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For one Globetrotter, the game is as much about connection as basketball

For one Globetrotter, the game is as much about connection as basketball

As the Harlem Globetrotters tour the country, veteran player Fatima “TNT” Lister reflects on a career built around performance, community connection and the responsibility of being a highly visible woman in a historically male, century-old basketball institution.
by Anika Besst

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MN Shortlist, Feb. 13–19: Love songs, hard truths and a long winter

MN Shortlist, Feb. 13–19: Love songs, hard truths and a long winter

February refuses to pick a lane. The week toggles between romance and reckoning, spectacle and intimacy: Valentine’s cabaret one night, Iron Range existentialism the next. From touring Ukrainian ballet to hometown roots tributes and museum shows that question the ground they stand on, these picks point somewhere to look when winter starts to drag.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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‘Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surged

‘Time to speak up’: In Columbia Heights, school leaders stepped in to protect families as ICE surged

As federal immigration agents descended on Columbia Heights families, the school superintendent expected to stay silent. Then federal agents came for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, and silence was no longer an option.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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A shared pulse: Minnesota musicians unite West African and Irish traditions

A shared pulse: Minnesota musicians unite West African and Irish traditions

A Minnesota band brings together West African drumming and Celtic melody on its debut album “Badenya,” finding a shared rhythmic language that bridges musical traditions from Guinea to Ireland.
by Jacob Aloi

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Upcoming marches and events honor, remember missing and murdered Indigenous relatives

Upcoming marches and events honor, remember missing and murdered Indigenous relatives

Indigenous communities and allies will gather on Feb. 14 to bring awareness to the epidemic of Indigenous people who have gone missing or have been murdered in acts of violence. Marches in Bemidji, Duluth and Minneapolis will be held on Saturday. 
by Chandra Colvin

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Minnesota sues after CDC cuts millions of dollars in public health grants

Minnesota sues after CDC cuts millions of dollars in public health grants

A judge issued the temporary restraining order Thursday after Attorney General Keith Ellison and other attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the federal Office of Management and Budget.
by Erica Zurek

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ICE reportedly on the way out, but some are still wary

ICE reportedly on the way out, but some are still wary

After the announcement Thursday of the end of the surge of federal law enforcement agents in Minnesota, advocates and lawyers say communities remain on edge.
by Sarah Thamer

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These sex workers in Minneapolis never thought they would own a gun. Then ICE came to town

These sex workers in Minneapolis never thought they would own a gun. Then ICE came to town

More than 8,200 permit to carry applications were filed in the state in January. For populations worried about their safety during the ICE surge, ownership seems like a path to security. 
by Sam Stroozas

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