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Poetry as protest at 'Black Poets Speak Out'

Poetry as protest at 'Black Poets Speak Out'

One of the poets to perform was Sarah Ogutu who said, "If words have the power of life and death then when no one speaks, this must just be death."

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Photos: Family, friends mourn Philando Castile

Photos: Family, friends mourn Philando Castile

Friends, family and the public gathered Thursday for the funeral of Philando Castile. The day began with a procession to the Cathedral of St. Paul from the nearby Brooks Funeral Home.

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Photos: A day of sorrow and rage

Photos: A day of sorrow and rage

The day after the deadly shooting of a black man by a police officer in Falcon Heights, people rallied, marched and protested.

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Photos: He ditched med school, became organic farming pioneer

Photos: He ditched med school, became organic farming pioneer

Forty years ago, Steven Schwenn was a third-year medical student at Mayo Medical School in Rochester when he felt a different calling. It was spring planting season, and Schwenn bought 14 acres of land and began organic gardening.

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Photos: A rollicking Twin Cities Pride parade, touched with sadness

Photos: A rollicking Twin Cities Pride parade, touched with sadness

While security was high for the Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade, the mood was both celebratory and somber, as marchers and paradegoers took time to remember the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando earlier this month.

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