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March 21, 2019 6:47 AM

#AbledsAreWeird: People with disabilities share uncomfortable encounters

"There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled people," says activist Imani Barbarin, who started the hashtag.

by Hafsa Quraishi

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March 20, 2019 5:20 AM

Supreme Court broadens the government's power to detain criminal immigrants

The ruling responds to two class-action lawsuits brought by legal immigrants who served criminal sentences and then were detained years later.

by Richard Gonzales

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March 19, 2019 10:59 AM

White nationalist groups increase recruiting and propaganda across the west

The Anti-Defamation League says white supremacist propaganda has increased by over 180 percent in the last year, as they seek to recruit disaffected white kids looking for community.

by Nate Hegyi

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March 19, 2019 6:08 AM

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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March 18, 2019 8:44 AM

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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March 17, 2019 1:25 PM

Minneapolis townhomes will provide housing for families who have been homeless

The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority's Minnehaha Townhomes in the East Nokomis neighborhood will serve 16 families who have been without homes.

by Martin Moylan

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March 15, 2019 1:26 AM

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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March 14, 2019 7:15 PM

Lawsuit by Sandy Hook victims against gun manufacturer allowed to move forward

Gun companies have rarely been held liable for crimes committed with their products. This lawsuit could mark a new front in the battle over gun regulations and corporate accountability.

by Ryan Lindsay

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March 14, 2019 6:17 PM

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