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Ryan Katz

Ryan Katz is a freelance radio reporter and a producer for American Public Media. Ryan’s work has taken him from detention centers to gun shows, micro-apartments to Sikh temples. He’s filed for Marketplace, LatinoUSA, KUOW, and The World.
Mohammed Ahamed waits at a money-transfer business in Minneapolis to send money to his ex-wife in Somalia. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country.
Economics
Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home