xiong marked the second such tragedy in the Minnesota Hmong community this summer.
Are you an adult learner, remote worker, or parent planning for your child’s upcoming school year? Are you looking for resources and strategies to stay connected through the internet?
Join us to discuss how qualifying Minnesotans can benefit from digital learning and technology. Learn how to find practical solutions to overcome barriers like lack of technical support and ability to adopt digital skills
‘Our family is broken’: Tekle Sundberg’s supporters release new bystander video of his fatal shooting by Minneapolis police.
The July 14 shooting occurred during what Tekle’s family says was a mental health crisis. “We want information,” his father said.
Minnesotans are organizing to help people suffering from drought and famine in Somalia and Ethiopia. You can too. Here’s how.
Hungry children. Lost livelihoods. Lost lives. As climate change and supply-chain blockages exacerbate the misery in the Horn of Africa, immigrant communities are raising money to help.
Minnesota Representative John Thompson: The exit interview
In an unfiltered conversation with Sahan Journal, the state Representative from St. Paul blamed his landslide August 9 primary election loss on racially motivated slander and DFL money. “I refuse to conform, because the system won’t conform for my people,” Thompson said.
Fewer Hennepin County children enter foster care. But family reunifications become less likely, too, report says.
Foster care numbers have fallen by half, according to annual data from Hennepin County Human Services. But Black and Native American children continue to be overrepresented in Minnesota’s child-welfare system. And once these children enter foster care, they’re less likely to reunite with family.
Minnesota has never elected a Black woman to the state Senate. Zaynab Mohamed and Erin Maye Quade are on track to change that.
An additional three candidates, Clare Oumou Verbeten, Farhio Khalif, and Marla Helseth, will also be vying for historic wins in November.
The Minnesota primary election is Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know to vote.
The results of Tuesday’s primaries determine which candidates will continue on to the November 8 general election ballot.
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Prairie Island Indian Community nuclear concern powers net zero carbon emissions plan.
To disentangle itself from a power plant it never wanted, Prairie Island Community created a $46 million plan to produce net zero carbon emissions within the next decade.
MORE STORIES
Cedric Alexander becomes Minneapolis’ first community safety commissioner.
The new position oversees police, fire, 911, emergency response, and violence prevention efforts.
Loss, death, and Iranian politics haunt singer-songwriter Aida Shahghasemi’s new album.
Aida Shahghasemi immigrated from Iran to Minnesota when she was 13. She sings in Farsi, and will perform at the Cedar Cultural Center on Friday to mark the release of her third album.
Drums explode and saxophones wail at a north Minneapolis band camp paying homage to the high-energy stylings of Black colleges and universities.
Three alumni of historically Black colleges and Universities run an annual summer camp that teaches “show style” marching band techniques associated with the schools. The free camp teaches students discipline as they learn to dance and play instruments.
Black Twin Cities women find hope in law prohibiting discrimination based on hair.
A form of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair (CROWN) Act is either being considered or passed into law in 44 states, including Minnesota.
Hiawatha Golf Course proposal divides Minneapolis residents.
Black golfers say the south Minneapolis course holds a special place in history. Others say an 18-hole course in marshland isn’t environmentally healthy.
Keep kids safe around water this summer with this list of free swim lessons, tips, and beaches with lifeguards.
Free swim lessons, water safety events, and beaches with lifeguards can help reduce the risk of drowning.
Minneapolis and St. Paul adopt innovative strategies to keep kids safe in the water, especially those at higher risk of drowning.
Children of color are more vulnerable to water perils than their white peers, grim data show. With that in mind, swimming instructors are stressing safety before swim strokes.
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Out: chicken soup. In: Mango, lychee, bok choy. A Twin Cities nonprofit wants new recipes to serve ailing clients who are Hmong, East African, and Latino.
Open Arms of Minnesota provides free meals to Minnesotans with serious illnesses. Got a culturally specific recipe to share? You could earn $200!
Teo Nguyen paints Vietnam at peace in a new exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
After moving to the U.S. as a teenager, Teo Nguyen confronted media misrepresentations of the people and place he left behind. His new show at MIA presents a picture of Vietnam without the war and its stereotypes.
