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How ‘seal my record’ helps Minnesotans leave the troubled past behind

How ‘seal my record’ helps Minnesotans leave the troubled past behind

by Piyumi Fonseka | Apr 7, 2023 | Democracy

A criminal record is a significant weight that thwarts one’s greatest efforts to prosper. It provides obstacles to re-entry into a free society, such as barriers to obtaining housing, financial aid, public benefits, entrance into the military, education and job....
Coping with PTSD as a journalist in an unrelenting news cycle 

Coping with PTSD as a journalist in an unrelenting news cycle 

by Bridget Rollason | Mar 20, 2023 | Police & Community Tensions, Politics

After years of covering crime as a television journalist, ABC Wisconsin reporter Sarah Thamer found herself struggling to get out of bed and go to work. The tipping point came after someone tried to run her over on live TV in 2020. She was covering the protests that...
Abortion debate in the eyes of an abortion clinic escort in Minnesota

Abortion debate in the eyes of an abortion clinic escort in Minnesota

by Piyumi Fonseka | Mar 19, 2023 | International Health, Politics

Last June marked a turn in the abortion rights debate in the United States, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision from 1973 that protected a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. In response to the court decision, in January,...
Minnesota’s Secretary of State says biggest challenge to American democracy is ‘disinformation’

Minnesota’s Secretary of State says biggest challenge to American democracy is ‘disinformation’

by FEYZA GUMUSLUOGLU | Mar 18, 2023 | Democracy, Politics, Presidential Election

U.S. democracy faces, a number of threats and challenges, but, the most serious one is “disinformation,” said Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon. The Minnesotan politician shared his views with this year’s journalist fellows of the World Press Institute on a...
How one tiny American town is battling climate change

How one tiny American town is battling climate change

by Bridget Rollason | Mar 17, 2023 | Climate Change

@bridgerollo #minnesota #grandmarais #climatechange #uspolitics #worldpressinstitute ♬ original sound - Bridget Rollason The remote Minnesotan community of Grand Marais is feeling the effects of climate change. Last year two teenagers pushed the council to declare a...

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piyumi_fonseka Piyumi Fonseka @piyumi_fonseka ·
16 Mar

We asked different groups in Minneapolis what changed in their town after George Floyd's murder?
Not much, was their reply.
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16 Mar

In @finnowl's first #WPIFellowship blog post, he wonders if the defamation case against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems will drag down other media, too. Minnesota academics and journalists weigh in:

https://worldpressinstitute.org/will-the-landmark-case-against-fox-news-drag-down-other-media-too/

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15 Mar

Check out my latest @GlobalMinnesota podcast episode w/ @Fawzeyah & @SaqibTanveer of this year's @worldpressinst International Fellows! Hear about the challenges of conducting journalism and speaking truth to power in Nigeria and Pakistan.

https://www.globalminnesota.org/event/podcast-episode-global-journalism-with-world-press-institute-fellows/

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