Trisha Collopy
News Editor at Sahan Journal
News editor @sahanjournal. Formerly: @StarTribune. Former @loftliterary fellow. Poetry nerd, news addict, bibliophile. 🏳️🌈
Articles
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1 week ago |
sahanjournal.com | Shubhanjana Das |Trisha Collopy
The intersection of Minnehaha Avenue and E. Lake Street in Minneapolis came alive with drum circles, food trucks, and art at Soul of the Southside’s Juneteenth celebration on Thursday — one of several celebrations across the Twin Cities.
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1 week ago |
sahanjournal.com | Shubhanjana Das |Trisha Collopy
A day that was meant to be celebratory turned somber on Saturday, when news broke of shootings targeting two Minnesota lawmakers in their homes. That didn’t keep tens of thousands of people from gathering at the Minnesota Capitol to participate in a No Kings rally, part of a nationwide series of protests coordinated by labor and pro-democracy groups.
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1 week ago |
sahanjournal.com | Trisha Collopy
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in a politically motivated assassination, and a second lawmaker and his wife were shot and wounded. Authorities were actively searching for a suspect hours after the targeted killings. “We must all, in Minnesota and across the country, stand against all forms of political violence,” Walz said at a press conference Saturday.
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2 weeks ago |
sahanjournal.com | Myah Goff |Trisha Collopy
Shameka Bogan didn’t grow up celebrating Juneteenth. Raised in a small town in Alabama, she said the Fourth of July was the holiday that brought out flags, fireworks, grilled meats and family pride. “I had heard of Juneteenth and I kind of knew what it was but the Fourth of July was a huge thing for us,” Bogan said.
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3 weeks ago |
sahanjournal.com | Kelli Kennedy |Trisha Collopy
This story was originally published byThe Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice. Sign up for The Imprint’s free newslettershere. A childhood with no voice, no say in where or who you live with — relatives or strangers. No one to sign you up for choir or chess club. Feeling discarded when you’re too old for foster care.
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