4+ week, 12+ hour ago (868+ words) MINNEAPOLIS " More than 100 people followed Aztec dancers through an arch of paper flowers into El Colegio High School on Saturday morning to visit altars that students had created to commemorate D'a de Muertos or Day of the Dead. These crucial religious, family and community celebrations for most Mexicans and many other Latin Americans have taken on special significance this year in U.S. Latino communities, as the Trump administration escalates immigration enforcement raids, including in Minnesota. While some organizers worried that fears of deportation would cast a pall on public celebrations, participants turned out in droves in cities big and small, saying the rituals brought a much-needed sense of resilience and community pride. "We decided we can't cave," said Justin Ek, one of the founders of the Day of the Dead festival in Mankato, a city in the Minnesota farmland. "Our cultural…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (212+ words) CHICAGO " Rev. Jesse Jackson remains hospitalized but has been moved out of the intensive care unit, his family said on Monday. The 84-year-old civil rights leader was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago on Nov. 13. According to a news release from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the organization Jackson founded to fight for social change, the activist remains in stable condition. He was originally was "under observation for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a neurodegenerative disorder he has managed for more than a decade." He was originally diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, but that diagnosis was changed to PSP, WLS reported. "We believe in the power of prayer, and we are grateful for the overwhelming outreach and prayers of the faithful," Jackson's son and family spokesperson, Yusef Jackson, said in a statement. "Our father is alert and continues to share his vision…...