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When black hair violates the dress code

When black hair violates the dress code

For wearing their hair in braids, two teenagers were threatened with suspension at their charter school. Similar incidents show that strict dress codes can punish students for their racial identity.
by Kayla Lattimore

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U of M libraries win prestigious national award

U of M libraries win prestigious national award

The university's library system won the 2017 National Medal for Museum and Library Service.
by Peter Cox

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Has democracy run its course?

Aspen Ideas Festival: Has democracy run its course?

At an Aspen Ideas Festival event, three panelists tried to answer one question: has democracy run its course?
by MPR News Staff

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Cell towers at schools: Godsend or god-awful?

Cell towers at schools: Godsend or god-awful?

School districts are making deals with telecom companies to build towers on school property. The agreements give schools a bump in revenue, but what do parents think? And what does the science say?
by Julie Depenbrock

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Aspen Ideas Festival: StoryCorps founder David Isay on the importance of listening

Aspen Ideas Festival: StoryCorps founder David Isay on the importance of listening

Four hundred thousand people people have recorded their stories for radio and the Library of Congress via StoryCorps and Isay says it's important to tell the truth about who we are as human beings, in order to reduce fear and increase hope.
by MPR News Staff

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Minneapolis could reduce number of police officers in schools

Minneapolis schools Superintendent Ed Graff is recommending the school board reduce the number of school resource officers from 16 to 14.
by Matt Sepic

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Anonymous alumni commit $40 million to Gustavus Adolphus

It's the largest-ever donation to Gustavus Adolphus College and one of the largest ever made to a Minnesota college. The St. Peter school said the money will go to scholarships and to renovating its science building.
by MPR News Staff

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