Cynthia Tu

Dec 19, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Becky Dernbach |Cynthia Tu

One in five Minneapolis elementary classrooms exceeds class-size limits the district agreed to in a deal to end the 2022 teachers’ strike, according to a Sahan Journal analysis of Minneapolis Public Schools data. The district proposed larger class sizes last spring to help balance the budget in the face of a massive shortfall. But in recent weeks, parents have shown up at school board meetings to express their frustration with overcrowding.

Dec 16, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Elza GOFFAUX |Cynthia Tu

As protests broke out following the disputed Venezuelan election this summer, Miguel David Pacheco Gómez tracked the rallies and government crackdown on social media. From his adopted home in Hopkins, he looked for ways to show his support for opposition leader María Corina Machado. The former student organizer first fled Venezuela in 2016, a year when hundreds of thousands took to the streets to protest the economic policies and demand the recall election of President Nicolás Maduro.

Nov 12, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Cynthia Tu

Vice President Kamala Harris won Minnesota with 51.1% of the popular vote in last Tuesday’s presidential election, leading President-elect Donald Trump by 4.2 percentage points. Minnesota has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate consistently since the 1976 election. However, Minnesota, along with the majority of the nation, saw a red shift at the top of the 2024 ballot. In Minnesota, Trump decreased the vote margin from a 7.1 percentage point Democratic lead in 2020 to 4.2 points.

Nov 3, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Cynthia Tu

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Oct 20, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Cynthia Tu

The U.S. Census Bureau released the newest American Community Survey (ACS) data last month. The American Community Survey is an ongoing survey that produces social, housing and economic data for different demographic groups in areas that have a population of 65,000 or more. Here are five highlights from the survey that shine a light on the lives of diverse Minnesotans in 2023. Roughly 490,000 people of color lived in Minnesota last year, Census Bureau estimates data shows.