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Protests planned nationwide over Trump immigration policy

Protests planned nationwide over Trump immigration policy

More than 600 marches could draw hundreds of thousands of people across the country, from immigrant-friendly cities like Los Angeles and New York City to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming under the banner Families Belong Together. A march is planned for this afternoon in Minneapolis.
by Associated Press

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Exhibit recalls Japanese-American internment of WWII

Exhibit recalls Japanese-American internment of WWII

For those who lived it, the detention of Japanese-Americans has echoes in modern events.
by Emma Sapong

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Proposal would give Mpls. council more control over police

Proposal would give Mpls. council more control over police

Council Member Cam Gordon said he'll introduce a proposal to put the change to the city charter before voters. The mayor opposes it.
by Jon Collins

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Reuniting families separated at the border proves complicated

Reuniting families separated at the border proves complicated

A volunteer in Baltimore spends her days trying to reconnect migrant children and parents who have been separated and detained. One story illustrate why it is not necessarily simple.
by Nurith Aizenman

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House rejects Republican immigration bill, ignoring Trump

House rejects Republican immigration bill, ignoring Trump

The Republican-led House resoundingly rejected a far-ranging immigration bill on Wednesday despite an eleventh-hour endorsement by President Donald Trump, as the gulf between the GOP's moderate and conservative wings proved too deep for leaders to avert an election-year display of division.
by Associated Press

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Rivers of Oil, Episode 4: The rallying cry

Rivers of Oil, Episode 4: The rallying cry

In the early 2000s, the Keystone XL oil pipeline became one of the most powerful symbols in the fight against climate change. And since then, it's not just local landowners fighting pipelines in their backyards anymore. It's environmental groups, Native Americans tribes, farmers and ranchers, and a crucial addition to the alliance -- climate change activists. But how did it begin?
by Julie Siple, Bill Wareham, Dan Kraker and Cody Nelson

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How Muslim-Americans are responding to the Supreme Court's travel ban ruling

How Muslim-Americans are responding to the Supreme Court's travel ban ruling

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court upheld President Trump's "travel ban" which prevented nearly all travelers from five mostly Muslim countries. MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke to Jaylani Hussein, executive director of CAIR-MN, about how Muslim Americans responded to the news.
by Kerri Miller and Manda Lillie

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Ryan sets House vote on GOP immigration bill for Wednesday

Ryan sets House vote on GOP immigration bill for Wednesday

House Speaker Paul Ryan scheduled a long-awaited showdown vote on a broad Republican immigration bill for Wednesday, but is showing little confidence that the package will survive.
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