A proposal to house a mosque in a soon-to-closed suburban post office is now heading to the Plymouth City Council, after being reviewed by the city's planning commission Wednesday night.
Local Polish immigrants and their descendents gathered in front of the St. Paul Cathedral Saturday to protest the merger of their parish with another one in Minneapolis. They're concerned the Polish customs in their church will be discontinued.
Feisal Abdul Rauf gained national attention for his plans to build Park51, an Islamic Community Center, two blocks from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. The imam and author speaks at the Aspen Ideas Festival about the uproar over the proposed center, and how Muslims can become more accepted in American society.
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Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne speaks at the Chautauqua Institution about the role of the common good in our history, and the constant pull between our sense of individualism and need for community.
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The newlyweds wore matching tuxedoes and suits for the 30-minute ceremony, which opened with a playing of Ray Charles singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
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Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has decided to end the ban on gays serving openly in the armed services and certify that repealing the 17-year-old prohibition will not hurt the military's ability to fight.
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The East African community in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis has been in the news a great deal recently. Some young people from the neighborhood say their reality is very different from the media images of their community. They'll explain just how different in a play opening this weekend.
Krista Tippett talks about what it means to live a spiritual life in a modern society, at the Westminster Town Hall Forum. She is the host of the Peabody award-winning public radio program, "On Being."
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