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Rachel Lynett Kat Wilson If you’ve heard University of Arkansas-educated playwright Rachel Lynett’s name this year, it might be because their play “Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too August Wilson)” is the winner of the 2021 Yale Drama Prize, selected this year by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. The premise: a fictional world of “a post-second Civil War” in which an all-Black utopian state ca...

Report: Washington among top 10 best states to be a police officer May 10, 2021 at 4:47 pm A police vehicle follows behind a group of demonstrators near Pike Place Market as they protest the death of Daunte Wright on April 12, 2021, in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) Washington is among the top 10 best states to be a police officer in 2021, according to WalletHub. In overall rank, Washington state comes in at number eight, with California taking the ...

Counterpoint: U student reform rhetoric is neither radical nor irresponsible It is the empathetic reaction of students who wish to prevent more trauma and more heartbreak.  By Andrew Tisell Text size Copy shortlink: In "Radical rhetoric on U policing is irresponsible" (Opinion Exchange, May 6), Benjamin Ayanian argued that University of Minnesota leaders have bent to "unreasonable demands from emotional individuals who are unswayed by facts"...

Minnesota House advances police reform; unclear fate in Senate Scott McClallen, The Center Square © Provided by Washington Examiner The Minnesota House Thursday advanced police accountability reforms that might face a battle in the GOP-dominated Senate. House File (HF) 2539 seeks to provide an alternative to warrants requiring police officers to take a person into custody if they have missed a court date for certain low-level offenses. The bill aims to establish a "sign and re...

George Floyd’s murder nearly a year ago is changing how California’s community colleges and state universities train and educate police officers with urgent emphasis on treating people humanely and using deadly force only as a last resort. “Law enforcement recognizes that we can do better,” Timothy Vu, a former police chief who runs the Criminal Justice Training Center at Golden West Community College in Orange County said following the conviction last month of former Minneapolis police...

Created: May 10, 2021 08:39 PM The rubber bullet came less than an inch from striking Victor Ramirez directly in the eye. “It was a pretty good hit,” the 19-year-old said with a smirk, pointing to his temple.  Ramirez went to the Brooklyn Center police station last month to protest the shooting death of Daunte Wright. He returned home with a fractured skull, significant bruising and broken blood vessels in his left eye.  “Theyre really just terrorizing the protesters,” said...

I am writing this just a few hours after the jury in the Derek Chauvin murder trial went into deliberations. There very well may be a verdict by the time this is published. It has been a blood-curdling experience listening to the defense attorney grasping for straws in his attempt to win the day for his client. Today I heard him cast George Floyd in the role of seemingly committing suicide while facedown and handcuffed. While I realize it’s the defense attorney’s job to go all out on behal...

Minnesota’s racial divide:Will land bridge right Rondo’s wrongs? Ben Piven © Rondo was once home to 80 percent of the Black community in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the United Stat... Rondo was once home to 80 percent of the Black community in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the United States, but 60 years ago, the community and its culture were displaced when highway Interstate 94 was built [File: Jim Mone/AP] In the United States, few places have recently faced more tortuous batt...

No cameras for Kim Potter court appearance Judge Regina Chu ruled against requests to videotape the omnibus hearing for the former Brooklyn Center officer charged with killing Daunte Wright. Author: Associated Press, Dana Thiede Published: 2:04 PM CDT May 11, 2021 Updated: 2:04 PM CDT May 11, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge has denied media requests to allow cameras at an upcoming hearing for the former Brooklyn Center police officer charge...

Children are exposed to images of violence almost every day, whether through the media or in real life. Consumption of violent imagery can take a harmful toll on a child’s mental and emotional well-being, research shows. Parents, especially those with young children, may be asking themselves how to talk about violence with their kids. Here are four articles from The Conversation U.S. that offer insight into how to have hard conversations with children about violence. 1. Teach children to be ...