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A woman in a hijab speaks into a microphone as dawn breaks in the clouds. An American flag waves in the distance.

Immigrants have a long history of taking their issues to the people — as political candidates

October 31, 2018Politics

Amid growing anti-immigration rhetoric, more immigrants and refugees are running for public office in Minnesota, and nationwide.

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Former detainees tell New Mexico legislators about abuses in immigration detention as county seeks to renew contracts

July 17, 2018Immigration

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‘They didn’t explore the world,’ says physician who cared for toddlers separated from their parents at the border

June 21, 2018Immigration

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For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone

June 20, 2018Immigration

A fan dressed in a sweatshirt with the Haitian flag on it, joins DJ Michael Brun on stage at the Bayo Block Party in Miami, Flordia.

Michael Brun delivers a message from Haiti — one summer block party at a time

June 12, 2018Global Hit

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A bill to allow divorce in the Philippines could mean freedom for some women in New York

June 1, 2018Politics

The Philippines is the last country in the world that does not allow divorce.

The Good Friday dessert with roots in the Dominican Republic that I will not give up

March 27, 2018Food

It’s a fading tradition, but habas con dulce is a Holy Week staple in my family, migrating with us from the island to the United States.

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Four months of food aid in Puerto Rico brought too much salt and sugar, say some recipients

January 31, 2018Health

FEMA sent 57 million meals to Puerto Rico in the four months after Hurricane Maria. The Queer Kitchen Brigade sent just 400 jars of produce, but they are hoping to impact the kinds of food people in prolonged disaster relief can expect.

A news organization that insisted on inclusive journalism is closing its doors

November 28, 2017Media

But its mission will live on, writes Andrew Lam.

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On being Korean in America in the time of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Rocket Man’

November 6, 2017Conflict

This is how Ju-Hyun Park learned to distance himself from being Korean in America.

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