Minnesota Immigrants Climbing Educational, Economic Ladder

As a new, unskilled immigrant from Congo, Kathy Komba was told that the only job she could do is to clean office buildings overnight. A friend of a friend hired her as a janitor in Minneapolis.

That was nine years…

Reliving the Past in a Refugee Camp — in Loring Park

The tiny huts, the small latrines and the white tents inside metal barricades looked startlingly familiar even though they were part of a replica of a refugee camp.

I felt a little jolt in my heart as…

After Losing Strike, U Workers Plan to ‘Bite Back’

When University of Minnesota workers ended their strike last week, the school came out victorious. Even so, union officials and state legislators are looking at ways to make the U more accountable to its lower-income workers.…

At Columbia, Ahmadinejad Won

Iran’s belligerent president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is a loser in most of his international appearances. But on Monday he garnered a rare victory at an unlikely venue: Columbia University in New York. He withstood a barrage of insults…

Ellison Blasts King’s ‘Too Many Mosques’ Remarks

When U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., made the comments that there are “too many mosques in this country,” he was immediately repudiated by many groups, including the Democratic National Committee.

But no one was more…

Minnesota Children Exchange Letters — and Hope — with Iraqi Children

As an Iraqi-American, Sami Rasouli felt that adults in the two countries “failed to bring peace and stability.” So he and an American friend turned to the children of the two countries to open a dialogue about…

Minnesota Children Exchange Letters — and Hope — with Iraqi Children

As an Iraqi-American, Sami Rasouli felt that adults in the two countries “failed to bring peace and stability.” So he and an American friend turned to the children of the two countries to open a dialogue about peace.

With the…

Minnesota Children Exchange Letters — and Hope — with Iraqi Children

As an Iraqi-American, Sami Rasouli felt that adults in the two countries “failed to bring peace and stability.” So he and an American friend turned to the children of the two countries to open a dialogue about peace.

With the…

Minnesota Children Exchange Letters — and Hope — with Iraqi Children

As an Iraqi-American, Sami Rasouli felt that adults in the two countries “failed to bring peace and stability.” So he and an American friend turned to the children of the two countries to open a dialogue about peace.

With the…

Minnesota Children Exchange Letters — and Hope — with Iraqi Children

As an Iraqi-American, Sami Rasouli felt that adults in the two countries “failed to bring peace and stability.” So he and an American friend turned to the children of the two countries to open a dialogue about peace.

With the…