Former Prime Minister of Somalia Abdiweli Ali speaks Thursday evening at The African Development Center in Minneapolis in what will be the first of a three-part series discussion on the challenges

TBS Mart International Foods sits in the middle of an strip mall on Portland Avenue in Bloomington, alongside Kabob’s restaurant, the India Café, the Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant, and the Pizza Gallery (also serving broaster chicken). While the strip mall is international, TBS Mart is not. The scent of spices—curry, cumin, cardamom, mustard, but especially the fenugreek with its unique and pleasant scent—hits you the minute you walk into the door and confirms it. This is a strictly Indian grocery store.

A group of University of Minnesota faculty members will begin moving their TCF direct deposits to other banks this week in protest of the closing of several Iranian students’ accounts.

Late in the afternoon of January 16, a group of unusually well-dressed Latina women—ranging from teenagers with braces to self-assured women in their late 20s—could be seen milling about the second floor lobby of the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. “Ooh, a chocolate fountain!” said one, pointing at a corporate event across the lobby. Eventually, they all made their way downstairs, the younger women teetering on their high heels.