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Dr. Nathan Chomilo on Medicaid equity

Dr. Nathan Chomilo, Medical Director for the State of Minnesota's Medicaid & MinnesotaCare programs, discusses racial health equity.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen on child abuse prevention

Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen, a physician at Mayo Clinic and host of the podcast Millennial Health, discusses child abuse and prevention.
by Cathy Wurzer and Simone Cazares

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Opera singer and director Denyce Graves on why ‘Carmen’ matters today

Opera singer and director Denyce Graves on why ‘Carmen’ matters today

On Wednesday, MPR News host Angela Davis spoke with opera star Denyce Graves about what it's been like to be a Black woman singing her way to the top of a traditionally white, European musical art form and returning to Minnesota to direct the Minnesota Opera’s production of “Carmen.”
by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Sarah Gelbard

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Updates on the legislative session with Brian Bakst

After a weeklong break, state lawmakers are back in session Tuesday, with five weeks to go in this year’s legislative session. 
by Cathy Wurzer and Brian Bakst

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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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"Noor Kids" teaches about Ramadan tradition online

Noor Kids is working to make children and their families excited about Ramadan. It hopes to engage young people in important religious and cultural traditions.
by Cathy Wurzer and Simone Cazares

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