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Aline Barros writes about American immigration policy as it relates to DREAMers, asylum cases, international deportations and the immigration courts. Originally from Brazil, Aline holds a broadcast journalism degree from University of Maryland. She has covered immigration since 2013. @AlineBarros2 Ramón Taylor has covered the U.S./Mexico border and the effect of U.S. policies on diaspora communities across the U.S. A New York-based multimedia journalist, he previously produced for CNN en Español and Telemundo in Washington. Ramón is an International Relations graduate from Johns Hopkins University. @ramonctaylor From human trafficking to the U.S. refugee program, Victoria Macchi has covered immigration since 2011. Data-driven reporting and human rights are her staples. She has an undergraduate degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, a Masters in Human Rights from Columbia University and a deep love for her home state of Florida. @vmmacchi June is an … [Read more...] about U.S. Immigration

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Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society John Quincy Adams, editor of The Western Appeal was one of the most successful African American newspapers of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. At the height of its popularity, it was published in six separate editions in cities across the United States, including St. Paul. The Western Appeal was first published on June 5, 1885, in St. Paul. African American newspapers were common at the time, but few of them lasted longer than a year, since they were started for cultural purposes more than commercial ones. There had been many previous African American newspapers in St. Paul, including one printed in 1876 also named the Western Appeal. It had no affiliation with the paper established in 1885. The 1885 Western Appeal was started by Samuel E. Hardy and John T. Burgett with Frederick Douglass Parker, who also served as the newspaper's first editor. It was a weekly paper, with an edition each Friday containing news, … [Read more...] about From St. Paul, editor John Quincy Adams built ‘The Western Appeal’ into a national African American newspaper

Of the 10 most widely recognized federal holidays, only 1 in 20 Americans say that the Fourth of July is their favorite — far behind Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter. Chuck Slocum I think that the patriotism undergirding the celebration of our nation’s birth deserves a higher ranking, particularly at this time when so many of us are apparently disillusioned with the direction in which our nation is headed. There are those who blame America for much of what is bad in the world. On the political left, many fault the USA because of our history of slavery and for continuing challenges with inequality and racism. On the right, traditionally the home of national boosterism, we hear influential figures say that America has become, essentially, decadent. In surveys I have recently seen, less than 1 American in 5 trusts the federal government. While the numbers are more favorable for state and local government, each of those government entities generates respect from fewer than … [Read more...] about Thoughts about America and our 4th of July celebration

When the Fergus Falls State Hospital opened its doors on July 29, 1890, it became the first state institution in northern Minnesota for patients considered insane. The hospital had a sprawling campus and large stately buildings, built according to the influential asylum plan developed by Philadelphia physician Thomas Kirkbride in the 1850s. By 1885, Minnesota's state institutions for people with mental illnesses were badly overcrowded. The State Board of Health declared in 1872 that the facilities at the St. Peter Hospital for the Insane were appalling and a disgrace to the state. Even after a second hospital was established in Rochester in 1877, conditions remained inadequate. In response, in 1885, the state legislature commissioned the Third Minnesota State Hospital for the Insane. Since the existing hospitals were in southern Minnesota, the new hospital was to be north of the Twin Cities. Fergus Falls was soon chosen as the hospital site, and the name of the institution was changed … [Read more...] about Built to relieve overcrowding at Minnesota’s mental institutions, Fergus Falls State Hospital quickly became overcrowded itself

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