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Minnesota · MinnesotaMica L. Anders is a professional genealogist from the Twin Cities with a passion for connecting families from all walks of life. Anders, who holds an MFA in visual arts from the University of Minnesota, began her genealogy journey after doing research work about art as a form of storytelling, and ended up writing her master’s thesis about the genealogy of 11 mixed-race people. Her early genealogy clients were her friends who worked on the proje…See the Story
Genealogist traces ancestral stories of Black, brown Minnesotans
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Minnesota · MinnesotaMore than a year after ground was broken in St. Paul for a new affordable housing building, Restoring Waters officially became a home offering innovative supportive services for 60 families. About 100 people gathered Tuesday afternoon for the grand opening of Restoring Waters, created by the Twin Cities nonprofits Project for Pride in Living and Emma Norton Services to support small families that have experienced homelessness. “To walk into th…See the Story
A home for good: Restoring Waters opens in St. Paul
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Housing · MinnesotaOn May 1, protesters and residents rallied at Bii Di Gain Dash Anwebi in south Minneapolis to draw attention to the poor living conditions and lack of maintenance at the affordable housing complex. The unfortunate reality is that these elders are not the only seniors struggling to feel safe and secure in their homes. I am an AmeriCorps VISTA member, working as a tenant organizer with Home Line and the Minnesota Housing Partnership (MHP). I have…See the Story
Senior renters are struggling; problems at Bii Di Gain are the tip of the iceberg
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Pandemic · BloomingtonAn administrator with a major metro school district who worked during the pandemic with a defendant in the Feeding Our Future trial to deliver food to needy children testified Tuesday that she felt used for a fraud scheme. “I feel taken advantage of, I feel the kids were taken advantage of,” said Dinna Wade-Ardley, director of educational equity at Bloomington Public Schools. Wade-Ardley also testified that she inadvertently lied in an email on…See the Story
Bloomington schools staffer says she was misled by food contractor
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Plymouth, Minnesota · PlymouthHennepin County will soon add sweat lodges at the Adult Corrections Facility in Plymouth for Indigenous detainees to use. The Adult Corrections Facility holds people for short-term custody of up to one year. It is managed by the county’s Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation, and can hold up to 477 people. Last month, Hennepin County commissioners approved up to $30,000 to go toward building the sweat lodges. The county will w…See the Story
Hennepin County adds two sweat lodges to jail in Plymouth
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Minnesota · MinnesotaThis story was originally published on May 13, 2024. Published with permission from The Intercept, an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, adversarial journalism. Sign up for The Intercept’s Newsletter. The United States did not offer compensation to the family of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter who were killed in a 2018 drone strike in Somalia, according to a new Pentagon …See the Story
Five years after fatal drone strike, Somali family still lacks answers
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Charter Schools · Brooklyn ParkIn April 2019, the school board of Noble Academy voted to approve a lawn-care contract with an obscure company. According to the terms of the contract, the Brooklyn Park charter school would pay Angel’s Lawn Care to trim shrubs twice a year; perform garden-box maintenance once per season; and weed grass areas as needed — all across two school campuses. The cost of this occasional seasonal yard work would come to $20,000 annually. School-board …See the Story
A $132 million loophole in Minnesota’s anti-corruption laws
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Charter Schools · MinnesotaNearly 70,000 Minnesota kids attend charter schools, and two-thirds of them are students of color. That’s more students than attend any single school district in the state, and more than the combined undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus. But despite their large educational footprint, charter schools are rarely subject to in-depth reporting from local newsrooms. Minnesota charter schools, like ch…See the Story
Five points from Sahan’s investigation of charter-school contracts
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