Posted inExtremism A Muslim woman told anyone who would listen about her run-in with white supremacists in Minnesota. One of them? Allegedly ‘Umbrella Man.’ by Hibah Ansari July 29, 2020July 29, 2020
Posted inHEALTH Coughing, chest pains? Immigration detainees say they still can’t get a COVID-19 test in one Minnesota jail. by Joey Peters July 28, 2020August 30, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION ‘I can’t teach if I’m dead’: Minnesota teachers of color say distance learning is best option for fall by Becky Z. Dernbach July 28, 2020July 28, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS In their own words: Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District voters have opinions about the race between Ilhan Omar and Antone Melton-Meaux by Hibah Ansari July 27, 2020July 29, 2020
Posted inHEALTH Everything you need to know about Minnesota’s new coronavirus face mask rule by Joey Peters July 23, 2020August 30, 2020
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK ‘The cash is piling up’: Hawala money transfers provide a financial lifeline for thousands of families. What stopped the money flow from Minnesota to Somalia? by Ibrahim Hirsi July 23, 2020July 23, 2020
Posted inHEALTH Minnesota’s health department wants to reveal your positive COVID-19 test results to first responders—including immigration officials. What could go wrong? by Joey Peters July 22, 2020August 30, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Minnesota governor orders people to wear masks in restaurants, stores and most indoor spaces. by Brian Bakst July 22, 2020July 22, 2020
Posted inHEALTH Hungry kids, empty fridge? You may be missing out on free boxes of healthy food and benefits for Minnesota residents during the COVID-19 crisis. by Becky Z. Dernbach July 21, 2020July 21, 2020
Posted inHEALTH The hunger crisis hits Minnesota—and it’s about to get much worse. by Joey Peters July 21, 2020August 30, 2020
Posted inArts Hmong women sold their embroidery in refugee camps for $1 apiece. The culture they documented is beyond value. by Hibah Ansari July 20, 2020August 3, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, POLITICS ‘I want people to know that the Oromo people are here’: A killing in Ethiopia ignites a youth revolution in Minnesota. by Jaida Grey Eagle July 17, 2020July 17, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS Ellison appoints longtime advocate for racial equity to top spot in attorney general’s office by Joey Peters July 17, 2020July 17, 2020
Posted inIMMIGRATION They come to Minnesota seeking safety from terrorist groups and gang violence. New Trump asylum rule calls those threats ‘frivolous.’ by Hibah Ansari July 16, 2020July 17, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION ICE to international students: Remember that rule change we proposed? Never mind. by Becky Z. Dernbach July 14, 2020July 14, 2020
Posted inProfiles The cost of practicing journalism for an Ethiopian reporter? A jail cell, a caravan across the Sahara, a raft on the Mediterranean — and exile in Minnesota. by Ibrahim Hirsi July 14, 2020July 15, 2020
Posted inMedia Minnesota-based TV network burglarized in midst of Oromo protests by Becky Z. Dernbach July 13, 2020July 20, 2020
Posted inIMMIGRATION In the 1970s, Minneapolis faced a population death spiral. Guess who came to the rescue? by Tom Weber July 13, 2020July 13, 2020
Posted inMedia KSTP-TV reporter asks Muslim woman: What’s the difference between a hijab and white supremacist gang regalia? by Hibah Ansari July 10, 2020July 13, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION Race divides Minnesota parents’ views on schools reopening by Becky Z. Dernbach July 10, 2020July 10, 2020
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK What happens when you lose your job—and the government won’t help? by Becky Z. Dernbach July 9, 2020July 10, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION What you need to know about ICE’s troublesome rules for international students–and Minnesota’s plans to stop them by Becky Z. Dernbach July 8, 2020July 14, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Minnesota health officials offer ‘no-barriers’ COVID-19 testing across state for immigrants, uninsured by Hibah Ansari July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
Posted inHEALTH How this Muslim chaplain helps COVID-19 patients understand that God doesn’t hate them. by Joey Peters July 7, 2020August 30, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION As students, they never had Somali teachers. Now they’re Minnesota’s first Somali public school principals. by Becky Z. Dernbach July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
Posted inNews Muslim woman who found ‘ISIS’ written on her Target Starbucks cup speaks out: ‘I felt humiliated, I felt enraged, I felt belittled.’ by Becky Z. Dernbach July 5, 2020July 6, 2020
Posted inNews Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest carrier, sues Minnesota journalist and his independent newspaper by Ibrahim Hirsi July 2, 2020July 15, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE COVID-19 cancels J4, the Hmong International Freedom Festival, for 40,000 attendees by Hibah Ansari July 2, 2020July 3, 2020
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Family of Isak Aden, who was killed by police in Eagan a year ago, files civil rights suit; protesters want case reopened by Hibah Ansari July 2, 2020September 30, 2021
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK Immigrant retailers reopened shops in neighborhood malls. Customers haven’t returned by Ibrahim Hirsi July 2, 2020July 4, 2020
Posted inHomelessness Evict homeless from Powderhorn Park? ‘That stops here,’ says one community volunteer by Abdirahman Mohamed July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE Minnesota’s Oromo community demands justice after musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa is killed in Ethiopia by Becky Z. Dernbach June 30, 2020July 4, 2020
Posted inNews Stray golf ball shatters windshield of Minneapolis educator; elite country club receives a lesson about etiquette and social media by Ibrahim Hirsi June 30, 2020July 7, 2020
Posted inHEALTH ‘We lost everything’: COVID-19 and Lake Street fires shut clinics in south Minneapolis immigrant neighborhoods by Joey Peters June 29, 2020August 30, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION Push to defund University of Minnesota police started with chemical irritant at Somali Night by Becky Z. Dernbach June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
Posted inReligion Minnesota Muslims grieve their canceled Hajj plans as COVID-19 shuts down travel to Saudi Arabia. by Hibah Ansari June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Amazon workers warned about COVID-19 risks at Minnesota warehouses. Workers kept getting infected by Ibrahim Hirsi June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Posted inIMMIGRATION New visa restrictions less likely to save U.S. jobs than further Trump’s anti-immigration agenda, experts say by Hibah Ansari June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Posted inIMMIGRATION The journey to become a citizen heads someplace new: the sidewalk by Joey Peters June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION St. Paul school board votes police out of schools after pressure from students of color by Becky Z. Dernbach June 23, 2020June 24, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION Students of color press St. Paul district to cut ties with Police Department by Becky Z. Dernbach June 22, 2020June 22, 2020
Posted inRemembering Minnesotans lost to COVID-19 ‘He was loved by everyone’: Somali community remembers Nur Omar Mohamed, who died of COVID-19 by Ibrahim Hirsi June 20, 2020June 22, 2020
Posted inNews As Holy Land grocery attempts to mend relationship with community, former employees speak out by Hibah Ansari June 19, 2020July 2, 2020
Posted inRape & sexual assault ‘I have suffered too long’: Somali woman breaks the culture of silence on sexual assault to motivate others by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim June 18, 2020June 19, 2020
Posted inIMMIGRATION Immigrants and advocates in Minnesota celebrate Supreme Court DACA ruling by Joey Peters June 18, 2020June 18, 2020
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY Minneapolis woman sues police for alleged unlawful search and groping her at scene of a traffic stop last year by Joey Peters June 17, 2020October 8, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS ‘Defund the police’ debate unfolds with no representation for Ward 6 residents on Minneapolis City Council by Ibrahim Hirsi June 16, 2020June 16, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION These East African students were told they couldn’t go to high school. They just graduated. by Becky Z. Dernbach June 16, 2020June 16, 2020
Posted inHEALTH U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, dies of COVID-19 complications by Joey Peters June 15, 2020August 30, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS Minnesota hires new assistant commissioner for immigrant and refugee affairs by Hibah Ansari June 15, 2020June 15, 2020
Posted inFaith Twin Cities mosques set strict measures as they reopen doors for worshippers by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim and Jaida Grey Eagle June 13, 2020June 13, 2020
Posted inArts Artist Kareem Rahma projects names and images of black people killed by police onto the side of the Gold Medal building by Liv Martin June 12, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inRemembering Minnesotans lost to COVID-19 ‘Always a leader’: friends, family remember Marny Xiong as a trailblazer who put others first by Becky Z. Dernbach June 11, 2020June 23, 2020
Posted inRace In the aftermath of George Floyd killing, an uneasy discussion about racism in Minnesota’s Muslim community by Ibrahim Hirsi June 10, 2020June 15, 2020
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK Left in ashes by unrest, Twin Cities entrepreneurs begin to navigate insurance claims to rebuild their businesses by Joey Peters June 10, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inProfiles For Timberwolves’ Gersson Rosas, immigrant experience fueled rise to a top NBA job by Britt Robson June 9, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE Bush Foundation announces four immigrants from Minnesota as new 2020 fellows by Hibah Ansari June 9, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION ‘Dreams coming true’: Cristo Rey students celebrate their hard-earned high school graduation by Becky Z. Dernbach and Jaida Grey Eagle June 8, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inHEALTH As Minnesota immigrants watched the killing of George Floyd and unrest that followed, an unsettling reminder of traumas suffered back home by Hibah Ansari June 8, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inRemembering Minnesotans lost to COVID-19 St. Paul school board chair Marny Xiong dies of COVID-19 by Sahan Journal June 7, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE La radio La Raza se relanza días después de quemarse durante las protestas de George Floyd by Joey Peters June 6, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inPUBLIC SAFETY ‘Urgent call to action’: Huda Ahmed to lead collaboration on reforming Minnesota’s criminal justice, dismantling inequities by Becky Z. Dernbach June 5, 2020October 8, 2021
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, BUSINESS & WORK, The killing of George Floyd With police absent, Lake Street business owners form their own night patrols by Becky Z. Dernbach June 5, 2020June 5, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE In a new novel, Minnesota Somali woman shows how immigrants are taking charge of their own narrative by Ibrahim Hirsi June 5, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inJobs Sahan Journal is hiring a managing editor to join our team by Sahan Journal June 5, 2020June 22, 2020
Posted inNews Holy Land grocery faces boycotts after past racist social media posts by CEO’s daughter resurface by Hibah Ansari June 4, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, The killing of George Floyd La Raza radio relaunches days after burning down during George Floyd protests by Joey Peters June 4, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inEDUCATION This south-central Minnesota school district has one black board member. He was left out of the board’s group photo. by Becky Z. Dernbach June 3, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inThe killing of George Floyd Young Minnesota Somalis, asserting their blackness, take center stage in George Floyd protests by Ibrahim Hirsi June 2, 2020June 12, 2020
Posted inThe killing of George Floyd Immigrant business owners, hit hard by vandalism and looting, say they want justice for George Floyd by Joey Peters and Ibrahim Hirsi May 29, 2020June 2, 2020
Posted inThe killing of George Floyd As Asian Minnesotans call for justice for George Floyd, some feel targeted for officer Thao’s role in death by Ibrahim Hirsi May 29, 2020December 29, 2020
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK Urge to buy local in time of pandemic pushes Hmong farmers to move online by Jessica Jurcek May 28, 2020May 28, 2020
Posted inThe killing of George Floyd Owner of Cup Foods condemns police killing of George Floyd by Sheila Regan May 28, 2020June 4, 2020
Posted inNews In disappearance of Ridwan Dahir, Somali community looks to bring a mother closure by Abdirahman Mohamed May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Posted inHEALTH In healthcare work, African immigrants feel brunt of COVID-19 by Joey Peters May 27, 2020August 30, 2020
Posted inRace White man in Minneapolis accused of racially profiling a group of Somali entrepreneurs inside a gym by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Posted inRemembering Minnesotans lost to COVID-19 Hassan Nor, Somali elder and artist whose work depicted pre-war Somalia, dies of COVID-19 by Sheila Regan May 26, 2020May 31, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Walz says houses of worship can open at 25% occupancy by MPR News Staff May 23, 2020May 23, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE Minnesota Muslims get creative to celebrate Eid while keeping social distance by Ibrahim Hirsi May 23, 2020May 23, 2020
Posted inReligion Minnesota Muslims: How are you celebrating Eid holiday in the midst of COVID-19? by Sahan Journal May 23, 2020May 23, 2020
Posted inRemembering Minnesotans lost to COVID-19 ‘I didn’t want him to feel alone’: A daughter’s complicated goodbye to her father by John Enger May 21, 2020May 24, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS St. Paul City Council approves measure declaring Indian government Islamophobic by Joey Peters May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE Not in His Front Yard: Falcon Heights tells would-be vegetable gardener to hold the lettuce, hold the tomato, while it studies the menu by Joey Peters May 20, 2020May 27, 2020
Posted inBUSINESS & WORK Unemployment claims up — way up — among Asian Minnesotans by Riham Feshir May 20, 2020May 24, 2020
Posted inHOUSING Minneapolis tenants take one big step toward creating a cooperative and buying their buildings by Sheila Regan May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus How to be an ally for Asian Americans facing racism amid COVID-19 by MPR News Staff May 19, 2020May 19, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Despite the risks, essential retail workers often have little option but going to work by Sheila Regan May 18, 2020May 18, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Yam koj yuavtsum paub txog Minnesota tsab cai ‘nyob nyabxeeb’ by MPR News Staff May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Waxa aad u baahantahay in in aad ka ogaato amarka Minnesota ee ‘is ilaali’ by MPR News Staff May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Lo que necesitan saber sobre la orden de Minnesota de “mantenerse a salvo” by MPR News Staff May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus What you need to know about Minnesota’s ‘stay safe’ order by MPR News Staff May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Gov. Walz tsab cai nyob-hauv-tsev yuav xaus rau hnub Sunday. Muaj tej yam kev txwv yuav tswj ntxiv mus. by MPR News Staff May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus La orden del Gobernador Walz de quedarse en casa expirará el domingo. Se mantendrán algunas restricciones. by MPR News Staff May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Amarka guri-joogga ee Badhasaab Walz ayaa Axadda ku eg. Wali qaybo xanibaaddaas ka mid ah ayaa sii jiri doona. by MPR News Staff May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Gov. Walz’s stay-at-home order will expire on Sunday. Some restrictions will remain in place. by MPR News Staff May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus Federal judge rules ICE detainees will remain in Sherburne County Jail by Joey Peters May 14, 2020August 30, 2020
Posted inOPINION, POLITICS Haji Yussuf: Ilhan offers best chance to advance progressive agenda by Haji Yussuf May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
Posted inOPINION Zafar Siddiqui: Don’t succumb to hate virus while fighting coronavirus by Zafar Siddiqui May 12, 2020May 12, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE Decades of searching over, filmmakers work to reintroduce Somali-made epic to the world by Abdirahman Mohamed May 11, 2020May 11, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus At Amazon’s Eagan warehouse, COVID-19’s spread leaves workers scared, angry by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim May 9, 2020June 15, 2020