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DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens

DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using in its mass deportation campaign. Department of Homeland Security officials insist their immigration enforcement operations are “highly targeted.”
by The Associated Press

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Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the U.S.

Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the U.S.

Many of the people whose ancestors lived in the U.S. thousands of years before Europeans are carrying tribal identification for protection against the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda. 
by The Associated Press

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MN Shortlist, Jan. 30–Feb. 5: New dance, live music and cozy getaways

MN Shortlist, Jan. 30–Feb. 5: New dance, live music and cozy getaways

Late January and early February in Minnesota have a way of sharpening the senses. This week’s picks sit right at that edge, where artists question what gets valued, musicians sit with emotional wreckage, theaters make room for inherited histories and winter itself becomes something to savor rather than survive.
by Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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A Minneapolis opera brings back a pioneering Black composer

A Minneapolis opera brings back a pioneering Black composer

A new Minnesota Opera production is using the life and music of Florence Price, a pioneering Black symphonic composer whose work disappeared from mainstream stages, to examine how major artists are remembered, neglected and brought back into the cultural conversation.
by Jacob Aloi

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‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Conejo Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody

‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Conejo Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody

The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were no family members in Minnesota to care for them.
by Elizabeth Shockman and Kerem Yücel

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75 years young, Michael Koppy becomes oldest runner to finish the Arrowhead Ultra 135

75 years young, Michael Koppy becomes oldest runner to finish the Arrowhead Ultra 135

Michael Koppy finished the 135-mile bike, ski and foot race on a desolate trail across northern Minnesota in just under 60 hours, becoming the oldest competitor ever to finish the race on foot. 
by Dan Kraker

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Man who sprayed vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar faces charges

Man who sprayed vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar faces charges

Anthony Kazmierczak, who also went by Andy, had shared a political cartoon criticizing the congresswoman and allegedly said years ago that “someone should kill” her, according to the FBI.
by Jennifer Lu and Christopher Peak

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