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Readers Recommend: Which ICE-Impacted Businesses Do You Support?

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We are sharing recommendations by readers in this space of immigrant-owned businesses you recommend and why.

Q&A With Friendly Vang-Johnson: Farming Advocate

"We are protectors of our community. We’re stronger together. We are trying to assert there is a different way of being. We can be a collective."

Highlights from the March 28 No Kings Rally

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TALK & DO: Recovering From the Trauma of ICE Operations – What Do We Do Next? (Part 1)

With thousands of masked and armed federal forces now mostly…

Read Brave Talk Brave: A Discussion About the Power of Women, Food, and Reading

A conversation about a book, the culture of food, the values of reading and libraries, and the blend of fiction and reality. From the author: "When your chosen one is a brown girl, who is undocumented, who is ‘born into the wrong body’ because she's a wolf and not a witch? What happens then?"

“Allison’s Bill” Would Strengthen Investigations Into Deaths Suspected as Domestic Violence

Minnesota Senator Mary Kunesh is preparing to introduce “Allison’s Bill,” fueled by the death of Allison Lussier, who died of blunt force trauma. Police initially ruled the death an overdose, despite a history of domestic violence calls.

EVENT: Self-Reflection and Connection About How We Show Up in the World

“There is no blaming of others — our parents, neighbors, leaders, or ancestors. It is a practice of self-observation about what we have learned. It is about practicing our own self-study in how we show up in our world.”

From Malcolm X to ICE: Echoes from Earlier Generations on Resistance

Sagirah Shahid offers details of the histories that led up to this moment in Minnesota, centering the roots of the Black Muslim and Black power movements of the early 20th century — and a 1951 petition.

2025 Report: New Americans Drive Minnesota’s Population Growth and Labor Force

In many counties, particularly outside the Twin Cities metro, immigration has been the difference between growth and decline.

Katie Chin: Honoring Her Mother’s Legacy While Paving Her Own

“My mother seemed immortal,” Chin narrates in her show. “A kitchen warrior, who conquered every hardship with grace and determination, always at the ready to stir fry in case of emergency.”

Q&A With Rose McGee About the HeadScarf Story Circle

We asked Rose McGee to talk about what the Minnesota Humanities Center Headscarf Story Circle is. There are upcoming discussions and events in Minneapolis and Rochester.

We the People: Immigration Law and Constitutional Rights

We asked the team at Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS), which has worked with immigrants for decades, to walk through some of the questions people tend not to understand about immigration. We also received other details from immigration attorneys and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to clarify what the law says about immigration and constitutional rights.