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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with MPR's Native News team

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with MPR's Native News team

MPR News editor and guest host Leah Lemm celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day with reporters who are part of our Native News team. Leah and her guests talk about how they cover Native communities, tribal nations and people, all around Minnesota every day.
by Leah Lemm, Chandra Colvin and Melissa Olson

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Tunnel farming helps South Dakota farmers extend growing season by up to 4 months

Tunnel farming helps South Dakota farmers extend growing season by up to 4 months

Some farmers in South Dakota are using farm tunnels to extend their growing season. The tunnels are similar to greenhouses in that they capture heat from the sun, but plants are grown in the ground rather than in raised boxes or beds.
by The Associated Press

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Truce fizzles as U.S.-China trade tensions return to full boil

Truce fizzles as U.S.-China trade tensions return to full boil

Months of relative calm in the long-simmering trade war between the U.S. and China may be coming to an end. A spate of moves between the two nations this week has thrust trade hostilities back in the global spotlight, roiled stock markets and raised alarms of what might come next.
by The Associated Press

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Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports

Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports

President Donald Trump threatened to place an additional 100 percent tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a recession.
by The Associated Press

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