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Rebroadcast — In Focus: Disparities and distrust in BIPOC health care
Minnesota is often celebrated for the quality of our health care, but inequities in access and outcomes persist in Indigenous communities and communities of color. In this rebroadcast of an event in MPR News’ In Focus series, host Angela Davis talked to public health advocates and health care providers working to address these racial disparities.
No, you are not imagining it. Prices for a lot of things did jump in April
Consumer prices rose 4.2 percent last month from a year earlier as companies struggled to source critical raw materials and as the government pumped trillions of dollars into the economy.
Colonial restarts operations after cyberattack as panic-buying mounts in Southeast
Colonial Pipeline has "initiated the restart of pipeline operations" after suffering a cyberattack while warning it would take several days for supply to return to normal, the company announced Wednesday afternoon.
Futures of Twin Cities downtowns in flux as workers trickle back
Downtown promoters in the Twin Cities predict today's relatively deserted business districts will bounce back. But some businesses that rely on office workers for customers are skeptical. 
Americans will lose unemployment benefits if they turn down jobs, Biden says
Biden said that his administration would not stand for people gaming the system, but pressed the importance of continued financial support for those left jobless as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
I came close to dying: Wall Street's most photographed man is ready for normalcy
If 100 percent of a firm's traders are fully vaccinated, they can start sending more to the stock exchange floor. They can eat lunch in their booths again. Masks will be optional in some parts of the floor.