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Imam Hassan Mohamud, from Somalia, speaks about the recent Nairobi terrorist attacks during an English-language service in late September at the Minnesota Da'Wah Institute.

A Somali imam declares war on al-Shabab, in Somalia and at his mosque in Minnesota

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Adolfo Carrión campaigns along 116th Street in “El Barrio” in East Harlem. Carrión, a former Bronx Borough President and member of the Obama administration, is running for New York City mayor on the Independence Party ticket.

How New York City’s Latino politics are shifting

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New immigrant footholds are emerging in less traditional parts of America. This story takes us to Maine, home to an increasing number of Hindu Americans, now establishing their own ethnic and religious roots in the state.

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