Ellen J. Kennedy: Denaturalization quotas threaten Minnesota's Somali people

Ellen J. Kennedy: Denaturalization quotas threaten Minnesota's Somali people

Democracy is loud. It is clamorous, boisterous, even rancorous. People gather in the public square to debate and argue, to work out paths forward to benefit us all. Those debates use the near-sacred values of free speech and free assembly to hear diverse ideas and voices. Information is shared by journalists with safe, unfettered access to those voices, and the information is published in a free press and in many media, giving access to conflict…