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A year on Lake Street: Seward Pharmacy rebuilds with communitys help After George Floyds murder, looters gutted Seward Pharmacy on Lake Street. Owner Elias Usso reflects on the past year of rebuilding his shop. Author: Heidi Wigdahl Updated: 7:20 PM CDT May 27, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — After working as a corporate retail pharmacist, Elias Usso had a dream of opening his own independent pharmacy. Usso wanted it to be more of a community pharmacy, saying, "...

Small Girls PR This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Small Girls PR CEO Mallory Blair was a college graduate when she started her boutique firm. The agency is now an established public-relations and influencer-marketing agency. Blair shared five tips on how new agency owners can build a business in the competitive industry. On the eve of her college graduation in 2009...

Counterpoint: Anti-China rhetoric fuels anti-Asian hate We must make meeting shared challenges a centerpiece of our foreign policy to combat hate.  By Nelsie Yang and Tobita Chow May 28, 2021 — 5:45pm Text size Copy shortlink: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are increasingly targets for violence and hatred. This is the direct result of anti-Asian and anti-China rhetoric spread by former President Donald Trump, his allies and ...

Days after her father was murdered by police, George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter proclaimed that her “daddy changed the world.” Oh, how we wish that were true. In the immediate aftermath of Floyd’s death, Gianna saw hundreds of thousands of people of every

In April, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder and manslaughter of George Floyd, who was Black. Floyd was arrested by Chauvin and three other officers in May 2020, on suspicion of trying to use a fake $20 bill.

Reply(1) On Thursday, a coalition of young activists and their supporters rallied in Newark, NJ to demand #CounselorsNotCops. (Photo courtesy of Make the Road New Jersey) NEWARK, NJ — MaKhia Bryant. Adam Toledo. Anthony J. Thompson. Daunte Wright. These are some of the Black and Brown youth whose deaths inspired an outcry for "counselors not cops" in Newark this week. On Thursday, a coalition of young activists and their supporters rallied near Lincoln Park, demanding more funding for "bold a...

From the column: "The city of Duluth is here to do the difficult work of healing, action, change, and transformation."

File Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images 27 May 2021 Democrats in the House of Representatives are faced with a messaging issue, as Democrat-led cities across the country are starting to boost their police funding back to original levels as crime rates rise. “One year after the movement to ‘defund’ law enforcement began to upend municipal budgets, many American cities are restoring money to their police departments or proposing to spend more,” the Wall Street Journal reported. The repo...

Published: 3:34 PM CDT May 28, 2021 Updated: 4:48 PM CDT May 28, 2021 The mother of a teenage boy who was shot in the head and critically injured in 2019 has filed a civil lawsuit claiming the shooter was Daunte Wright – the young man whose name made national headlines last month when he was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center. Wright’s death sparked days of protests over racial profiling and police use of force. A newly filed lawsuit cla...

This week was the anniversary of the killing of George Floyd. Did you know Tuscaloosa has an unexpected connection to his family?