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Social Issues

What resources exist after you've been evicted?

Eviction is a life-altering event -- what resources exist to help evicted tenants land back on their feet after being pushed out of their homes?
by Brandt Williams

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U.S. agents fire tear gas as some migrants try to breach fence

U.S. agents fire tear gas as some migrants try to breach fence

Hundreds of migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after several tried to make it past fencing and wire separating the two countries.
by Associated Press

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Incoming Mexico government: No deal to host U.S. asylum-seekers

Incoming Mexico government: No deal to host U.S. asylum-seekers

Mexico's incoming government denied a report Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through U.S. immigration courts, a deal the Trump administration has been pursuing for months.
by Associated Press

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Holiday brings food donations - and mixed feelings - at homeless encampment

Donations of food and clothes flooded into the Minneapolis homeless encampment on Thursday for Thanksgiving. But many at the encampment do not celebrate the holiday because of its historical connection to massacres of native people.
by Max Nesterak

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Lactation litigation: More lawsuits alleging discrimination against breastfeeding moms

There's been a big jump in lawsuits in recent years claiming an employer discriminated against an employee because she was breastfeeding or needed to pump milk during the workday. The cases are driven in part by new laws that give working moms more protection.
by Dan Kraker

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Ground Level: Education and changes in Eden Prairie

MPR News recently held a conversation in Eden Prairie to discuss how people feel about their suburban community.
by MPR News Staff

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Find a home for the homeless? It's no easy task in Minnesota

Find a home for the homeless? It's no easy task in Minnesota

Finding a Twin Cities landlord willing to work with someone who's homeless is a huge challenge, even when a tenant has the rent money, and even when the would-be tenant is a woman carrying a newborn.
by Max Nesterak

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The Lebanese who came to Minnesota a century ago

The Lebanese who came to Minnesota a century ago

During World War I, another humanitarian disaster drove immigration from the Middle East.
by Riham Feshir

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Fire burns tents at Minneapolis homeless camp; 1 treated

Fire burns tents at Minneapolis homeless camp; 1 treated

Multiple tents caught fire Monday at a homeless encampment but the Minneapolis Fire Department said much of the fire was extinguished quickly and one person was treated for smoke inhalation.
by Tim Nelson and Max Nesterak

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Chipotle offers manager job back in St. Paul dine-and-dash case

Chipotle is offering to rehire a St. Paul restaurant manager fired after receiving more information about an incident where employees refused to serve five black men and asked them to prove they could pay before taking their order.
by Martin Moylan

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