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Thinking small to make big difference on homelessness

Thinking small to make big difference on homelessness

Smaller, simpler housing units offer a way to house people for less money. Two Twin Cities organizations are looking to implement more creative and much less expensive ways to provide accommodations, with dignity and community support.
by Martin Moylan

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'Inn is not full in Minnesota': Walz backs continued refugee settlement

'Inn is not full in Minnesota': Walz backs continued refugee settlement

Gov. Tim Walz on Friday gave his formal consent to letting refugees settle in Minnesota and said he rejected the intent of President Trump’s executive order requiring state and local governments to formally OK such settlements. Meanwhile, Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a lawsuit challenging the president’s executive order.
by MPR News Staff

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Duluth to consider banning conversion therapy

Duluth is the latest city to consider banning conversion therapy aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation. A proposal to ban the practice was introduced at the City Council meeting Monday night.
by The Associated Press

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North Dakota county votes to take limited number of refugees

North Dakota county votes to take limited number of refugees

Burleigh County on Monday voted to accept no more than 25 refugees next year, after initially signaling it would be the first to ban them since President Trump ordered that states and counties should have the power to do so.
by The Associated Press

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Agency marks a century helping Minnesota’s new immigrants

Agency marks a century helping Minnesota’s new immigrants

The International Institute of Minnesota has helped thousands of new immigrants resettle, learn English and train for jobs. As it celebrates 100 years this week, its leaders are working to navigate the agency through unprecedented changes in federal immigration policy.
by Riham Feshir

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Fearing retaliation, some immigrants stay away from public aid

Fearing retaliation, some immigrants stay away from public aid

Medicaid, food assistance and other federal programs can help keep struggling immigrant families afloat. Many, though, increasingly fear being punished for seeking those benefits, and being labeled a “public charge.”

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There's a new kind of inequality. And it's not about income

There's a new kind of inequality. And it's not about income

A report issued by the U.N. Development Programme says that the 20th-century thinking about global inequality no longer works in the 21st century.
by Jason Beaubien

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North Dakota county may become first in U.S. to bar new refugees

North Dakota county may become first in U.S. to bar new refugees

If commissioners vote Monday to bar refugees, as expected, Burleigh County — home to about 95,000 people and the capital city of Bismarck — could become the first local government to do so since President Trump issued an executive order making it possible.
by The Associated Press

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Nearly 700,000 SNAP recipients could lose benefits under new Trump rule

Nearly 700,000 SNAP recipients could lose benefits under new Trump rule

The Trump administration has finalized a rule to limit food stamp benefits for single able-bodied adults who can't show that they work more than 20 hours a week, though legal challenges are possible.
by Pam Fessler and Rachel Treisman

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