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by Ariel Gans and Jonathan Lehrfeld | May 31, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — “I have a learning disability, and at a very young age, I was told that I wouldn’t be able to walk and talk. Now, look what I can do,” said O’Donnell, who recently began work as a barista at Bitty and Beau’s Coffee, a coffee shop that primarily...
by Zoya Mirza and Julia Mueller | May 26, 2022 | Featured, Politics
DENVER – A trio of Republicans are jostling for the GOP nomination in the Colorado secretary of state primaries, with former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, indicted on election fraud charges, leading the Republican fundraising but well behind Democrat incumbent Jena...
by Catherine Buchaniec, Annie Klingenberg and Julia Shapero | May 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics
ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger beat out Trump-endorsed candidate Rep. Jody Hice to win the Republican primary for secretary of state on Tuesday. The sitting secretary of state won 52.3% of the vote, while Hice, who represents Georgia’s...
by Katherine Huggins and Julia Mueller | May 24, 2022 | Featured, Health, Urban Indian Healthcare
MINNEAPOLIS — Tucked away on a side street near downtown, the Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy offers its Native American clientele the services of any ordinary drugstore — it dispenses critical medication and provides consultation on treatments. But there are two key...
by Ariel Gans and Katherine Huggins | May 24, 2022 | Education, Featured, Urban Indian Healthcare
MINNEAPOLIS — Bison pastrami is not typical school lunch fare, but it’s a crowd favorite at a preschool in Minneapolis. Fawn Youngbear-Tibbetts — the seemingly always on-the-go coordinator of Indigenous foods at the Wicoie Nandagikendan Early Childhood Urban Immersion...
by Ariel Gans and Katherine Huggins | May 24, 2022 | Featured, Politics
LAS VEGAS — Seven candidates are vying for the Republican nomination for secretary of state in Nevada, ranging from the most vociferous 2020 election denier – James Marchant – through a number of others who question Joe Biden’s legitimacy as president to varying...
