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'American Dirt' publisher cancels author tour after threats

'American Dirt' publisher cancels author tour after threats

Flatiron Books, publisher of the controversial new novel, has canceled the remainder of author Jeanine Cummins' book tour after what it called "specific threats" to both the author and booksellers.
by Petra Mayer

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Minneapolis activists call on Klobuchar to drop presidential bid

Minneapolis activists call on Klobuchar to drop presidential bid

Citing new questions about the conviction of a then-teenager in a 2003 murder case, members of civil rights and social justice groups called on Sen. Amy Klobuchar to end her presidential campaign.
by Brandt Williams

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Polk County removed a Somali mother’s kids. Somalis are asking why.

Polk County removed a Somali mother’s kids. Somalis are asking why.

Somalis in Minnesota and the world are watching the case of an East Grand Forks mother whose children were removed by child protective services. Somali community members believe she’s being treated unfairly, but the facts are not black and white.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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Judge: Archdiocese has met obligations to protect children from abuse

Judge: Archdiocese has met obligations to protect children from abuse

Twin Cities Archbishop Bernard Hebda vowed that the church would continue to work with abuse survivors, lay people and the county attorney’s office to make the church safer for young people.
by Jon Collins

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Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule

Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule

A divided Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota protesters slam India’s new citizenship law as biased against Muslims

Minnesota protesters slam India’s new citizenship law as biased against Muslims

Some 400 people filled the Minnesota Capitol rotunda Sunday, calling on India’s government to end policies they say will take away the citizenship of many Muslims in India, and calling for Congress to apply pressure.

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Auschwitz survivors share their stories on 75th anniversary of camp liberation

Auschwitz survivors share their stories on 75th anniversary of camp liberation

More than a million people died in the Nazi death camp, most of them Jews. After the war, some survivors settled in Minnesota. Two women, now in their 90s, recently shared their Holocaust stories with MPR News.
by Tim Nelson

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'Franchise' tracks the rise and role of fast food in Black America

'Franchise' tracks the rise and role of fast food in Black America

History professor Marcia Chatelain's new book tracks what she calls the hidden history of the relationships between the struggle for civil rights and the expansion of the fast food industry.
by Michel Martin

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Latinx critics speak out against 'American Dirt;' Jeanine Cummins responds

Latinx critics speak out against 'American Dirt;' Jeanine Cummins responds

Latinx writers and critics are speaking out against Jeanine Cummins' new book “American Dirt,” calling its depiction of the migrant experience inauthentic and harmful. We asked Cummins to respond.
by Rachel Martin

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At Bemidji town hall, Jason Lewis supports county's ban on refugees

At Bemidji town hall, Jason Lewis supports county's ban on refugees

People in Beltrami County are still divided and angry about a county board vote barring refugees earlier this month. It’s where Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis had a public meeting Thursday evening.
by John Enger

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