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'Taste like home': Food program offers free, culturally specific meals for people in need

Minnesota Central Kitchen is a program of Second Harvest Heartland. Currently, the kitchen works with more than 100 partners — including restaurants, community distribution partners and culinary workers.
by Vicki Adame

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‘American dream’: St. Cloud’s Somali families see homebuying as path to grow wealth, sink roots

‘American dream’: St. Cloud’s Somali families see homebuying as path to grow wealth, sink roots

Owning a home can be an economic stepping stone in America, but the challenges of buying can be immense, especially for new immigrants. With St. Cloud’s East African population rising rapidly, finding answers is important to the region’s future.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Coming back to America: U.S.-born children who return from parent's native country face unique hardships

Coming back to America: U.S.-born children who return from parent's native country face unique hardships

Data on how many U.S. citizen children return to a deported parent’s native country is hard to come by. Jordi Garcia Leal is one of an unknown number of young people who decide to return to the U.S.
by Vicki Adame

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New book puts history of racial exclusion in Minnesota in 'plain view'

New book puts history of racial exclusion in Minnesota in 'plain view'

For "Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota," Chad Montrie, a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, researched how white Minnesotans used legal and illegal means to prevent people of color from coming to the state, to drive them out or segregate them. 
by Brandt Williams

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A Minneapolis community group's response to the rise in fentanyl

A Minneapolis community group's response to the rise in fentanyl

New research shows the number of fentanyl pills seized last year was up fiftyfold from four years ago. It’s posing new challenges to Minnesota community groups already fighting the opioid crisis.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Not just Florida. More than a dozen states propose so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bills

Not just Florida. More than a dozen states propose so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bills

The specific details regarding the bills vary between state. But overall, they seek to prohibit schools from using a curriculum or discussing topics of gender identity or sexual orientation.
by Dustin Jones and Jonathan Franklin

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