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Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.

A small immigration program for Liberians in the US will expire at the end of March. Minnesota economists and health care companies say their losing immigration status will have an outsized effect.

Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.
School project of child's hand prints with poem, "When I'm grown and far away, these little hands with you will stay"

As Trump ends Obama-era protections for Salvadorans, a family in Minnesota has few good options to stay together

As Trump ends Obama-era protections for Salvadorans, a family in Minnesota has few good options to stay together
A woman holds her hand over her face and clutches the arm of a man next to her as they walk through the destroyed shopping district in Mogadishu.

Minnesota's Somali immigrants feel 'holes' left after deadly Mogadishu attack

Minnesota's Somali immigrants feel 'holes' left after deadly Mogadishu attack
Woman stands at front of meeting room with microphone, one man at table raises hand

In Minnesota, a measles outbreak exposes the gaps in public health

In Minnesota, a measles outbreak exposes the gaps in public health
Armand Melk-Johnson, 15, hugs his host sister, Mariel, goodbye.

Students 'study abroad' with immigrant families in the US

Students 'study abroad' with immigrant families in the US
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How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid

It began with a video of Liban Adam drinking a giant bowl of camel’s milk and ended in a one-month $80,000 fundraiser.

How two Minnesotans turned their online popularity into big money for famine aid
Thanksgiving in Hibbing, Minnesota with the family of Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee.

A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift

Her parents survived war and upheaval in Korea. Then they embraced bland Thanksgiving rituals in an effort to give their kids a predictable, safe vision of their future.

A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift
Suud Olat is a refugee advocate in St. Cloud, Minnesota

Despite discrimination and backlash, this Somali in St. Cloud says, 'I love my state'

"It’s a really, really scary moment for the Somali community," says refugee advocate Suud Olat.

Despite discrimination and backlash, this Somali in St. Cloud says, 'I love my state'
Painting of a bowl of dumplings next to laptop on a desk

What I learned from my grandmother’s hands

Katherine Du's paintings tell the story of how she learned to be herself — through stories and dumplings.

What I learned from my grandmother’s hands
An aerial view of freeway, with rows of police and protesters in front of an off-ramp

Leaders of this protest against police violence gave unusual instructions: Form a circle around people of color.

Otherhood explores the emotions of people in the Black Lives Matter movement’s orbit: a refugee worried America is becoming more like the place he had to flee, a group determined to teach kids how to articulate their feelings; and an ally, neither black nor white, who finds her place in the protests.

Leaders of this protest against police violence gave unusual instructions: Form a circle around people of color.
People light candles on the ground

Born with two strikes? These Somali Muslims in Minnesota find a home with Black Lives Matter

It isn't easy being Muslim and black in Minnesota, where there have been two police killings of black men in less than a year. But Somali immigrants are finding power in joining with their African American neighbors.

Born with two strikes? These Somali Muslims in Minnesota find a home with Black Lives Matter

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360 Staff Pick: Brazil via Minnesota

360 Staff Pick: Brazil via Minnesota

Mr. Bahl's Studio of Wonders

Mr. Bahl's Studio of Wonders

Robby Romero

Robby Romero