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Feeding the poor: But is it healthy food?

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

For people in crisis, salad on the table likely isn’t first on their list of necessities. So it’s good to hear there are people seriously concerned about the menus at homeless shelters and meal programs feeding the poor.MORE »

Bemidji incorporates Ojibwe into city's signs and daily life

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

Tourists visiting Bemidji this summer may pick up a few words of a “foreign” language.

That’s because the first city on the Mississippi River way north in Minnesota may be the only town off a reservation trying to incorporate the area’s indigenous Ojibwe language into daily life.MORE »

Farming programs help immigrants get out of poverty

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

He was born in mountainous Cambodia and dreamed of owning a farm. She was born to the far-reaching plains of the Midwest and flourished in an urban setting of coffee shops and poetry readings.MORE »

U of M students hope documentary prompts debate over apology to Native Americans

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

An old saying, it came to mind as University of Minnesota lecturer Carter Meland talked to me about a thought-provoking video project of the 60 students in his introductory “American Indians in Minnesota” class.MORE »

Big welfare cuts stripped from human services legislation

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

Advocates for the poor are relieved following passage by Minnesota lawmakers of legislation approving $18 million in funding for the state’s Health and Human Services program.

Most significantly, financial support for the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) to low-income families with children will not be cut.MORE »

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