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Social Issues

Twin Cities' photographer sees the Hmong diaspora in Western landscapes

Twin Cities' photographer sees the Hmong diaspora in Western landscapes

Called “Paj qaum ntuj,” or “Flowers of the Sky,” the Walker exhibit showcases Her’s black-and-white landscape photos of the Mount Shasta region in northern California. It’s a departure from Her’s usual work with portraits — and a captivating story of a community’s relationship to its history and land.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Edina police investigate noose left at community center

Police in Edina are asking the public for help locating a person they say may have information about a noose found hanging at a community center. It was just the latest in a series of recent racist, anti-LGBTQ and antisemitic incidents in the Twin Cities metro area.
by Tim Nelson

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Pope in headdress stirs deep emotions in Indian Country

Pope in headdress stirs deep emotions in Indian Country

It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, after he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “disastrous” residential school system for Indigenous children. But some Indigenous people took to social media to express unhappiness with an iconic gesture they found incongruous with the Catholic Church history of abuse.
by The Associated Press

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Pope apologizes for 'devastating' school abuses in Canada

Pope apologizes for 'devastating' school abuses in Canada

Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools. The pontiff says the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today.
by The Associated Press

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City of Minneapolis and state's human rights dept. talking again about MPD reforms

City of Minneapolis and state's human rights dept. talking again about MPD reforms

After a delay, the city of Minneapolis and the state department of human rights have agreed to continue working together towards an agreement to address systemic issues within the Minneapolis Police Department.
by Jon Collins

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Gary Hines and Sounds of Blackness stay on mission for more than 50 years

Gary Hines and Sounds of Blackness stay on mission for more than 50 years

Sounds of Blackness is more than a band, it's a cultural institution. That, says the group's longtime director Gary Hines, was the mission given to them by a mentor at Macalester College in St. Paul, where the group was founded more than 50 years ago. 
by Lee Hawkins

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