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'What did I do to deserve this?': The 75th anniversary of Japanese incarceration

'What did I do to deserve this?': The 75th anniversary of Japanese incarceration

Executive Order 9066 forced 120,000 people of Japanese descent into internment camps during World War II. Today, survivors still vividly remember the shame and pain of being imprisoned and stripped of their rights.
by Nancy Yang

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Do the differences between the U.S., Saudi Arabia make them friends or foes?

Do the differences between the U.S., Saudi Arabia make them friends or foes?

The U.S. has had a close relationship with Saudi Arabia for more than 70 years. However, the 9/11 attacks, human rights concerns, U.S. oil development and diverging interests in the Middle East have strained this relationship.
by MPR News Staff

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August Wilson and the short list of African-American Oscar winners

August Wilson and the short list of African-American Oscar winners

In a 1991 speech, playwright August Wilson said that one of the biggest wrongs in America is that the black experience is viewed as exhaustible, while stories of the white experience are told over and over again. The short list of African-American Academy Award winners underscores his point.
by Sara Porter

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Four women share their struggles with racial identity

Four women share their struggles with racial identity

From the APM Reports series, "Historically Black," an exploration of black identity and a spotlight on African American love stories.
by MPR News Staff

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From the archives: The joys of ice fishing

From the archives: The joys of ice fishing

For Jay King and his wife, ice fishing is a game of cribbage, a thermos of coffee, and a long afternoon in their cabin-sized fish house on Lake Mille Lacs.
by MPR News Staff

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When Mark Dayton got into politics

When Mark Dayton got into politics

If you were born anytime in the past 35 years or so, you might not realize there was a time when Mark Dayton was not a full-time politician. Dayton turns 70 on Thursday.
by Cody Nelson

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August Wilson examines the ugly contradictions in American history

August Wilson examines the ugly contradictions in American history

A talk given in Minnesota by the late August Wilson, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and now an Academy Award nominee for the movie "Fences."

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