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As COVID-19 surges in schools, will districts return to distance learning?
As the omicron variant races through Minnesota, we're seeing more kids getting sick, and school staff, too. MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman joined host Cathy Wurzer with the latest on how schools across the state are managing the pandemic — and whether some might go back to distance learning.
MN sports roundup: Wave of COVID-19 cancellations continues
Another week, another sports update. Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson talked Vikings, Lindsay Whalen and the wave of COVID-19 cases and cancellations that continues to wash over all of sports.
Former Republican Rep. Vin Weber reflects on Jan. 6 Capitol attack
One year has passed since a violent mob descended on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Minnesota’s current Republican congressional lawmakers are unwilling to talk about this day, so host Cathy Wurzer called a well-known former Republican Minnesota congressman, Vin Weber.
One year later, Rep. Dean Phillips recalls shock, violence of Capitol attack
On Jan. 6, 2021, an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, leading to five deaths and interrupting the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in American history. One year later, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, who was in the U.S. Capitol that day, shared his memories with host Cathy Wurzer.
Sharon McMahon on Jan. 6: 'We will remember this day for the rest of American history'
With over 700,000 followers on Instagram, Sharon McMahon is known by some as “America’s government teacher.” On the one-year anniversary of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, she remembered and reacted to the events of that day with host Cathy Wurzer.
The Biden administration is all in on EVs, but what about public transit?
Last year’s infrastructure bill includes a significant investment in electric vehicle charging stations — along with new roads and highway expansions. Public transit gets a much smaller piece of the pie.
What’s on the menu for 2022?
As the pandemic drags on, most of us are tired of being at home, and we’re especially tired of cooking in our kitchen. What can we do to re-inspire ourselves? There are new gadgets, obscure ingredients and streaming platforms that can reinvigorate your meal plans for 2022. Host Angela Davis finds out more with a food anthropologist and a specialist in teaching kids to cook.
COVID claims Twin Cities writer, activist Mel Reeves
Reeves, 64, spent decades chronicling and participating in the region’s protest movements. The publisher of the Spokesman-Recorder, where he worked as community editor, said Reeves embodied the newspaper’s tradition as a "voice for the voiceless."