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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

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Climate Cast: A village votes to leave disappearing Alaskan island

Residents of an Alaska town have voted to relocate their entire village because the changing Arctic seas are starting to take over.

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Sex? More millennials are saying 'meh'

Sex? More millennials are saying 'meh'

Despite the "hook-up" narrative millennials are having less sex than the generations before them.
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'Homegoing' traces the roots of slavery on both sides of the ocean

'Homegoing' traces the roots of slavery on both sides of the ocean

Yaa Gyasi's novel winds its way from eighteenth-century Ghana to modern day America, following the descendants of two half-sisters separated by history and violence.
by Tracy Mumford

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Candidates' foreign policy views on ISIS and immigration.

The presidential candidates have been talking a lot about foreign policy, including how they might handle ISIS and immigration, both separately and together. MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with two foreign policy experts about the candidates' views for America's role in the world.
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Veterans and the vote

Veterans and the vote

Polls show that veterans are dissatisfied with both of the major party candidates for president.
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Where's the diversity in sci-fi? Five authors to read now

Where's the diversity in sci-fi? Five authors to read now

A report from Fireside Fiction showed that less than 2 percent of speculative fiction short stories published last year were by black authors.
by Tracy Mumford

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'Invisible Man': To be young and black in America

'Invisible Man': To be young and black in America

Mychal Denzel Smith's new book tears apart the limited cultural narratives that surround black men. Mixing personal stories with political critique, he asks: How can a young black man thrive in this country?
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Friday Roundtable: How art reflects culture

Friday Roundtable: How art reflects culture

The play 'Disgraced,' which is currently showing at the Guthrie Theater, addresses a number of sensitive subjects: race, religion, identity. This week's roundtable panel discusses how the performance reflects American culture.
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