Alina Selyukh

1 week ago | blackagendareport.com | Alina Selyukh |Ann Garrison |Terri Frick |Roberto Sirvent

Minnesota’s progressive myth shatters as its racial gaps in schools, housing, and bloodshed eclipse even Deep South states. Known alternately as the “Happy Warrior” and the “Liberal Lion,” Minnesota’s U.S. Senator, Hubert H. Humphrey, often scolded his colleagues for failing to address racial discrimination against African Americans in the final days of the Jim Crow era of the 1950s and 60s, often triggering southern Democrats, in particular, to bristle.

3 weeks ago | wgbh.org | Alina Selyukh

June 04, 2025 In a year of tariffs and some shoppers tightening budgets, one company stands apart from many retailers because it’s upgrading — rather than lowering — its financial forecast. That company is Dollar General, the largest U.S. dollar-store chain. So far this year, people are spending more at Dollar General — enough that sales jumped 2.4% from February through April compared to the same quarter last year, the company reported on Tuesday.

3 weeks ago | kuow.org | Alina Selyukh

Shopping carts sit outside of a Dollar General store in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images In a year of tariffs and some shoppers tightening budgets, one company stands apart from many retailers because it's upgrading — rather than lowering — its financial forecast. That company is Dollar General, the largest U.S. dollar-store chain.

4 weeks ago | wqcs.org | Alina Selyukh |Scott Horsley

Many American small-business owners have been riding a rollercoaster of tariff-related feelings: worry, confusion, anxiety, frustration. This week, there are new emotions. "I feel a lot of relief and hope," says Sarah Wells, whose Virginia company sells breast-pump backpacks and other maternity accessories. In March, she had to find an extra $15,000 to receive her shipment from China – the last for now – which was traveling to the U.S. when the White House first raised tariffs.

4 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Alina Selyukh |Scott Horsley

Many American small-business owners have been riding a rollercoaster of tariff-related feelings: worry, confusion, anxiety, frustration. This week, there are new emotions. "I feel a lot of relief and hope," says Sarah Wells, whose Virginia company sells breast-pump backpacks and other maternity accessories. In March, she had to find an extra $15,000 to receive her shipment from China – the last for now – which was traveling to the U.S. when the White House first raised tariffs.