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Over the next several months, MPR News will bring you stories on the radio and on our website that reflect the culture and history of communities in our state.

People of color recently became the majority in Worthington, Minnesota. Yet politics in the city and across Nobles County remain nearly all white and male. Reporter Hannah Yang introduces us to some residents who are trying to change that.

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Over the next several months, MPR News will bring you stories on the radio and on our website that reflect the culture and history of communities in our state.

People of color recently became the majority in Worthington, Minnesota. Yet politics in the city and across Nobles County remain nearly all white and male. Reporter Hannah Yang introduces us to some residents who are trying to change that.


Over the next several months, MPR News will bring you stories on the radio and on our website that reflect the culture and history of communities in our state. Today we take you to Worthington in southwest Minnesota where people of color are the majority now. Yet politics in the city and across Nobles County remain nearly all white and male. Reporter Hannah Yang introduces us to some residents who are trying to change that.


Worthington's political leaders don't reflect its residents

A person stands in front of a building with "City Hall" above the door.

Worthington's growing communities of color work to gain political power

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