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February 15, 2020 1:33 PM

Between President Trump's border wall and the Rio Grande lies a 'no man's land'

Because of worries about flooding, the border wall is often built as much as a mile north of the Rio Grande, leaving thousands of isolated acres between the water and the wall.

by John Burnett

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February 13, 2020 7:14 PM

Trump administration diverts $3.8 billion in Pentagon funding to border wall

In a notice sent to Congress Thursday, the Pentagon said it is shifting billions from fighter jets and other weapons to help pay for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

by Brakkton Booker

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February 13, 2020 6:31 PM

Legislators say Minnesota should stop marriages under 18

A group of DFL state legislators say they want to change Minnesota state law this year to keep anyone under 18 from marrying, even with parental consent.

by MPR News Staff

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February 13, 2020 4:10 PM

Black Minnesotans say they’ve faced pressure to change their hair

A bill that would prohibit employers and schools from targeting African Americans who wear dreadlocks, braids or twists drew testimony Thursday from people who said they’d felt marginalized for wearing their hair in a natural, textured style.

by Riham Feshir

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February 13, 2020 11:52 AM

Senate Democrats accuse Justice Department of politicizing immigration courts

In a bluntly-worded letter to the Justice Department on Thursday, Democratic senators accuse the administration of deliberately eroding the independence of U.S. immigration courts.

by Joel Rose

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February 12, 2020 7:40 AM

White supremacist propaganda spreading, anti-bias group says

The Anti-Defamation League has found that some white supremacist groups are using gauzier language about "patriotism" to mainstream their message of discrimination that has targeted Jews, LGBT people and other minority communities.

by The Associated Press

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February 12, 2020 4:00 AM

Baseball makes an early pitch to catch the interest of black players

Baseball is having trouble attracting African American players, so to increase participation, leaders are trying to get kids interested early, before other sports grab their attention.

by Esther Ciammachilli

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February 11, 2020 4:10 PM

Redefining beauty: Advocates work to make skin lightening a public health issue

The Minnesota Department of Health doled out four grants to two nonprofit groups and two counties to help educate communities of color about the potential health risk of using cosmetics that lighten skin.

by Tarkor Zehn

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February 11, 2020 2:35 PM

Missteps lead publishing industry to review diversity effort

Diversity in publishing has been an industry issue for years. But the current controversy over Jeanine Cummins' novel “American Dirt" has intensified the debate. Flatiron Books admits it was caught off guard by the objections of Mexican American writers to Cummins' story of a mother and child fleeing to the U.S. border.

by The Associated Press