Immigrants

Mac-n-cheese or ugali? This teen eats both

By Zawadi Mbele, ThreeSixty

Zawadi Mbele - Photo by Jerry Holt

Having parents who don’t really understand your culture can be hard. I’ll have a conversation with my dad that goes like this:

“Hey, Dad!

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CariFest 2009

By Alan Wilfahrt, TC Daily Planet
Twin Cities CariFest is a celebration of the sights and sound of the Caribbean Islands, by the residents of the Twin Cities metro area. A free event with a family flavor.MORE »

Counting the masses: Why the census matters

By Nekessa Opoti, TC Daily Planet

Image from Census Bureau

It is almost common knowledge that every ten years the U.S. Census Bureau counts the number of people residing throughout the United States.

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Complex laws confuse immigrant fishermen

By Matthew Trammel, Holy Angels High School, ThreeSixty

Photo by Julie Nguyen. Ge Xiong, 22, is a resident of St. Paul who emigrated from Laos three years ago. He tries to yank sunfish from the south shore of Phalen Lake

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has done a lot to reach out to immigrants who like to fish and hunt.MORE »

Access denied: Somali soccer tournament organizers shut out mainstream media

By Abdiaziz Ahmed, Mshale
Organizers of this year’s Somali Independence Day soccer tournament barred a section of Twin Cities mainstream media from reporting on the scene accusing them of a continuous “negative publicity and pMORE »

Multicultural awareness is growing in the Twin Cities

By Rachel M. Anderson, African News Journal
A few years ago if you asked an elementary school-aged child what they know about Africa the answer probably would have been, “Not much.” But now that our nation’s first African-American President hasMORE »

Living in America, waiting years for it to be home

By Karen Romero, El Colegio Charter School, ThreeSixty

Karen Romero, photo by Jerry Holt

Even though Cynthia Espinoza had lived in Minnesota for eight years, she had to pay out-of-state tuition when she went to Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

That’s because Espinoza, now 3

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ICE reverses course, releases three Salvadoran youths pending appeal

By Scott Russell, TC Daily Planet
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Ma Yang tells stories of Hmong life then and now, there and here

By Jeanette Fordyce, TC Daily Planet

A piece by Mai C. Vang on display in the Homewood show. Image courtesy Homewood Studios.

On Friday, July 17, at Homewood Studios in North Minneapolis, Ma Yang,MORE »

Despite schools' attempts, immigrants continue to struggle

By Matthew Aguilar, Patrick Henry High School, ThreeSixty

Matthew Aguilar

In Minnesota, the immigration population has been rising.MORE »
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