Tag: corruption

  • The Rule of Law Is It

    The Rule of Law Is It

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    Milo Mumgaard has spent decades watching immigrants become part of the American fabric and using the law to protect people without power. Today, as immigration enforcement consumes Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s attention and basic protections come under strain, he remains convinced that the rule of law, and the values behind it, can still provide a way…

  • The Miracle We Refuse to See

    The Miracle We Refuse to See

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    Jane Graupman has spent nearly four decades helping immigrants and refugees rebuild their lives—and watching Minnesota become stronger because they did. Her story reveals the people behind the politics: health-care workers, separated families, newly arrived refugees, and communities connected from St. Paul to Kakuma.

  • When the Law Becomes the Fear

    When the Law Becomes the Fear

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    Paschal Nwokocha speaks plainly about immigration, dignity, and the cruelty of turning people into political targets. His words are blunt, but the truth usually is. This conversation is part of 345-Witness, a project about seeing immigrants not as abstractions, but as people building lives, families, and communities here in Minnesota.

  • Inside Cuba’s Broken Safety Net

    Inside Cuba’s Broken Safety Net

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    In a crumbling Havana apartment, two mothers raise three children with no doctors, no daycare, and no reliable water. Love and grit keep them afloat, but a broken system shapes every part of their lives, from bread to schooling to survival.

  • Inside the Crowd

    Inside the Crowd

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    Inside the crowd, the protest breaks apart into something more immediate: Voices overlapping, bodies pressed together, moments of tension, humor, and defiance unfolding at once. These images move between the crowd and the stage to show what it felt like to be there.

  • Taken

    Taken

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    Inside the families apartment, a father explains why his wife did not come home from work. A baby no longer sleeps through the night. A fourteen-year-old weighs whether it is safe to attend school. This is not a headline. It is a family adjusting to life after their wife and mother was taken.