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Rebroadcast — In Focus: Disparities and distrust in BIPOC health care

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.
by Angela Davis and Rachel Yang

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No, you are not imagining it. Prices for a lot of things did jump in April

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.
by David Gura

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Colonial restarts operations after cyberattack as panic-buying mounts in Southeast

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.
by Camila Domonoske

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Futures of Twin Cities downtowns in flux as workers trickle back

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. 
by Mark Zdechlik

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Americans will lose unemployment benefits if they turn down jobs, Biden says

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.
by Alana Wise

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