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Trump-backed election denier wins Michigan GOP endorsement for secretary of state

Trump-backed election denier wins Michigan GOP endorsement for secretary of state

by Hannah Schoenbaum | Apr 24, 2022 | Featured, Politics

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party endorsed Kristina Karamo as its secretary of state candidate Saturday, making her the first GOP secretary of state selection who has repeatedly cast doubt on the 2020 election outcome. Former President Donald Trump...
Native Americans in Chicago have high opioid death rates. So why won’t they get tribal settlement money?

Native Americans in Chicago have high opioid death rates. So why won’t they get tribal settlement money?

by Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Health, Urban Indian Healthcare

CHICAGO – Sarina DiMaso, a citizen of the Chiricahua Apache and Taino Nations, stumbled into her Chicago home seven years ago after a drug and alcohol binge to find her 24-year-old daughter, Nicole, dead by suicide in DiMaso’s bedroom. Riddled with guilt and trapped...
Stefanik, House Republicans say country is ‘in crisis’ ahead of Biden’s State of the Union address

Stefanik, House Republicans say country is ‘in crisis’ ahead of Biden’s State of the Union address

by Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is likely to highlight his responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in his first State of the Union address Tuesday evening. But Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and House Republican leaders expect the president...
Preventing future ‘wrongs’: new USDA equity panel looks to expand agriculture resources to minority communities

Preventing future ‘wrongs’: new USDA equity panel looks to expand agriculture resources to minority communities

by Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice

WASHINGTON – Members of a new equity commission advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture said they want to make sure the USDA does a better job providing resources to Black farmers and other minority communities following decades of racial discrimination....
A new USDA commission asks how to end discrimination in farming, but Black farmers are skeptical

A new USDA commission asks how to end discrimination in farming, but Black farmers are skeptical

by Hannah Schoenbaum | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday will unveil the members of a new commission to combat decades of discrimination by the department that Black farmers say has contributed to a sharp decrease in their ranks across the country. But some Black...
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