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Social Issues

Clint Smith on how to reckon with slavery as America's original sin

Clint Smith on how to reckon with slavery as America's original sin

Clint Smith’s acclaimed book, “How the Word Is Passed,” is now out in paperback. In it, he examines how slavery has been central in shaping our country’s collective history, and ourselves.
by Kelly Gordon

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MN Senate votes to ban discrimination based on hair, OKs Juneteenth holiday

MN Senate votes to ban discrimination based on hair, OKs Juneteenth holiday

Backers said Black Minnesotans, particularly women, face workplace discrimination for styling their hair in braids, twists or locks, or for their natural hair texture. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery following the Civil War.
by Dana Ferguson

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Refugee crisis in Minnesota: How everyday citizens can help by sponsoring

Refugee crisis in Minnesota: How everyday citizens can help by sponsoring

Minnesota has likely welcomed more than 100,000 refugees since the 1970s. That work has largely been done by resettlement agencies but come spring, watch for citizen sponsorship’s blossoming role.
by Tom Crann and Amy Felegy

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From the archives: Naima Coster on her novel 'What's Mine and Yours'

From the archives: Naima Coster on her novel 'What's Mine and Yours'

This Friday, Big Books and Bold Ideas will feature Clint Smith, celebrated author of “How the Word is Passed,” which powerfully examines the legacy of slavery in America. Kerri Miller’s conversation with Naima Coster in 2021 trod a similar path, only Coster used a fiction lens to look at effects of segregation in her novel, “What’s Mine and Yours.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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'Brotherless Night' explores a young Sri Lankan Tamil woman's life, love and idealism set against civil war

'Brotherless Night' explores a young Sri Lankan Tamil woman's life, love and idealism set against civil war

Twin Cities writer V.V. Ganeshananthan didn’t expect her second novel to take so long to write. But after almost two decades “Brotherless Night,” a tale set against the Sri Lankan civil war, is drawing critical acclaim. It’s a depiction of a determined young Tamil woman struggling with life, love and family even as her country descends into chaos.
by Euan Kerr

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