Tag: fight
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Wausau residents pick-up filters, pitchers to fight PFAS
The City of Wausau began passing out water pitchers on Monday to combat PFAS, or forever chemicals, in the water. Once you register for a pitcher, the city will contact you when it is ready for pickup … Read Full Article
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Stabbings, melee mar St. Paul Hmong event
Two men were stabbed at the Hmong Freedom Celebration and Sports Festival in St. Paul over the weekend, and another was robbed and stabbed as he left the event, police said. On Saturday, a fight … Read Full Article
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Survey: More Minnesotans rise to fight racism, educate themselves about social injustice
Minnesotans from various racial and ethnic backgrounds name community involvement, growing awareness of racism, as well as cultural celebrations as among the most positive things impacting their … Read Full Article
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No choice left but to fight
The means and manner in which the Hmong and many other cannabis growers are growing cannabis in Shasta Vista are highly toxic and an environmental disaster (“ No choice left but to fight ,” November … Read Full Article
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Lava Fire grows to 27 square miles as governors prepare to brief Biden on wildfires
Lawyers for Hmong pot growers are investigating whether Siskiyou sheriff’s deputies stopped the farmers from trying to fight the Lava Fire. Read Full Article: article source
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Hmong veterans in Fresno in one last fight for equality
The state of California declared Hmong Veterans Day an official holiday in 2004, and since then Hmong Veterans have been fighting to receive the same … Read Full Article
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In Dairy Country, a Network of Hmong and Latino Workers Fight Covid-19
H might not have received any assistance in navigating the pandemic had it not been for a small group of community healthcare workers operating a new project called the Hmong and Hispanic … Read Full Article
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‘Minnesota Rice’: Prominent restauranteurs team up to fight Asian hate
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A group of prominent Minnesota restauranteurs are teaming up to create Minnesota Rice. Yia Vang (Vinai and Union Hmong Kitchen), Christina Nguyen (Hai Hai and Hola Arepa) and Ann … Read Full Article
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Fight for fair provision of health services in Minnesota isn’t over
State health officials worked last week to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates of Minnesotans of color, amid the disclosure that they are being inoculated at half the pace as people who are white. Read Full Article
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See how this contact tracer is helping Sacramento’s Hmong community fight COVID
George Yang, a COVID-19 case investigator and contact tracer, works at the Hmong community’s HOPE Center in north Sacramento on Aug. 23, 2020. His new job with the county is to give support to those … Read Full Article
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Floyd’s death sparks new activism among communities of color | Charlotte Observer
The racial reckoning in the United States spurred by the death of George Floyd has reinvigorated Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and other people of color to fight back against the racism … Read Full Article
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Tribune Opinion: Minnesotans must fight hatred at every opportunity
Minnesotans are seeing a growing number of hate incidents in recent years. Such incidents often focus on those of Chinese, Hmong and Japanese ancestry, due to the growing fear of the coronavirus … Read Full Article
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Anti-vaxxers a roadblock in fight to control Vietnam’s diphtheria outbreak
Diphtheria is an infection caused by strains of bacteria, called Corynebacterium diphtheria, which produce toxins that can in turn cause difficulty breathing, heart failure, paralysis, and even death, … Read Full Article