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Student voices: What does living in east St. Paul mean to you?
ThreeSixty staff Editor’s note: What does living on the east side of St. Paul mean to you? ThreeSixty asked several members of the student council at Johnson High School to share snapshots of their...
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My life in east St. Paul: What you learn here shapes who you are, how to get out
Nichelle Heu“Trust none.”It might not be an original motto only said in east St. Paul, but it’s one that several teenagers swear by on this side of town.The way we, as eastsiders, carry ourselves lets...
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Cedar Cultural Center celebrates 25 years as a Minneapolis gem
Madie Ley Concerts are for listening to great live music—or rather, they should be. If you’re a weathered concertgoer in the Twin Cities, you’re likely familiar with the numerous music venues it has to...
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Home away from home: Exchange students experience highs and lows overseas
Ellie ColbertHannah Gordon You walk into a long, brick building you have never been to before. All around you, kids are slamming lockers and rushing to class. They reminisce about their summer together...
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Mixed results: The challenges of being multiracial go well beyond a checkmark
Amolak Singh“German, British, Black, Irish, Native … I think that’s it.”This is how Elizabeth Wiley, 15, of St. Paul describes herself. However, on most forms, she can only mark herself as...
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Drowning out the noise: Musical tastes don’t have to be defined by skin color
Aamino Hirmoge The piano starts to play. I recognize the tune immediately: “Welcome to the Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance. It’s such a beautiful melody to start a song with.When I listen to it,...
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Coloring outside the script lines: Are audiences able to look beyond race for...
Amira Warren-YearbyThe wait seems like hours.My heart races a million times fast. My stomach flips like an acrobat.Though I’ve done this a million times, each time feels like the first.The list gets...
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Quick Q&A … with Siddeeqah Shabazz of Pillsbury House Theatre
Amira Warren-Yearby What’s it like being an actor of color? Amira Warren-Yearby sat down with Siddeeqah Shabazz, an actor and teen programs specialist at Pillsbury House Theatre in Minneapolis, to talk...
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Race and identity: 'You're not black enough'
Deborah HonoreThree minutes before I’m late to class.I dodge students jogging to their next hour, bags bouncing so loudly I can hear rattling books and pencils. I quickly glide through the fluorescent...
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Race and identity: 'You're only pretending'
Brianna SkildumIf you’ve ever moved away from your childhood home, you might know what it’s like to see a familiar place yet feel like you no longer belong. For instance, you might walk past the house...
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Race and identity: 'Well then, what are you?'
Simone Cazares“Mom’s teaching me how to mix colors. She says that if I mix red, yellow, black and white paints in the right combination, I will have the right brown for a picture of me.“The right...
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The race issue: Twin Cities teens open up about daily indignities, personal...
It began with a simple story pitch. “I want to write about low-key racism in schools,” ThreeSixty writer Amira Warren-Yearby proposed at our first fall editorial board meeting. Our response: Tell us...
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Getting ahead globally: Immersion schools put students on the bilingual fast...
Thomas Wrede, University of St. Thomas A mild Mediterranean breeze ruffles the tablecloth at a coastal restaurant in Barcelona. It’s past 9 p.m. and your stomach is grumbling on the first night of...
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Holding onto your heritage: Somali traditions keep family roots intact while...
Sagal Abdirahman, St. Louis Park High School My mother came to America for one reason and one reason only. The “American Dream.”What she didn’t know was the land we held onto might be sacrificed for...
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Spreading his story: Author Hamse Warfa speaks about immigrating to U.S.,...
Sagal Abdirahman, St. Louis Park HS Everyone has a story that makes them unique. Some are filled with more hardship than others.For Hamse Warfa, the author of “America Here I Come: A Somali Refugee’s...
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