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University of Minnesota delays plan to hire genocide studies director

University of Minnesota delays plan to hire genocide studies director

The University of Minnesota will likely wait more than a year to hire a new director for its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, after pausing a hiring process amid controversy. A new search committee will include further community input.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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U.S. Catholic bishops approve outreach to Native Americans and acknowledge boarding school ‘traumas’

U.S. Catholic bishops approve outreach to Native Americans and acknowledge boarding school ‘traumas’

U.S. bishops on Friday approved new guidelines for ministering to Indigenous Catholics, a long in-the-works effort to reinvigorate the ministry and assure those communities that they don't need to feel torn between their Native identity and their Catholic one.
by The Associated Press

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‘Big hole in my heart’: How two siblings mended a rift after one came out

‘Big hole in my heart’: How two siblings mended a rift after one came out

Siblings Forest Clarke and Anne Downs grew up feeling like twins born two years apart. But when Clarke came out, a chasm grew in this once close relationship. A global pandemic, a letter and years of introspection brought them back together.
by Catharine Richert

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Blocked from asylum, many migrants juggle their choices: Try to cross again or give up

Blocked from asylum, many migrants juggle their choices: Try to cross again or give up

“We made the mistake of crossing illegally … But that’s the desperation of a person who fears for the safety of his loved ones,” says an immigrant deported days after crossing through the Arizona border.
by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

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Minnesota immigration advocates, policy experts concerned about Biden’s border order

Minnesota immigration advocates, policy experts concerned about Biden’s border order

Biden’s new border restrictions temporarily suspend the processing of most asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border, in an effort to manage the influx of migrants. 
by Sarah Thamer

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Full tentative Minneapolis police contract should be made public, says advocate

Full tentative Minneapolis police contract should be made public, says advocate

A new police contract featuring a major pay bump is now in the hands of the Minneapolis city council for approval. A community group has been calling for greater transparency and reform in the police contract negotiation process between the city and the union.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Black-led nature retreat center faces pushback on North Shore

Black-led nature retreat center faces pushback on North Shore

A nature-based retreat center planned outside Two Harbors aimed at providing a restorative getaway for Black, Indigenous and people of color, is receiving pushback from some local residents over concerns of noise, traffic, and other impacts on their rural “way of life.” 
by Dan Kraker

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