American Boys

October 16th, 2024 | Issue one hundred forty-seven

A local writer embeds with the Cedar-Riverside Warriors, an all-Somali high school basketball team from Minnesota, as they confront xenophobia and violence and seek to win a national tournament

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Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis; Teen Adrenaline; Ilhan Omar; The Somali Diaspora; Lil Durk; Flamin’ Hot Cheetos; Ramadan; Qibla; Smelly Melly the Beagle; American Exceptionalism; Trayvon Martin; Countering Violent Extremism; Trap Defense; Adele; McDonald’s Drive-Thru Ice Cream

by Will McGrath
Opening illustration by Kristian Hammerstad; illustrations throughout by Yann Le Bec
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Will McGrath has worked as a reporter, homeless shelter caseworker, UPS truck loader, public radio producer, Burger King chicken sandwich mayo-applicator, ghostwriter, and ghost editor—in slightly different order. He is the author of the books Everything Lost Is Found Again: Four Seasons in Lesotho and Farewell Transmission: Notes from Hidden Spaces.

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