Immigrants
MOVIES | "Ida's Story," a documentary about a post-WWI Ukrainian immigrant, tells a sadly familiar tale of ethnic persecution
A documentary ten years in the making, Ida's Story had its big-screen debut at North Minneapolis's historic Capri Theater on November 16. The premiere drew nearly a full house; over 250 attended to see the new film by a local cast and crew led by executive producer Donna Sherlock and producer/director Barbara Wiener.MORE »
Former Agriprocessors manager found guilty on 86 counts
A Sioux Falls, So. Dak., jury returned to the courtroom late Thursday afternoon and found former Agriprocessors manager Sholom M.MORE »
NEWS DAY | TiZA hit with fines
Minnesota Commissioner of Education Alice Seagren announcedthat the Minnesota Department of Education will fine charter school Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TiZA) almost $140,000 for employing teachers who do not hold valid teaching licenses or permits last year.MORE »
International Health Volunteers set up shop in Minnesota
After working toward sustainable healthcare since 1979, board members at the Minnesota International Health Volunteers (MIHV) decided in 2000 to open shop in Minnesota. With more than 200 volunteers in eight different countries MIHV has run immunization campaigns, and helped build community gardens, water and sanitation projects in countries like Thailand, Nicaragua and Tanzania. MORE »
BOOKS | Poet Joanna Rawson's challenging but stimulating "Unrest" will make you feel just a little bit more alive
Joanna Rawson wants you to be frustrated. In her second book of poetry, Unrest (Graywolf Press), Rawson writes her personal manifesto, and she lets you in on her philosophy of life, the universe, and everything. What Rawson sees in this world is chaos in perpetuity, as described in her poem "Provisional Endings during Wartime":
Tomorrow you'll set all this chaos right.
But the thought gets lost underneath, in the undertow.MORE »
NEWS DAY | Somalis seek police protection in Minneapolis
After the recent killing of a key Somali witness in a murder trial, some members of the community are calling for better police protection for witnesses.MORE »
Wading into the great health care debate
I've avoided commenting on the health care controversy too much because, first, it's a massively complex issue that would require several posts to do justice. And second, I have no desire to spend time purging my inbox of illiterate screeds that insist I'm a socialist under Obama's evil spell.MORE »
Infant Mortality Rates: MN disparities for African immigrants and communities of color
Minnesota, the healthiest state in the country, also has the lowest infant mortality rates, but health disparities between minorities and the larger white population still exist, and infant mortality is one example of these disparities.
Infant mortality refers to the death of an infant during its first year of life, and the rate is calculated per one thousand infants.MORE »
Stared down by neo-Nazis, she battled back with love
When Giselle Stern Hernández finished writing her one-woman show, "The Deportee's Wife," not in her wildest dreams did she imagine she'd one day perform it for neo-Nazis. MORE »
