Maya Rao
The Nation
Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Ilhan Omar Survives a Nail-Biter. Why Was the Vote So Close?
It was supposed to be a blow-out, but Don Samuels lost the Democratic primary by just 2 percentage points. → Read More
Minnesota barbers, hairstylists get training to support clients' mental health needs
The Confess Project held a training session on Monday in Minneapolis, in hopes of expanding outreach to the Black community. → Read More
Winston Smith, outraged at police killings of Black men, saw his own death coming
The budding comedian was outraged by the deaths of Black men at the hands of police. He wondered out loud if he would someday shoot it out rather than surrender. → Read More
'We can get some justice': Vows to find killer of 6-year-old Aniya Allen one year later
The loss of Aniya last May shocked Minneapolis – the last in a trio of shootings of children by stray gunfire over several weeks. → Read More
Black citizens recount fear, distrust as complaints against Minneapolis police go nowhere
Few cases filed with Office of Police Conduct Review lead to discipline. → Read More
In communities of color, scathing report on Minneapolis police is no surprise
Finally, some say, there is recognition of what they have recognized for decades. → Read More
She fled the Taliban her senior year. Now she's returning to school — in Minnesota
Her birthday wish this year in America was the same as last year in Afghanistan: to finish school and go to college. → Read More
Minnesota man pleads guilty to killing Red Lake tribal officer
Red Lake officer Ryan Bialke was shot and killed in the line of duty last summer. → Read More
Deaths of Indian family at Canadian border highlight Border Patrol's tall task in the north
Illegal immigration is a constant issue in the United States, focused on the southern border. In the north, far fewer agents patrol a vast and often treacherous landscape. → Read More
Hundreds gather to honor American Indian civil rights leader Clyde Bellecourt
Follow the StarTribune for the news, photos and videos from the Twin Cities and beyond. → Read More
In Minnesota, Afghan woman struggles to help stranded relatives
From Blaine, she imagined how hard it would be for them to start over, having been upper class in Kabul. → Read More
Between defund and defend, L.A. tries new police tactics
More than a year after George Floyd’s killing, Los Angeles’ commitment to reform is being tested. → Read More
Crash into protesting crowd elicits resolve to keep marching
Sunday's episode shocked protesters and gave them a renewed determination to keep pressing for racial justice in policing. → Read More
'It could have been me,' witnesses to Sunday crash at protest site say
Sunday's episode shocked protesters and gave them a renewed determination to keep pressing for racial justice in policing. → Read More
Protesters take fight for police accountability to Uptown
Scrutiny over Winston Smith's killing comes as Uptown reels from a rash of business closures, lootings and crime — and the scars of a mass shooting last summer that killed one and injured 11. → Read More
Nearly 1,200 miles away, reckoning has been constant for Floyd family
George Floyd's family and friends find themselves sorting what roles to take on as the world looks to them to make sense of his life, death and legacy. → Read More
Bystander, key witness still reckoning with Floyd's death
The trauma of what Donald Williams saw one evening on May 25, 2020, has yet to recede. "I look somewhere else and it's like I'm always remembering," he said. → Read More
At Minneapolis shelter where George Floyd worked, pain of Derek Chauvin trial runs deep
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Twin Cities business owners jolted, prepare again for unrest
Twin Cities business owners hurt during last summer's riots prepare again for unrest → Read More
Sister of George Floyd spends day volunteering, keeping her mind off the Derek Chauvin trial
She gave away food at the Salvation Army food shelf on E. Lake Street. It was the type of service George Floyd knew well. → Read More