MARGIE MASON

September 25, 2020 at 2:35 pm

US senators demand action after AP exposes palm oil abuses

Lawmakers said Friday that the U.S. government needs to ban the import of products made with child or forced labor after an Associated Press investigation...

Business

September 23, 2020 at 9:32 pm

Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks VIEW

PENINSULAR MALAYSIA (AP) — Jum’s words tumble out over the phone, his voice growing ever more frantic. Between sobs, he says he’s trapped on a...

Nation & World

July 31, 2020 at 7:01 am

Doctors try pressurized oxygen chambers in COVID fight

As a New York University medical researcher who works once a week in an emergency room, Dr. David Lee had the luxury of time to...

CORRECTS MONTH TO JUNE NOT MAY – Community members at gather at “The Path Forward” meeting, a meeting between city council and community members, at Powderhorn Park, Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Minneapolis. The focus of the meeting was to defund the Minneapolis Police Department. ( Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP) MNMIT903 MNMIT903

June 8, 2020 at 5:00 am

In Minneapolis, rage over George Floyd extends beyond cops VIEW

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To truly understand the rage people in this city felt as they watched a video of George Floyd begging, gasping and slowly...

May 8, 2020 at 12:37 am

Crime doesn’t pay but prison does, even during a pandemic

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, people in prisons in at least 40 states continue going to work. Sometimes...

Business

May 7, 2020 at 2:08 pm

America’s business of prisons thrives even amid a pandemic

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, people in prisons in at least 40 states continue going to work. Sometimes...

Business

April 27, 2020 at 2:47 pm

US senators demand action after AP exposes palm oil abuses

Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks VIEW

Doctors try pressurized oxygen chambers in COVID fight

In Minneapolis, rage over George Floyd extends beyond cops VIEW

Crime doesn’t pay but prison does, even during a pandemic

America’s business of prisons thrives even amid a pandemic

3 takeaways of AP review of COVID-19 in youth detention

Riots and fear as coronavirus hits US juvenile centers

Riots, escapes and pepper spray: Virus hits juvenile centers

Kids under threat: Virus hitting juvenile detention centers