Eliza Billingham
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Iowa Public Radio
Fatou Traore was granted humanitarian relief in the U.S. due to a high risk of violence against her in Ivory Coast. In September, she was pulled out of her car by unmarked immigration officers. Now, she's in Sierra Leone, where officials are likely to send her back to her birth country.
Gavin McGough
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Iowa Public Radio
Naomi Delkamiller/The Midwest Newsroom
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Two artists who befriended during a writers retreat in Okoboji created a film about sharing poetry as a Black artist. -
Native American communities often lack the resources to upgrade drinking and wastewater infrastructure. The Santee Sioux Nation in Nebraska is an extreme example — living without safe drinking water for four years. -
As America celebrates Juneteenth, Black Iowans emphasize the importance of understanding its history, future and legacy.
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The exhibition traces the routes taken by over six million African Americans during the Great Migration. -
Native communities throughout Iowa are pushing for justice for Indigenous women who are missing or murdered. They hope grassroots efforts can help curb the public health crisis. -
Native communities in western Iowa marched through Sioux City in remembrance of children who have been separated from their families and placed into foster care.
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Twenty years ago, Native communities in western Iowa protested the disproportionate number of Natives placed in the child welfare system. They’re still marching today. -
The federal Indian Child Welfare Act protects Native children from being taken from their families, tribe and culture. Challenges to its constitutionality is worrying tribal members throughout Iowa. -
Black students at Grinnell College are asking for greater security and support in the community after targeted attacks and racist vandalism.
