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Rio Grande Valley landowners plan to fight border wall expansion

Rio Grande Valley landowners plan to fight border wall expansion

A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government's efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.
by Reynaldo Leanos Jr.

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A 'mainstreaming of bigotry' as white extremism reveals its global reach

A 'mainstreaming of bigotry' as white extremism reveals its global reach

In the aftermath of the New Zealand mosque shootings, experts who monitor hate groups say violent white extremism is on the rise and is the most prominent threat.
by Kirk Siegler

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What gray wolves' endangered species status means for Minnesota

What gray wolves' endangered species status means for Minnesota

After a decades-long effort to restore the gray wolf population in the United States, federal wildlife officials announced Thursday they are ready to take the animals off the endangered and threatened species list.
by Dan Kraker

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Civil rights organization announces dismissal of founder

Civil rights organization announces dismissal of founder

The Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, a nationally known nonprofit that monitors hate organizations, said Thursday it had fired co-founder Morris Dees, who once won a lawsuit that bankrupted a leading Ku Klux Klan group.
by The Associated Press

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Lack of affordable housing squeezing ever more Minnesotans

Lack of affordable housing squeezing ever more Minnesotans

A new study indicates the shortfall in affordable housing is growing, squeezing an additional 26,000 households in 2017 compared to two years before.
by Martin Moylan

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Sen. Birch Bayh, author of Title IX law, dies at age 91

Sen. Birch Bayh, author of Title IX law, dies at age 91

"It was clear that the greatest danger or damage being done to women was the inequality of higher education," Bayh said in a 2012 interview. "If you give a person an education, whether it's a boy or girl, young woman or young man, they will have the tools necessary to make a life for families and themselves."
by The Associated Press

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Mpls. mayor marks new partnership with Red Lake Nation on trip to reservation

Mpls. mayor marks new partnership with Red Lake Nation on trip to reservation

It's rare for city governments to partner directly with tribes, who typically work with the federal government. That's changing, at least between the city of Minneapolis and the Red Lake Nation.
by Max Nesterak

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When civility is used as a cudgel against people of color

When civility is used as a cudgel against people of color

For people of color, "civility" is often a means of containing them, preventing social mobility and preserving the status quo.
by Karen Grigsby Bates

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