Day: December 13, 2021
Gun found on student at St. Paul school
Officials at a St. Paul school found a gun in a student’s backpack Wednesday. The parents of students at the Community School of Excellence received a letter regarding the incident this week. The … Read Full Article
Grants aim to help organizations promote COVID-19 vaccine
Health and community organizations throughout Wisconsin have more money to promote COVID-19 vaccinations in underserved communities. Thursday, the Wisconsin … Read Full Article
Art Among the Hmong
The Hmong are an ethnic group originally from the mountainous regions of Southeast Asia. They have been relocated throughout their history, but have still maintained a strong sense of cultural … Read Full Article
For refugees, criminal convictions can trigger deportations decades later
Advocates call for loosening legal restrictions that make it difficult for immigrants facing deportation to seek post-conviction relief. Read Full Article
Southeast Asians are underrepresented in STEM. The label ‘Asian’ boxes them out more
The way data on racial groups is typically collected in the U.S. has sidelined smaller Asian populations like Hmong, Lao and Filipino Americans for decades. Now, there are growing calls for change. Read Full Article