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May 8, 2023 11:34 AM

Minnesota's rural newspapers are disappearing. What happened?

Over the past twenty years, a quarter of Minnesota’s local newspapers closed— most of those in greater Minnesota.

by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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May 8, 2023 11:24 AM

Paid family leave bill heads to Senate floor, days after passing House

MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer spoke with DFL Senator Liz Boldon, who is co-author of the bill.

by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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May 4, 2023 3:19 PM

Duluth's Kara Goucher: 'I got to grow up seeing how running could bring a community together.'

Kara Goucher is known as much for her elite athleticism as she is for holding powerful people to account in the sports world. She spoke with MPR News host Emily Bright.

by Emily Bright and Gretchen Brown

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May 4, 2023 12:18 PM

Q&A: Playwright Itamar Moses discusses his adaptation of 'An American Tail'

The Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis premieres Itamar Moses' adaptation of “An American Tail,” a story of immigration and community organizing, which explores Jewish resilience and the paradoxical way in which the very specific can feel universal.

by Jacob Aloi

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May 4, 2023 11:41 AM

Advocates prepare day of action to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous relatives and Black women

As part of a national awareness day Friday, advocates will gather in Bemidji, Duluth and on the Capitol lawn. MPR News Host Emily Bright talked with Nicole Matthews, executive director of the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition, which is organizing the event in St. Paul.

by Emily Bright and Alanna Elder

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May 4, 2023 11:23 AM

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by Emily Bright, Alanna Elder, Gretchen Brown and Ellen Finn

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May 4, 2023 11:09 AM

A playwright and a rabbi on the effect of explicitly Jewish characters in children's stories

In the 1986 animated children’s movie “An American Tail,” the Mousekewicz family, who are mice, flee religious persecution in Russia and come to America. It's a story of immigration and community organizing — and it's now a timely new musical playing at the Minnesota Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis.

by Emily Bright and Jacob Aloi