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With new social media power, Native Americans take on mascot issue

This might well be the spark that leads to the end of racist Native American mascots. This is NOT ok and something needs to be done #und #siouxperdrunk pic.twitter.com/v4vaIdlAmQ — PaoPao (@QuechuaPride) May 13, 2014 In the wake of the University of North Dakota “Siouxper Drunk” party outrage, Native American leaders have finally found a…
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In New Orleans, it’s all over but the whining

In New Orleans, it’s all over but the whining

Minnesota doesn’t get to be the last “team” standing very often when it comes to the NFL, so there might be a certain joy in watching the also-rans bite their lips with disappointment for a change. Sorry, Indianapolis. That's it. Indy is eliminated. New Orleans, Minneapolis fight it out. Disappoint ensues pic.twitter.com/qFKXXwFlfr — Stephen Holder…
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NPR cuts more staff, programming

As MPR cancels Tell Me More, can public radio, long linked with upscale white Americans, make significant progress in appealing to communities of color?
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Super Bowl: A celebration of concussions and narcotics

Minneapolis is trying mightily today to woo the National Football League to the city for the Super Bowl in 2018. Odds are that by then, the league will still be the most popular sport in America despite every scandalous piece of evidence that could give a person a reason to turn away. Coincidentally, the latest…
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The ‘infinite weirdness’ of the 9/11 Museum

Steve Kandell of BuzzFeed lost his sister in the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings and decided to check out the Museum. In particular, he gives a different sort of voice to the issue of the Museum also being a cemetery.
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Why kids drop out of school

Researchers at Tufts University have released a study -- Don't Call Them Dropouts -- based on interviews in more than a dozen cities, including Minneapolis and Saint Paul, showing that there is no single cause driving most students to leave school.
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Bargains emerge with flights from MSP alternates

Delta has now posted fare and schedule information for the new service out of Rochester and while there are some opportunities for some saving, it doesn't seem to be as big a boon for the budget shopper.
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Lake Superior ice in 60 seconds

Lake Superior ice in 60 seconds

At one point during the winter, we wondered whether all of the ice would ever leave Lake Superior. About 10 percent of the lake is still covered with ice, but the Coast Guard has ended its ice-breaking operations for the year. According to sources, summer is coming. Lake Superior Magazine has put together a time-lapse…
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Writer: America rushing to embrace ‘stupid’

Other nations are noticing that the people of the United States and science aren't on good terms. In a scathing article in Maclean's, writer Jonathan Gatehouse asks if the most powerful nation on Earth has lost its mind?
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With defenders, art survives its own popularity

Art can provide an escape from the daily stress but it's got its own kvetching and politics to mire itself in. Art-A-Whirl, the tremendous northeast Minneapolis art festival, is at the heart of the discussion about whether art has to be oh so serious, and, sometimes, artsy. Its growing, becoming hugely popular and, like everything else, changes, to the consternation of some who want it to always be what it always was.
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