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How to get ready for a recession
Economics experts say a recession is on the way. MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with two experts about the slowing economy and how you can prepare for it.
MPR News host Kerri Miller kicks off the State Fair with a Minnesota history quiz.
What should presidential candidates understand about Midwestern voters?
Midwestern appeal has often helped presidential candidates, and may do so again next year. MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with two political experts about issues that matter to voters in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Asma Uddin defends religious freedom for all
Religious freedom is a strongly-held American value – until it gets applied to a religion that some view with suspicion. The latest conversation in our Women of Faith series examines the juxtaposition faced by Muslims in this country who want the same religious freedoms as Christian conservatives.
How are cities preparing to combat climate change?
Heavier rains are driving historically high water levels and more frequent flooding in cities across the United States. How are cities bracing themselves for more climate-driven inundation? MPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner filled in for host Kerri Miller.
How opioids inundated communities across the country
Between 2006 and 2012, more than 840 million prescription opioid pills made their way across the state of Minnesota. What’s being done to hold people accountable?
Women of Faith: Kate Bowler on living with chronic cancer in a fix-it-quick culture
The next installment in our Women of Faith series: Kate Bowler lives with cancer. “Do you ever feel like a survivor?” she writes. “Or are you just an ongoing problem that makes for awkward small talk at parties?”
How the violence in Honduras extends beyond its borders
To understand why so many people are coming to the United States to seek asylum, it’s important look at the conditions in the countries they’re leaving.