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Understanding Somali Community Life in Minnesota: Contribution, Culture, and the Danger of Collective Blame

Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the United States. Over several decades, Somali Americans have built families, businesses, institutions, and political...

Fraud, Citizenship, and the Rule of Law: What Somali Americans Need to Know

Recent statements from the White House regarding the possible denaturalization of Somali Americans convicted in the Minnesota fraud scandal have raised fear, confusion, and...

Response to Nick Shirley and his imaginary son Johnny nice try YouTuber, but no one believes you.

By Adruus AbdiHave you ever read the book the boy who cried Wolf in the book? It talks about a boy who sat on...

How Many More Deaths Before Justice Comes to Garissa?

Garissa is once again mourning a young life lost under circumstances that raise more questions than answers. The death of 25-year-old taxi driver Sheikh...

Bad Politics, Petty Outcomes:

How Short-Sighted Narratives Undermine Minnesota’s Somali Success StoryBad politics rarely stops at bad ideas. More often, it produces petty outcomes; fear, division, and the...

What if Somali Minnesotans were not a problem to be explained  –  but a contribution to be understood?

What if, instead of seeing Minnesota’s Somali community through the narrow lens of scandal, we looked at the full picture: workers, taxpayers, entrepreneurs, and...

Question to Tucker Carlson: Is America still the shining city on the hill, or are the lights out

By Mowlid Ali/ Adruus AbdiDid you ever go to civics class during service class? Did you ever notice the chapter on the civil rights...

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