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Immigration from Mexico to U.S. comes to standstill

Immigration from Mexico to U.S. comes to standstill

The number of Mexican immigrants living illegally in the U.S. has dropped significantly for the first time in decades.

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Centro Campesino loses Catholic aid over birth control clash

Centro Campesino, the southern Minnesota organization that helps migrant workers, is among a handful of nonprofits across the country that have lost funding from a branch of the U.S. Conference of Bishops because they are at odds with Catholic Church's position on birth control.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Mark Cangemi, 9/11 investigator, adopts immigrant teen's cause

Mark Cangemi, 9/11 investigator, adopts immigrant teen's cause

The immigration special agent who ordered the arrest of convicted Sept. 11 hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui has taken up a new cause. Mark Cangemi is trying to help an immigrant teenager stay in the country.
by Annie Baxter

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Non-profit serving Twin Cities Latinos to close down

Non-profit serving Twin Cities Latinos to close down

Lack of funding is forcing a non-profit organization that served the Spanish-speaking population in the Twin Cities for three-decades to close its doors.
by Jon Collins

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The Week in Commentary

The Week in Commentary

A summary of this week's commentaries and some of the comments they generated.

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Fewer people registering for Susan G. Komen races

Fewer people registering for Susan G. Komen races

Many Susan g. Komen supporters have abandoned the nation's largest breast-cancer charity since news emerged in late January that it had decided to stop making grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer-screening. Komen soon reversed that move following a three-day onslaught of criticism.

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Warren Buffett's son launches rural food bank

Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, wants to enlist fellow food producers in a new campaign to fight hunger in rural America.

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Twin Cities population to grow more diverse, elderly by 2040

Twin Cities population to grow more diverse, elderly by 2040

The population of the Twin Cities metro area will grow, age and become more diverse by 2040, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Metropolitan Council.
by Jessica Mador

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