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All Things Considered with Clay Masters is your comprehensive source for afternoon news and information. Listen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

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In Pelican Rapids, teens learn the skill of civil discourse
In a deeply polarized country, a new program in Minnesota is teaching middle and high schoolers how to find common ground in their communities. Program leaders say it’s an effort to inspire young people to become engaged politically and in their towns. 
U of M student’s bid for freedom from ICE detention draws crowd to courthouse
More than 100 supporters gathered at the Fort Snelling Immigration Court on Friday morning to show solidarity with a University of Minnesota graduate student facing deportation.
‘A better direction’: Minnesota starts mandatory training for police in schools
Lawmakers last year ordered required training for school resource officers, a decision rooted in the 2020 police killing of George Floyd. A recent training session in St. Michael — the first of its kind in Minnesota — offered a glimpse of life in schools that’s real but rarely discussed.
In ‘The People’s Way,’ a revolution through the eyes of 3 Minneapolis women
A new documentary follows three community organizers through their fight for change, justice and healing in the aftermath of that murder seen round the world. MPR News host Tom Crann spoke with its directors.
Appetites: New dinner series highlights immigrant home chefs
A new “Immigrant Kitchen” dinner series immerses you in the food and stories of home chefs — especially women — who have come to Minnesota from all over the world.