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Immigrant families face complex challenges with Minnesota’s distance learning

Immigrant families face complex challenges with Minnesota’s distance learning

Many immigrant and refugee families are navigating distance learning while trying to find the right support needed to succeed online. Some have limited English proficiency, no formal education or internet access, and even lack the understanding of how to work on a computer.
by Hannah Yang

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Racial slurs and swastikas fuel civil rights pressure on Zoom

Racial slurs and swastikas fuel civil rights pressure on Zoom

Civil rights groups warn that white nationalists and others are using the video-meeting platform Zoom to target people based on their race, sexuality and religion.
by Shannon Bond

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Attorney: Many ICE detainees at high risk from COVID-19

Attorney: Many ICE detainees at high risk from COVID-19

More than five dozen men held at Sherburne County jail for civil immigration matters want to be released to avoid contracting the novel coronavirus.
by Brandt Williams

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Groups serving immigrant communities say more help is needed

In Minnesota, thousands of families are trying to adapt to new economic conditions and fears about access to economic and medical aid – in some cases with limited English proficiency. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Ruby Lee and Bo Thao-Urabe for more on the situation faced by immigrant communities around the state.
by Cathy Wurzer and MPR News Staff

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Rev. Joseph Lowery, 'dean' of the civil rights movement, dies at 98

Rev. Joseph Lowery, 'dean' of the civil rights movement, dies at 98

Lowery got his start as an activist organizing bus boycotts in 1950s Alabama. He led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades and prayed at Barack Obama's first inauguration.
by Debbie Elliott

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