The Speedway on the corner of Cleveland and Grand avenues reopened Feb. 1 after being burned down during protests in response to the killing of George Floyd last May. Reporter Natalie Hoepner has the story.
University of St. Thomas leaders reached out to the campus community in multiple emails midweek, responding to the death of 47-year-old George Floyd, a black man who was handcuffed and died Monday in Minneapolis after an officer kneeled on his neck for almost eight minutes. Director Emily Haugen has the story.
Utilizing rhetoric reminiscent of Civil War broadsides, President Donald Trump tweeted on April 17 encouraging citizens to liberate their states. Columnist True Dabill looks at this present-day situation and compares it to past protests.
Americans shouldn’t forget the protesting vigor of the past. Columnist Zaid Khan argues college students should get involved in the causes they believe in and understand the change they can make.
Five people were injured after a man crashed a car into a bakery and protests in Hong Kong continue. Reporter Burke Spizale has today’s news in :90.
Opinions editor Sam Miner argues, “While the NFL is supposedly calling for unity and love, it seems more like the NFL’s way of turning actual change into mere obscure symbolism.”
Reporter Benton Johnson and video editor Deborah Honore cover the protests at a St. Paul hearing for a proposed oil pipeline that would cut across the state of Minnesota.
Protests at St. Olaf College, the elimination of St. Catherine University’s Interior Design Program and Ash tree removal lead today’s headlines. University Affairs Editor Noah Brown has the latest in the May 1 edition of News in :90.
This is News in :90 for Monday, Jan. 30, 2017.
The latest on the protests and turmoil over racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri.
Columnist Claire Noack says the current protests on decisions to not indict police officers in Ferguson and New York City show that problems of discrimination still remain.
