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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini is journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s reporting that puts people first with live, down-to-earth, unscripted interviews that aim to inform and entertain. Tune in to Minnesota Now weekdays at noon on the radio or the live audio stream at mprnews.org.

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'I walk on this street every day:' Minneapolis teenager witnesses recent attacks in Israel

'I walk on this street every day:' Minneapolis teenager witnesses recent attacks in Israel

Eleanor Fink graduated from Southwest High School in June before joining a gap year program in Tel Aviv. We hear from Fink and her father, who is watching the situation from Minnesota.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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Meet our new team working to strengthen coverage of Native communities

Meet our new team working to strengthen coverage of Native communities

Minnesota Now spoke with senior editor Leah Lemm and reporter Melissa Olson about their new initiative to strengthen Native coverage across our region and about Indigenous Peoples Day being marked as a state holiday for the first time.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Minnesota Israeli and Palestinian reflect on violence in Israel and Gaza

Minnesota Israeli and Palestinian reflect on violence in Israel and Gaza

Minnesota is home to communities on both sides of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. We talked someone from each side about their personal experience watching this all unfold from thousands of miles away.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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MN Now and Then: When famed baseball pitcher Charles Albert Bender and his biggest rival tried a new sport

MN Now and Then: When famed baseball pitcher Charles Albert Bender and his biggest rival tried a new sport

Charles Albert Bender of the White Earth Nation was on the downward slope of his career in 1915, when he got the opportunity to participate in a trapshooting tour.
by Cathy Wurzer, Robbie Mitchem, Jamal Allen and Britt Aamodt

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