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Allina Health addresses breast health gap for transgender patients
The nonprofit health system has developed in-house breast cancer screening guidelines that include transgender patients who are often left out of the conversation.
Eviction 'monsoon' clouds Hennepin County budget talks
The county department that offers free legal services to people facing eviction is asking for a significant budget increase to deal with a huge uptick in eviction filings.
Minnesota choir looks toward a 'More Hopeful Tomorrow' in opening concert
The Singers will perform Damien Geter’s “Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow” on Saturday. Originally commissioned by The Washington Chorus in 2020, Geter used a combination of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, spirituals and the words of Walt Whitman to write the piece that reflects on the cataclysmic events of that year.
Appetites: These Minnesotans collect, cultivate ancestral seeds as climate changes
In the last decades, indigenous communities have stopped growing the varieties of corn, beans, squash, and various plants they had cultivated for years. Now, a group in Minnesota wants to track down and return these lost seeds to the indigenous communities who once cared for them. Jessika Greendeer, Farm Director and Seed Keeper at Dream of Wild Health, joined Appetites to share more about their seed rematriation efforts.
Entrepreneur Houston White has a lot going on
White, who operates a barbershop, apparel shop and a cafe has recently entered into a partnership with Target which is selling his designs.
U regent Sviggum wonders if Morris campus is 'too diverse'
University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum’s recent assertion that diversity might be a marketing problem for the Morris campus is drawing pushback. White students make up about 54 percent of enrollment, compared to about 58 percent in the pre-pandemic years.
Refugee arrivals to Minnesota could quadruple this year
The expected increase would bring the number arrivals closer to historic norms. The refugee program and resettlement agencies are in a period of rebuilding, after the Trump administration cut the nation’s refugee cap to historic lows.
Native adoption law at center of Supreme Court case used 'every day' in Minnesota
The Supreme Court will hear a case on the Indian Child Welfare Act this session. We asked an attorney who runs a law clinic for Native families to help us understand the law and what’s at stake.