Minnesota Now: April 29, 2024
Students at Hamline University are setting up an encampment, protesting the Israel-Hamas war, and University of Minnesota students will be re-starting protests on campus today. We spoke with two student journalists — one from each university — about free speech on campus.
Dr. Jon Hallberg drew connections between art and medicine, plus he addressed the new price of cigarettes in Minneapolis.
We celebrated the Timberwolves’ win with a look back at the game.
A local author shared the contrasting beauty and danger of the Boundary Waters.
And we learned about the local non-profit Mizna, which is celebrating 25 years of amplifying the voices of Minnesota’s Arab, Southwest Asian and North African artists.
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