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FREE SPEECH ZONE | The View of America in the Eyes of its New Citizens and Residents

By Hassan Hussein & Mohammed Ademo, Free Speech Zone

When some 234 years ago America's founding fathers solemnly declared "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", it is unthInkable that any Oromo took notice, let alone imagine that America would one day become a beacon of hope aMORE »

Youth News: Responding to HIV Infection in the Ethiopian Community

By Pomi Tefera, KFAI
Pomi Tefera reported on growing up bi-culturally as an Ethiopian-American as part of KFAI’s Youth News program in 2006. She returned in 2007 to cover the Twin Cities Ethiopian community response to a rise in HIV infection rates among Ethiopians. She goes to Cretin-Derham Hall High School in Saint Paul, and when she’s not reporting on her community, writes and performs her own poetry.MORE »
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• Ice House Plaza opening marks a new era on Eat Street. Things are hopping at Nicollet and 26th.
• Feeding the poor: But is it healthy food? Cynthia Boyd reports.

Free Speech Zone

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Michael Cavlan For US Senate 2012 Update
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Will the MPCA "Citizens' Board" side with citizens and the environment?
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Hmong students at Henry High collect 530 postcards to save school buses
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Keith Ellison-Muslim in Congress

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