“We’re seriously over the moon to be coming back to Children’s Theatre Company,” says creators, Bibi Tesfamariam and Bichu Shimellis. “With our new show, Tulu, we’ll be pulling out all the stops to celebrate the story of Ethiopian icon and Olympic legend, Derartu Tulu, the first African woman to win Olympic gold. After a delay of so many months, we’re more excited than ever to perform with the wonderful audiences of Minnesota again!”
“I’m excited and so flattered that Circus Abyssinia has chosen to tell my story. I’m very intrigued by the circus arts, which are quite new to Ethiopia, and how they might express and connect with my passion for my sport.”
“We are thrilled to bring back the extraordinary Circus Abyssinia to Minnesota,” states Artistic Director Peter C. Brosius. “We love this company and the way the performers lit up the stage with their joy, their incredible feats, daring and virtuosity. This new piece inspired by the energy, risk, and power of the Olympics has already dazzled audiences
by popular demand Exuberant, joyful Circus Abyssinia presents Tulu! At Children’s Theatre
Derartu Tulu grew up in a small village where she tended cattle and lived to run up and down steep valleys, and over dusty plains where hyenas prowled. With breathtaking displays of circus virtuosity, Circus Abyssinia celebrates the ferocious skill and tenacity of young Derartu: how, unmatched
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overseas, and we are delighted to host the American premiere.” Circus Abyssinia: Tulu opened last Monday and runs through October 23, 2022 on the UnitedHealth Group Stage. Tickets can now be purchased at childrenstheatre.org/circus or by calling the ticket office at 612.874.0400. Ticket prices currently range from $15-$64. Subscriptions are also currently available. Subscriptions can be purchased at childrenstheatre. org/subscribe. Circus Abyssinia: Tulu is proudly sponsored by Treat & Co.
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You will feel the energy and spectacle of the Olympic games packed with extraordinary circus acts and be amazed as the world of triumph and virtuosity comes to dynamic life! The Broadway World calls Circus Abyssinia “a cultural phenomenon.”
Running now through October 23, 2022, the dazzling performance is inspired by the story of Ethiopian icon Derartu Tulu, the first Black African woman to win Olympic gold. Tulu had its successful world premiere in London in May of 2022 at the Underbelly Festival with audiences calling it “hypnotic, exciting…DO NOT
Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) prsents Circus Abyssinia, the internationally acclaimed Ethiopian circus that delighted Minnesota audiences in 2019, with their brand-new show, Tulu.
Circus Abbyssinia delivers a dazzling spectacle of high-flying acrobatics, hand balancing, and juggling, sometimes with fire, eye popping flashes backed by pulsepounding Ethio-pop music!
Derartu Tulu said of being the inspiration for Tulu,
in speed and guile, she chased her dreams all the way to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and won gold in the 10,000m with a heart-racing sprint to the finish.
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Shaw, 82, died a day earlier, the statement said.
Editor’s note: This article appeared last month in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Groundbreaking and original CNN anchor Bernard Shaw has died of pneumonia, his family confirmed on Thursday, Sept. 8.
Shaw refused to join the misguided bandwagon.
Keith Ellison emerged as more than just a figurehead during his first term as Attorney General in Minnesota.
“The Community Affordable Loan Solution is a Special Purpose Credit Program which uses credit guidelines based on factors such as timely rent, utility bill, phone and auto insurance payments,” officials stated in the release.
Keith Ellison, trailblazers honored with the Black Press of America Leadership Awards
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According to the National Association of Realtors, today there is a nearly 30-percentage-point gap in homeownership between White and Black Americans; for Hispanic buyers, the gap is nearly 20 percent.
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Shaw retired from CNN after more than 20 years on Feb. 28, 2001.
Dr. Barber and his large following demanded that policymakers fight poverty, not the poor.
and can help individuals and families to build wealth over time,” said AJ Barkley, head of neighborhood and community lending for Bank of America.
CNN anchor emeritus Bernard Shaw accepts the 2007 NABJ Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism, August 2007 at the National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention and Career Fair in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Bank of America announced a new zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgage solution for first-time homebuyers, which will be available in designated markets, including certain African American and Hispanic neighborhoods in Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Miami.
As CNN’s first chief anchor when the network launched in 1980, Shaw immediately showed why he was the man for the job.
This year’s NNPA Leadership Awards Reception theme is “Saluting Transformational Leaders and
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Protecting teacher diversity is key for students
Bank of America also has a 26-year relationship with the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), through
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1963 to 1968. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, including stints in Hawaii and at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, NC, where in 1962, he was a “Message Center” specialist as a Corporal, E-4.
the erroneous information when all the network anchors did,” Cafferty recalled.
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Students repeatedly ask for teachers who look like them and understand their cultural background.Protections for teachers of color and Indigenous teachers from budget cuts is about preserving a diverse teaching workforce that represents the population of students. Both district and union leaders agreed that this was a priority and the best way forward. The protections are not a point of controversy in Minneapolis. These protections are in place to prevent teachers from underrepresented groups
And the competitive housing market has made it even more difficult for potential homebuyers, especially people of color, to buy strengthens“Homeownershiphomes.ourcommunities
When John Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan, Press Secretary James Brady also took a bullet to the head from the would-be assassin. Clamoring to break the news, anchors across the nation and on CNN rushed to proclaim Brady’s death.
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President of the historically Black Tennessee State University since 2013 and the international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Dr. Glenda Glover, has already carved an indelible imprint on Black students at her school and across the nation.
Sixty-threealike. percent of MPS students are of color, but people of color and Indigenous people make up only 18% of licensed teachers.
Meanwhile, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, the architect of the Moral Movement, has remained vigilant in the fight for social justice.
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of color signi cantly (by 30%) in the last few years, those teachers are the first to be cut because of lack of tenure when budget cuts happen.
“Our Community Affordable Loan Solution will help make the dream of sustained homeownership attainable for more Black and Hispanic families, and it is part of our broader commitment to the communities that we serve.”
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“When conversing with Shaw about why he was the only anchor covering the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Regan to not report that James Brady was dead, Shaw said that he didn’t go on air with the information because he didn’t have confirmation with ‘anyone in the room,’” CNN analyst Jack Cafferty said during a Jan. 4, 2006, spot on the network’s “The Situation Room.”
In addition to expanding access to credit and down payment assistance, Bank of America said it provides educational resources to help
While MPS has increased the hiring of teachers
Recently, President Joe Biden appointed Dr. Glover as vice-chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs.
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Through this commitment, Bank of America has already helped more than 36,000 people and families become homeowners, having provided more than $9.5 billion in low down payment loans and over $350 million in non-repayable down payment and/or closing cost grants.
The “People’s lawyer” displayed a firm and steady hand guiding the state through Covid restrictions, settling multi-billion-dollar drug cases with opioid distributors and Johnson & Johnson, and protecting tenants’ rights in landlord disputes.
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On Thursday, September 29, Dr. Barber, Dr. Glover, Winston, and Ellison will receive NNPA National Leadership Awards.
“It requires no mortgage insurance or minimum credit score. Individual eligibility is based on income and home location.”
James Winston, President of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB), has earned the distinction as the voice representing Black-owned broadcasters.
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At CNN, Shaw reported on some of his generation’s most memorable news stories. He anchored coverage of the infamous Tiananmen Square incident in 1989, the first Gulf War in Baghdad in 1991, and the 2000 presidential election that featured Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore.
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He enjoyed a passionate interest in the print media, clipping articles from newspapers, often traveling at weekends to Washington, DC (“Big W”).
On Monday, a lawsuit was led against the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) for the district’s recent agreement with the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) to prevent teachers of color and Indigenous teachers from being released by their school or the district due to budget cuts (“Suit calls new MPS contract racist,” front page, Aug. 24). These protections for teachers of color are important because teachers of color and Indigenous teachers positively all students — students of color, Indigenous students and white students
which the Bank has committed to providing an additional $15 billion in mortgages to low-to-moderate income homebuyers through May 2027.
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Officials said the new program is in addition to and complements Bank of America’s existing $15 billion Community Homeownership Commitment to offer affordable mortgages, industry leading grants and educational opportunities to help 60,000 individuals and families purchase affordable homes by 2025.
With a guest performance by Grammy winner Chrisette Michele, the 7 p.m. ceremony at the Marriott Marquis in Northwest, Washington, D.C., honors individuals who show continuous support of the Black Press and the Black Community.
According to a news release, the Community Affordable Loan Solution aims to help eligible individuals and families obtain an affordable loan to purchase a home.
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Winston believes more is needed to increase and enhance the ownership of media businesses by African Americans and other minorities.
MPS has one of the worst achievement gaps in the nation, and teachers of color help students stay, and help them learn.
Protections are needed because: A diverse teaching improves outcomes for all students.
Declaring that “we won’t be silent anymore,” Dr. Barber led the Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls in June.
Shaw cultivated an acquaintance with Walter Cronkite and had an interest in baseball.
The Inflation Reduction Act provides pathways to high-quality jobs
Our education system was never built for students of color and indigenous students. Our education system was built for wealthy white male students. And so this starts at the beginning of the history of public education in this country.
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Coalition is a multiracial, multicultural movement of families, students, teachers, and community members working together to dismantle racism at MPS schools. Their main goal is to develop an issue platform that will elevate six of the most important issues facing students and teachers of color. Their vision is that every child in Minneapolis should receive a highquality education. Their mission is to develop the political will to eliminate institutional racism in MPS. The organization’s mantra: We believe so strongly in the power of an equitable system that we are willing to fight for it.
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By Brenda Lyle Gray
For years, Minneapolis Public Schools has been failing communities of color and indigenous communities when it comes to educating our children. When one in 10, one in five students of color are reading at grade level or doing math at grade level, that is a real issue.
The law’s prevailing wage requirements will support high-quality jobs because they require subsidized firms to pay workers at least the going market rate. These requirements will help prevent these massive federal investments from driving down wages for construction workers as contractors compete for the lowest bids.
CAP and co-author of the analysis. “It is a model for how the government can invest taxpayer funds in a safer, cleaner future for the country while creating good jobs.”
He began his broadcasting career as an anchor and reporter for WNUS in Chicago. According to the African American Registry, he then worked as a reporter for the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company in Chicago, moving later to Washington as the White House correspondent.
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for a more just society.”
We at the Advancing Equity Coalition, a multicultural, multiracial group focused on education justice in Minneapolis, led an advocacy effort in support of these protections because we know the district cannot afford to lose any diversity among its current teachers.
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Here are excerpts from the interview with Kenneth Eban last week on The Conversation with Al McFarlane.
will be cut. Not to mention the 50 teachers of color and Indigenous teachers who were released from their buildings last year because of budget constraints.
Executive Director of Advancing Equity Coalition, Kenneth Eban is the son of immigrants. His mother is from India. His father is from Lagos, Nigeria. They knew very little about American education, but what they did know is that they wanted their son to have the best that life could offer. They worked hard and sacrificed much for that to happen. He grew up in the suburbs and attended private schools. Quite clearly, the young Eban had an excellent education, and he will be forever in gratitude to the loving guardians that made that happen.
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While attending University of Minnesota, he had an opportunity to really reflect upon his own academic experience. “I began to gain an interest in learning about the expected educational outcomes for students in Minneapolis Public Schools. I attended school board meetings and embraced the knowledge and wisdom of giants in the field such as Bill English, Chris Stewart, Tracine Asberry, and the late Husain Samatar. After graduating with a degree in political science and learning from some really intelligent
bureau of CBS News from 1971 to 1977. In 1977, he moved to ABC News as a Latin American correspondent and bureau chief before becoming the Capitol Hill Senior Correspondent. He left ABC in 1980 to move to CNN as its Principal Anchor. The African American Registry noted that most remember Shaw’s question to Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Michael Dukakis at his second Presidential debate with George H. W. Bush during the 1988 election, which Shaw moderated. Armed with the knowledge that Dukakis opposed
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Under the new legislation, the federal government will provide clean energy industries longterm support by extending tax credits for 10 years. This support is tied to standards and incentives that give more Americans access to registered
He served as a correspondent in the Washington
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The majority of white students in MPS receives a highquality education. Looking at the academic outcomes and experiences they are afforded in terms of their test scores, graduation rates, participation in advanced or rigorous courses, Black, brown,
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apprenticeships and high-quality jobs in the clean energy industry.
Black media provides an invaluable service by centering Black voices, engaging the community, and pushing
Kenneth Eban is executive director of the Minneapolis-based Advancing Equity Coalition.
Read the issue brief: “The Inflation Reduction Act Provides Pathways to HighQuality Jobs” by Mike Williams, Marina Zhavoronkova, and David Madland
But the population of across the country is changing and we need every single student, every single young person to solve the challenges of tomorrow. We’re looking at climate change, homelessness, job security, healthcare… all issues that are coming to a head. We need our
The manufactured outrage over the protections in the lawsuit is the right wing’s attempt to distract and agitate its base as it continues to undermine our democracy and strip away our rights. If conservatives are truly concerned about this, they can simply agree to adequately fund public education with Minnesota’s $9 billion surplus, so MPS does not need to worry about laying off staff because of budget cuts.
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We will not allow this attack on teachers of color and policies that support them go unanswered. Our students demand and deserve the best, and the Advancing Equity Coalition will continue to fight to ensure that all children in MPS, especially students of color and Indigenous students, are equipped with teachers who represent them, their culture, their language and their identity, and who provide the best outcomes for them.
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“This law raises the standard when it comes to the quality of jobs and offering pathways for training skilled workers in the clean energy industry,” said Mike Williams, a senior fellow at
In August, there was a right wing push that put that contract provision under a lot of scrutiny. That led to a lawsuit that was recently filed against Minneapolis public schools alleging such contract considerations create a racist policy against white people. That’s why I wrote the opinion piece you are publishing here in Insight News.
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These protections are critical because of the financial challenges the district currently faces. Last fall, the district projected the need to lay off more than 130 teachers to balance the budget, but was able to avoid that with the use of the federal aid dollars that came to Minneapolis as a response to COVID-19. However, this federal aid will soon run out, and the least-senior teachers, who are disproportionately teachers of color and Indigenous teachers,
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folks both in Minneapolis and across the country, and from students who were willing to share what they were doing in their cities, I seized upon the opportunities offered. I have spent the last 10 years dedicating my life and career trying to understand the inequities and how they have led to giant disparities and how they have perpetually been ignored and how they have been allowed to manifest,” heAdvancingsaid.
expressed gratitude for the award. “I am honored to receive the National Leadership Award from the NNPA/Black
Press of America,” Ellison stated. “The Black Press has served as a trusted source of information for 195 years.
The labor and workforce training standards included in the Inflation Reduction Act will ensure that the transition to a clean energy economy is built with good jobs, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress.
young people to solve these issues. They’re the ones who attract the resources to Minneapolis public schools, but white students are the ones that most greatly benefit from those resources being attracted to Minneapolis public schools. We know that our Minneapolis Public Schools teacher staff does not match our student population Thisdemographics.Spring,Minneapolis teachers and education support professionals went on strike for higher wages and other work condition issues. Our organization, several teachers of color, both Minneapolis, public schools and the Minneapolis Federation of teachers all also wanted to figure out a way to ensure that we were able to grow our diversity in our teaching population. The new contract included an article to ensure that we do not cut any of our underrepresented teachers through a process of budget cuts or anything like that.
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and indigenous students who are actually the majority do not have those outcomes.The data that just came out for the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment standardized test reveals that less than 10% of Black, brown, and indigenous students have mastered math standards and less than 20% have mastered reading standards.
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When asked about Misk’s statement that some children have not gone home as soon as they might have, Nick Petersen, a spokesman for Children’s, said children are admitted or discharged “based on the expert judgment of the medical professionals who care for them.”
Tracey Dittrich, 50, a registered nurse at the hospital for nearly 24 years, said nurses are tired of “hospital administrators and managers that are telling us to do more.”
The hospitals have offered a 10-12% wage increase over three years, but nurses are seeking more than 30%.
photo/Ben Hovland Nurses picket outside North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike Monday, pressing for salary increases they say are needed to retain nurses fleeing the profession under stresses worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.
The state has worked hard to ensure Minnesotans can access COVID-19 testing in a variety of ways.
Dozens of Minnesota pharmacies and federally qualified health centers are participating in the federal Test to Treat program. There, you can take a COVID-19 test and, if positive, be assessed by a provider on-site. If you are eligible for treatment, you can receive and fill a prescription for pills at the same time. The federal government has a Test to Treat locator to help find participating sites. Some of these sites require appointments. Learn more at the U.S. Department of Health
“The union rejected all requests for mediation and held fast to wage demands that were unrealistic, unreasonable and unaffordable,” several of the Twin Cities hospitals under strike said in a joint statement.
Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a threeday strike Monday, pressing for salary increases they say will help improve patient care by resolving understaffing stresses that have worsened in the coronavirus pandemic.
Kathy Misk, another registered nurse at Children’s, works in case management and helps families transition from hospital care to caring for their child at home. Misk said a shortage of nurses has sometimes required keeping “high-tech” children – those who need special equipment to breathe, for example – from going home as soon as they
By Trisha Ahmed and Gretchen Ehlke Associated Press
counter, at-home COVID-19 tests are now required to be covered by health plans offered by Medicare, insurance companies, employers and groups as a result of actions taken by the Biden Administration. In some circumstances, Minnesotans can receive free tests by showing their insurance card at a store. People should check with their health plan prior to purchasing at-home tests to ensure they are following the necessary steps to have costs covered.
severe illness, hospitalization and death. Talk to a health care provider to learn if you qualify for COVID-19 treatment and where to get it. Learn more about COVID-19 medication at COVID-19 Treatments.
Ahmed is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Anyone can walk in or schedule an appointment for a test at one of the state’s free COVID-19 Community Testing sites or find a testing option near them through the state’s Find Testing Locations map.
otherwise could. Raising pay could help the hospital keep nurses on staff, she said.
and more support staff, and higher pay will help, she said.
The statement said
Order your free athome rapid tests. Food banks, local public health agencies, community groups and other community health organizations may also have free tests available.
Scores of nurses began walking the picket line at 7 a.m. outside Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, one of 15 hospitals affected.
Clad in the red T-shirts of the Minnesota Nurses Association and carrying signs with such slogans as, “Something has got to give,” several said their chief concern was patient safety.
Jean Ross, copresident of National Nurses United, billed as the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the U.S., said more nurses across the country are pushing back and that most job actions revolve around the same core issues — staffing and pay.
strike could begin as early as Friday unless Congress steps in to block it. The two largest railroad unions have been demanding that the major freight carriers go beyond a proposed deal recommended by arbitrators appointed by President Joe Biden.
The Minnesota nurses’ strike comes amid an upsurge in union activity nationwide.
Some high-profile companies, including Starbucks, are among those trying to stifle ongoing unionization efforts. Since late last year, more than 230 U.S. Starbucks
Separately, in Wisconsin, a potential threeday strike by nurses at UW Health, one of the state’s largest health systems, that was set to start Tuesday was averted when the nurses and the UW Hospital board reached an agreement. Details weren’t immediately released.
stores have voted to unionize, which Starbucks opposes. Ehlke reported from suburban Milwaukee. Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis contributed to this report.
Governor Tim Walz today announced Minnesotans can now place a third order for four additional free at-home rapid tests through the state’s online ordering program.
When to get tested: Testing continues to be important for preventing the spread of the virus. It is especially important to get tested if you have symptoms of COVID-19 or had close contact with someone who has COVID-19. For more details and additional information on when to get tested, see the MDH COVID-19 Testing page.
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Minnesotans who have previously ordered the full limit of eight tests from this program are now able to receive four additional tests per household at Order your free at-home rapid tests on mn.gov/covid19. Those who have not yet placed an order can receive up to twelve tests at once while supplies last. The federal government’s free at-home test program was suspended earlier this month.
Hospital leaders called their wage demands unaffordable, noting that Allina and Fairview hospitals have posted operating losses and that the cost of such sharp wage increases would be passed along to patients.
The hospitals need more nurses
“There are shifts where you have three critically ill patients, and you have to decide which patient gets the care, when,” Dittrich said. “I work with people all the time that go home every day and feel horrible because one child had to wait longer for medication, or another child needed to wait longer for an IV. Another child maybe had to wait for a breathing treatment because we just couldn’t get to them all fast enough.”
rapid test kits for Minnesotans,” said Governor Tim Walz. “The free tests are just one part of the state’s comprehensive testing and vaccination program to provide readily available COVID-19 protection services across the state.”
“You don’t retain nurses with low wages,” Misk said. “When you incentivize nurses with pay, what you’re saying to them is they have worth, and they are able to stay in one job.”
The hospitals affected by the strike are operated by Allina Health, M Health Fairview, Children’s Hospital, North Memorial and HealthPartners. In Duluth, it is Essentia and St Luke’s.
“We have to have a bottom line where you just can’t shove any more patients on to that nurse.”
“With the suspension of the federal mail order tests, Minnesota will continue to ensure access to free at-home
Union spokesman Sam Fettig said the nurses chose a three-day strike, rather than an open-ended walkout, out of concern for patients.
Some 15,000 nurses at seven health care systems in the Minneapolis and Duluth areas walked out, a number the union says makes it the largest strike ever by private-sector nurses. The affected hospitals said they have recruited temporary nurses and expected to maintain most services.
“The pandemic did so many things in pointing out, clarifying and shining a light on what life is like in the hospitals and what nurses are expected to do, which is a lot with very little,” Ross said.
Thousands of Minnesota nurses launch 3-day strike over pay
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people with emergency issues should continue to call 911 or go to emergency rooms. It said despite staffing hospitals with “experienced nurse managers, trained replacement nurses and some existing traveler nurses” that people may see some delay in being treated.
A national railroad
“We need to get serious about election integrity,” Masters posted on his site in August. “The 2020 election was a rotten mess – if we had had a free and fair election, President Trump would be sitting in the Oval Office today and America would be so much better off.”
Changing demographics favor Democrats
Shaw’s family said they would schedule a public memorial later, but they currently have plans for a private funeral.
That possibility has Democrats fearing repeats of political acts such as the Republican-backed review of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona’s largest county that ended without producing proof to support Trump’s false claims of a stolen election.
politicians. Bill Clinton was the only Democratic candidate to win a presidential race there since the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.
little time after her primary win to use incendiary language in proclaiming her first goal if elected governor in November.
Heading into November, one thing is clear: The 2022 midterm elections in Arizona cannot be won by one party alone, but requires a combination of Republicans, Democrats and independent voters to win in this evenly divided state.
Arizona’s Latino voters and political independents could spell midterm defeats for MAGA candidates
said in a statement Thursday. “He was our lead anchor for the next twenty years, from anchoring coverage of presidential elections to his iconic coverage of the First Gulf War live from Baghdad in 1991. Even after he left CNN, Bernie remained a close member of our CNN family, providing
our viewers with context about historical events as recently as last year. The condolences of all of us at CNN go out to his wife Linda and his children.”
tend to support Democrats. In a March 2022 poll, about 48% of Latinos nationwide considered themselves Democrats, and only 23% identified as Republican.
The Democrats are focusing on get-out-the-vote efforts, particularly among young Latinos, and painting the Trump-endorsed candidates as too extreme for Arizonans.
According to a 2022 study, Latinos are more likely to be Democrats than non-Latinos are, with 45% of Latinos affiliating with the Democratic Party, compared with 28% of non-Latinos.
With such an equal split among political parties, election outcomes rely more on voter turnout. In the past two presidential elections, the number of registered voters who cast ballots jumped from about 2.6 million, or 74%, in 2016 to 3.4 million, or nearly 80%, in 2020.
Counting the political
By some estimates, Latinos could make up as much as 50% of the state’s population by 2050.
the death penalty, Shaw asked Dukakis if he would support an irrevocable death penalty for a
Less than 15% of Latinos are registered as Republicans, the report found, and 40% are registered as “other” and are not affiliated with either major party.
MAGA state?
By Gina PrincipalWoodallLecturer at the School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
the family requests donations be made to the Bernard Shaw Scholarship Fund at the University of Chicago. The Shaw family requests complete privacy at this time,” the family said in their statement provided by former CNN CEO Tom Johnson.
Among registered voters, the GOP has about 1.5 million residents, or 35%. Nearly 1.3 million voters are registered as Democrats, while about 1.4 million, or about 34%, registered as other or independent.
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man who hypothetically raped and murdered Dukakis’s wife.
The growth of Latino voters in Arizona contributed to Joe Biden’s win in 2020 – and also the elections of Democrats Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema to the U.S. Senate.
“CNN’s beloved anchor and colleague, Bernard Shaw, passed away yesterday at 82. Bernie was a CNN original and was our Washington Anchor when we launched on Jun. 1, 1980,” Chris Licht, CNN Chairman and CEO
While each of the candidates made Trump’s false claims that he won the presidential contest a central part of their campaigns, it’s unclear whether that message will resonate among Arizona’s increasingly diverse registered voters in the general election on Nov. 8, 2022.
After the primary, Masters’ site only says, “We need to get serious about election integrity.”
“Day 1,” she wrote on Twitter. “I take my hand off the Bible, give the Oath of Office and we Declare an Invasion on our Southern Border …”
In Arizona, the numbers are similar.
If national statistics are any indication, Latino voters
The victories of extremist GOP candidates and open support of baseless conspiracy theories have added a volatile ingredient to the politics of Arizona, where a historically conservative electorate is undergoing dramatic political shifts due to changing demographics.
Most disconcerting to Democrats was the primary win of Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem, a 2020 election denier who won the Republican nomination for secretary of
state over a more moderate Republican. If he beats Democrat Adrian Fontes in the November general election, Finchem would oversee the state’s elections.
On abortion, for instance, Masters has gone as far as scrubbing his own website of previous hard-line, anti-abortion stances and support for Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
That resentment played out during the Aug. 13, 2022, Republican primaries that saw Trump-endorsed candidates for U.S. Senate, governor, secretary of state and state attorney general sweep the GOP ticket.
While Lake is fully embracing her MAGA support, Masters is doing the opposite in the U.S. Senate race against the incumbent Kelly. In one of the most competitive U.S. Senate races in the country, Kelly, a moderate Democrat, is favored to win. As a result, Masters has started moderating his image and toning down his extremist rhetoric after beating his GOP rivals.
As part of her campaign, Lake has attempted to paint Hobbes as someone who would be ineffective on border security. It’s unclear whether that strategy will work in a state with a fastgrowing Latino population.
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In fact, Lake wasted
In the state’s attorney general’s race, GOP candidate and another 2020 election denier Abraham Hamadeh, faces Democrat Kris Mayes.
The party that was once dominated by conservative leader Barry Goldwater and John McCain, a moderate Republican who believed in fighting against climate change, has been taken over by leaders who support the notion that Trump somehow won the state and the last presidential election.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona marches in a Fourth of July parade in Arizona on July 4, 2022.
“In lieu of flowers,
The state GOP is counting on President Biden’s low approval ratings, high inflation and the typical midterm referendum on the incumbent’s party to get its voters out on Election Day.
Given the changing demographics in Arizona, that strategy may appeal to not only independent voters but also mainstream Republicans disillusioned with the extreme wing of their party.
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Given the increase in Latino voters in the state, it is no surprise that tightening immigration laws is an issue among the GOP, especially among Trump supporters.
Over the past 10 years, residents who identify solely as white saw their numbers shrink from 73% in 2010 to 60% in 2020. At the same time, the number of residents who identified as more than one race grew from 3.4% in 2010 to nearly 14% in 2020.
“Dukakis responded that he would not; some critics felt he framed his response too legalistically and logically and did not address it sufficiently personally. Other critics thought the question inflammatory and unwarranted at a presidential
Since then, Republican leaders in Arizona and around the nation have taken a hard right.
As a native Arizonan who has studied Arizona politics for the past 20 years, I have seen the rise of political extremism in my home state.
numbers
Two years after the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump’s resentment over losing continues to energize his supporters in Arizona.
In all, Arizona has close to 7.5 million residents, and over 30% of them identify as Latino. Over the past decade, the state’s Latino population grew from 1.9 million to 2.2 million.
For the past 70 years, Arizona has been a reliable state for Republican presidential
ShawShaw
Trump-endorsed Blake Masters beat his Republican challengers and faces incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly. In the governor’s race, Kari Lake, the former television anchor endorsed by Trump, is facing Democrat Kati Hobbes, the sitting Arizona secretary of state, for the governor’s office.
debate,” researchers at the registry reported.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
That changed in 2020 with Biden’s surprising win over Trump. Though the election saw a record turnout of about 3.4 million voters, it was ultimately decided by a mere 10,457 votes.
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“My hometown taught me the value of hard work, and my mom taught me to respect others,” said Cox.
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These lessons have helped Cox while serving with the Navy.
“The U.S. Navy—forward deployed and integrated with all elements of national power— deters conflict, strengthens our alliances and partnerships, and guarantees free and open access to the world’s oceans. As the United States responds to the security environment through integrated deterrence, our Navy must continue to deploy forward and campaign with a ready,
St. native supports U.S. Navy Hawkeye Aircraft
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of its first flight, which occurred August 3, 2007. Known as the Navy’s “digital quarterback,” the Hawkeye gives the warfighter expanded battlespace awareness. The Hawkeye’s command and control capability makes it a multi-mission platform through its ability to coordinate concurrent missions such as airborne strike, land force support, rescue operations and support for drug interdiction operations. The Hawkeye is one of the aircraft launched from an aircraft carrier.
Cox and the sailors they serve with have many opportunities to achieve accomplishments during their military service. “I’m proud of going on an around-the-worldtour deployment in 20182019,” said Cox. “It took eleven months. We started in Bremerton, Washington, and ended our deployment pulling into Norfolk, Virginia. We were providing support in both Iraq and Afghanistan. We stopped in Singapore, Thailand, Bahrain, Dubai and France along the way.”
“The aircraft carrier is our U.S. Navy’s centerpiece,
Navy aircraft carriers are designed for a 50-year service life. When the air wing is embarked, the ship carries more than 70 attack fighter jets, helicopters and other aircraft, all of which take off from and land aboard the carrier at sea. With more than 5,000 sailors serving aboard, the aircraft carrier is a self-contained mobile airport.
“The Navy protects our homeland from all angles,” said Cox. “We allow international travel and trade and defend all waterways that access the United States.”
Growing up in St. Paul, Cox attended Harding High School and graduated in 2015.
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Today, Cox relies upon skills and values similar to those found in St. Paul to succeed in the military.
“I would like to shout out to my instructors at the Harding Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program for helping me understand navy life before I came in,” said Cox.
percent of all trade traveling by sea, and 95 percent of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through fiber optic cables lying on the ocean floor, Navy officials continue to emphasize the importance of accelerating America’s advantage at sea.
“Maintaining the world’s best Navy is an investment in the security and prosperity of the United States, as well as the stability of our world,” said Adm. Mike Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations.
Aircraft carriers are often the first response to a global crisis because of their ability to operate freely in international waters anywhere on the world’s oceans.
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As Cox and other sailors continue to train and perform missions, they take pride in serving their country in the United States Navy. “Serving means I get to carry on the family tradition of being in the Navy,” added Cox.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Corey Cox, a native of St. Paul, Minnesota, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Airborne Command and Control Squadron 120 supporting the E-2D carrier airborne early warning aircraft, known as the Hawkeye.
Photo by Petty O cer 1st Class Amber Weingart, Navy O ce of Community Outreach Petty Officer 3rd Class Corey Cox
Since USS Langley’s commissioning 100 years ago, the nation’s aircraft carriers and embarked carrier air wings have projected power, sustained sea control, bolstered deterrence, provided humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and maintained enduring commitments worldwide.
“I joined to serve my country and follow in my grandfather’s footsteps,” said Cox. “I’ve always looked up to my grandfather. He was an engineman in the Navy during Vietnam.”
By Patricia Rodriguez, Petty Officer 1st Class Navy Office of Community Outreach
Serving in the Navy means Cox is part of a team that is taking on new importance in America’s focus on strengthening alliances, modernizing capabilities, increasing capacities and maintaining military readiness in support of the National Defense Strategy.
capable, combat-credible fleet.”
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Cox joined the Navy seven years ago. Today, Cox serves as an aviation machinist’s mate.
our flagship, and a constant reminder to the rest of the world of our enduring maritime presence and influence,” said Rear Adm. James P. Downey, USN, Program Executive Officer (PEO) Aircraft Carriers. “These ships touch every part of our Navy’s mission to project power, ensure sea control, and deter our adversaries.”
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