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Minnesota’s immigrants and refugees fill “essential” jobs in construction, agriculture, manufacturing, and more. In a new report, they shared their stories about working on the front lines of the outbreak, while finding themselves excluded from many federal and state relief funds. “You put yourself at risk for your family and the community,” one nursing assistant told researchers. “I was expecting something, but they didn’t give me anything.”

Category: STORIES FROM THE PANDEMIC

During the pandemic, employers asked immigrant workers in Minnesota to risk their health, safety, and status. In a new study, workers say they often got nothing in return.

Bayan Research Center aims to define problems facing Somali Americans, provide data, and recommend solutions.

Free muffins, a fancy cappuccino machine, and a $1,000 signing bonus: A Minnesota school-bus-company CEO talks about the struggle to hire drivers amid the pandemic worker shortage.

There is an addiction problem in Minnesota’s East African community. The pandemic has made it worse. Alliance Wellness Center can offer solutions.

Demand for food and housing aid jumped during the COVID pandemic. Nelima Sitati Munene and her nonprofit, ACER, jumped in to provide help.

Advocating for patients, addressing vaccine disinformation: Meet the Somali American nurse who has become an ‘unsung hero’ of the COVID-19 pandemic

The pandemic compelled one Somali American educator to become something else: a full-time artist.

Minneapolis teacher Mariam Mohamed thinks the emotional health of her students is more important this year than their multiplication tables.

Remembering Abdulkadir Mohamed Mursal, a giant figure in modern Somali journalism, who died this fall from COVID-19

What’s it like to run for city council during the pandemic? An Ethiopian-born candidate is trying to meet voters in Austin, Minnesota—without door-knocking or shaking hands.

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