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Managing editor @SahanJournal. Email: [email protected] Former Star Tribune reporter.
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Joined August 2010
Call me late to the news cycle, but here's an essay I just published to @Medium about the significance of #SunisaLee's #goldmedal performance at the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics: Gymnast Sunisa Lee’s Olympic gold medal performance offers balm to #Hmong community
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Giant craters creeped into view as our airplane descended low over the Lao countryside, scattered indiscriminately across farm fields as…
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Minnesota’s unaccompanied minors face scrutiny at home, hurdles in court where some appear alone. By @katelyn_vue with @Report4America Read more: https://t.co/LPSNGHgzZk
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Great work by @katrina_pross and @bzosiad
A 12-year-old boy reported Excell Academy basketball coach Aaron Hjermstad for sexual abuse in 2015, but he kept teaching and abusing kids. Written by Katrina Pross and Becky Dernbach. https://t.co/UNZrM3SDEN
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency scrambled to respond when the EPA found pollution violations at Smith Foundry, and had allowed a permit application to languish for years, internal emails show.
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) was ill-equipped to respond to community concerns about violations found by the EPA at Minneapolis’ Smith Foundry.
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UP NEXT: Nearly 12 years ago, I left home to chase my TV news career and promised my family I’d find a way back some day. It hasn’t been easy, but today I get to finally deliver the news they’ve waited more than a decade for: I’m coming home. It’s full circle to be co-anchoring
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Sahan is excited to taste some of the new ethnic foods at the Minnesota State Fair this year! Follow @katelyn_vue @mayurimeera @ElzaGoffaux & Aaron on this thread for our reviews!👇
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A huge loss for our industry and community.
I got a call at 8 a.m. this morning I’d been dreading. Pioneer Press columnist Ruben Rosario, a titan of journalism, dies at 70. A worthy obituary written by @MaryEDivine.
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Today is #WorldPressFreedomDay! 📰 Stand with us and @MinnPost to support independent journalism in Minnesota. Donate now and triple your impact with our $2,500 match challenge. Give today ➡️ https://t.co/yN1W7eJqGO
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By 2026, high schools in Minnesota will be required to teach ethnic studies. ThreeSixty student reporters Ethan Vang of Centennial H.S. and Ayida Akalewold of Roosevelt H. S. spoke with bill author Rep. @SamSencerMura and youth members of Youth4EthnicStudies.
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‘Outright insulting’: Minnesota agency comes under fire for poor Hmong translation. By @GustavDeMars
https://t.co/uRIjXKhaEw
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Hmong community members say the Minnesota Department of Human services posted a bad translation in Hmong on its Facebook page. Somali speakers say a Somali version is also problematic.
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What Minnesota’s ‘stunning’ uncommitted turnout in Democratic primary means for the November election. By @JoeyPeters and @katrina_pross with data visualization by @CynthiaTu2
https://t.co/dE5CkXekED
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“Uncommitted” voters in Minnesota protested President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war in the Democratic presidential primary election on Super Tuesday.
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‘They’re cheating’: An immigrant family becomes a casualty in a Feeding Our Future suspect’s real estate ventures By @ATHazzard and @JoeyPeters
https://t.co/MIUikvwGhj
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Haji Osman Salad, a suspect in the Feeding Our Future fraud case, sold a house via contract for deed to Deming Lai, nearly ruining Lai’s financial stability.
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Activist Tou Ger Xiong remembered as a ‘hero’ who instilled Hmong pride in others. By @JoeyPeters with photos from @Dymanh
https://t.co/iVv5EC7TkP
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Hmong activist and comedian Tou Ger Xiong’s funeral begins Saturday and ends Monday. It will be livestreamed Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
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Amid spike in demand for Minnesota energy aid, here’s how to get help paying your bill. By @tw_estelle
https://t.co/5bDURs1yml
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Need help with your energy bill? Here’s how to apply for help paying your heating bill this winter in Minnesota.
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A touching tale from @katelyn_vue
‘Tasting that brought us back’: How one Twin Cities Hmong family fought grief with 400 Whopper Juniors from Burger King. By @katelyn_vue with @Report4America Read the full story here:
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Anoka County sheriff’s employee accused of racially profiling Palestinian men at MSP airport By: @AnsariHibah
https://t.co/TaYudpdbZX
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An Anoka County sheriff’s employee’s actions are being reviewed after she was accused of racially profiling Palestinian men at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
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Hmong author @kaokaliayang is releasing four new books this year, including Where Rivers Part, a story of her mother's life. It's the third and final installment of her family memoirs, she said. By @katelyn_vue with @Report4America
https://t.co/o3uKtDQipv
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Kao Kalia Yang’s new book, “Where Rivers Part,” is coming out on March 19 and tells the story of her mother’s life.
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Arrived at @campnenookaasi at 6 a.m. this morning to cover the city’s plan to evict more than a hundred people who still live there. Reporting for @SahanJournal
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Public vigil for activist and comedian Tou Ger Xiong scheduled for Saturday in Woodbury. By @JoeyPeters
https://t.co/hKEJarTAIb
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The four-hour vigil will feature memorial videos, songs, prayer, spoken word, and speeches from community members and leaders.
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