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Investing in women and girls to ensure their safety, health and success

Investing in women and girls to ensure their safety, health and success

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the president and CEO of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota about investing in women and girls to ensure their safety, health and economic success.
by Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer

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Five years after COVID-19 lockdown, racial health disparities linger

Five years after COVID-19 lockdown, racial health disparities linger

People of color experience a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. In Minnesota, deaths from COVID-19 have been concentrated in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
by Nina Moini and Ellie Roth

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2 separate cases place the immigration lens on Boston

2 separate cases place the immigration lens on Boston

Two people legally in the U.S. who flew into a Boston airport have been denied reentry into the country after traveling abroad. One was deported in apparent defiance of a judicial order.
by Tovia Smith

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In western Minnesota, she helps new immigrants put down roots

In western Minnesota, she helps new immigrants put down roots

Alma Contreras remembers how hard it was to make the transition to rural western Minnesota when she came from Mexico 16 years ago. It’s what drives her to help others now in tense times for immigrants.
by Dan Gunderson

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Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped

Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members.
by The Associated Press

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'The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir'

'The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir'

Historian Martha S. Jones found a remarkable and complicated story of identity, race and belonging as she researched her own family’s past.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Trump takes birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court

Trump takes birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court

The president's contention that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional is considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago.
by Nina Totenberg

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