Women’s March Minnesota Jan. 19
St. Paul, Minn. (Jan. 14, 2019) — The Women’s March Minnesota and the Unstoppable Women’s Wave will be held Jan. 19 in St. Paul, . This is the year women[…]
Category: Social Issues
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Jon Melegrito honored for Filipino veterans work
Washington, D.C. (Dec. 6, 2018) — AARP celebrated its 2018 Asian American & Pacific Islander Hero Award winner Jon Melegrito of Kensington, Maryland for his volunteer work with the Filipino Veterans Recognition and[…]
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CAIR-Minnesota welcomes arrest of suspect who allegedly pulled gun on Muslim teens
MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 21, 2018) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today welcomed the arrest of a suspect who allegedly displayed a handgun during an incident[…]
WWII comfort women speak out in Tiffany Hsiung’s ‘The Apology’
By Diana Cheng AAP Arts & Film Writer United Nations researchers report that between 1931 and 1945, the Japanese military forced an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 women and girls into[…]
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March. Knock. Elect Women.
Editorial by Hoo Sook Hwang ST. PAUL, Minn. (Nov. 3, 2018) — U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith joined U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-4) Saturday morning to rally a[…]
CAIR calls for FBI probe on audio indicating white supremacist militia plot at Islamic convention in Houston
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 22, 2018) —The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy and civil rights organization, today called on the FBI to investigate an apparent plot[…]
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Justice Department files statement on Harvard admissions claims
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 2, 2018) — The Department of Justice on Sunday filed a Statement of Interest on the side of the plaintiff in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. v.[…]
Vandalism of Arby’s restaurant sign is racist, misogynistic, says CAIR-Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 1, 2018) — The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) on Saturday condemned the racist and misogynistic vandalism of an Arby’s restaurant sign in Brooklyn[…]
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Ruling against EPA one of many environmental lawsuits
SEATTLE (Aug. 13, 2018) — A court ruling forcing the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a pesticide linked to brain damage in children was just one of many legal actions[…]
Tribal government files three lawsuits against Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
St. Paul, Minn. (Aug. 8, 2018) — Ojibwe tribal governments and environmental groups on Aug. 7, filed three separate lawsuits against the MN Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The suites challenge[…]
