Nov 24 Watch 10:55 Did dashboard video of black teen’s killing prompt murder charge for Chicago cop? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 18 Hear from Somali immigrants who fear being unable to send money back home By Mori Rothman Nearly $1.3 billion are sent to Somalis in the form of remittances each year according to Oxfam, $215 million of which are sent from the U.S. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 9:53 How U.S. regulation may keep remittances from some Somali families By Elisabeth Ponsot According to community leaders in Minneapolis-St. Paul, 80 percent of the Somali-Americans there send money back to East Africa. Aid groups say 40 percent of Somalia’s population relies on those dollars -- known as remittances -- to survive. But recently,… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch 2:28 Teen poet on loss, growth and ‘the struggle’ of the physical being By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 27 Watch 6:47 This museum gift shop sells art you can’t hang on the wall By PBS News Hour In Minneapolis, the Walker Art Center is offering art lovers a new thing to collect: intangible experience, direct from artist to consumer. Jeffrey Brown reports on how customers can purchase personal dances, ringtones, even the chance to stage their own… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 6:10 Countering Islamic extremist recruitment videos with a cartoon spoof By PBS News Hour Minnesota may be a world away from Syria or Iraq, but the state’s large Somali community has made it an appealing field for seeking recruits for al-Shabab and other Islamic militant groups. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 9:02 The American Dream is alive in the Twin Cities, but not for everyone By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch Demonstrators march in Minneapolis in protest of Ferguson grand jury decision By Sam Lane Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch President Obama Tackles Tough Issues Through Campaign-Style Stumping President Obama Tackles Tough Issues Through Campaign-Style Stumping… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch President Obama Begins Campaign to Push for Gun Control President Obama visited Minneapolis to launch a push for tighter gun control. Gwen Ifill talks to Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey and Bruce Hartman, sheriff of Gilpin County, Colo., about the differences of gun cultures in rural and urban settings… Continue watching