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Audio postcard: Pasqueflowers prove spring really is coming

Audio postcard: Pasqueflowers prove spring really is coming

Earlier this week, wildflower chasers Phyllis Root and Kelly Povo went looking for delicate, fuzzy purple pasqueflowers at River Terrace Prairie Scientific and Natural Area, near Cannon Falls. They sent along some signs of hope.
by Cathy Wurzer and Julia Franz

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Racial trauma expert Resmaa Menakem on 'The Quaking of America'

Racial trauma expert Resmaa Menakem on 'The Quaking of America'

Over the past few years, Minneapolis trauma expert and author Resmaa Menakem has been in the national spotlight. Tuesday at 9 a.m., MPR News host Angela Davis spoke with Menakem about his latest book, “The Quaking of America.”
by Angela Davis and Samantha Matsumoto

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From the archives: Don Winslow on the war on drugs

From the archives: Don Winslow on the war on drugs

As we anticipate a conversation with novelist Don Winslow this Friday, we throwback to the last time he spoke with MPR News host Kerri Miller. In 2019, they discussed the conclusion to his trilogy that detailed the drug cartels and the lives of the investigators who pursue them.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Minnesota airports, transit systems drop mask mandates in wake of federal court ruling

Minnesota airports, transit systems drop mask mandates in wake of federal court ruling

Airlines, MSP Airport, Metro Transit and several other public transit agencies around Minnesota have stopped requiring people to wear face coverings, in the wake of Monday's federal court ruling striking down a national mask mandate.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm on the recent rise in COVID levels, next steps in the pandemic

Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm on the recent rise in COVID levels, next steps in the pandemic

Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm joined host Cathy Wurzer to explain the increase in COVID-19 cases in the Twin Cities.
by Cathy Wurzer, Gretchen Brown and Sam Stroozas

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Talking affordable housing with Chris Coleman

Talking affordable housing with Chris Coleman

Former St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has been leading Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity for almost four years. MPR News host Angela Davis spoke with Coleman about housing, the pandemic and racial equity.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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