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U for Uncertainty

U visas exist to protect undocumented victims of crime who help authorities in the investigation or prosecution of the crime.… Read more U for Uncertainty

Face Value

Facial recognition technology has proliferated over the past decade, and so have its critics. Since 2019, several U.S. cities have… Read more Face Value

A Shot in the Dark

In 2014, Alvin Green was one of thousands of people — a disproportionate number of them Black and Latino men… Read more A Shot in the Dark

Anti-Vax Custody Clash

The entire country is fighting about  COVID-19 vaccines. As the shots come closer to FDA approval for use in young… Read more Anti-Vax Custody Clash

Death Penalty Abolished

Colorado repealed the death penalty in March 2020, though not for the first time. The state was one of the… Read more Death Penalty Abolished

99 Tents

OccupyMN called on supporters to brave the weather and pitch “99 tents for the 99 percent” as part of a… Read more 99 Tents

Yesterday’s Utopia

For those who have only seen them from the highway, they are the “crack stacks.” But for an idealistic group… Read more Yesterday’s Utopia

WWII’s Nisei Translators

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. military leaders realized they needed lots of Japanese translators — and fast. They… Read more WWII’s Nisei Translators

Nicollet Island

Nicollet Island is the only inhabited island in the Mississippi. The Minneapolis oasis has been home to gilded-age tycoons, bootleggers,… Read more Nicollet Island

Cereal Crimes

A report released earlier this month by the Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute warns that health-minded cereal eaters may not be getting… Read more Cereal Crimes