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MPR News with Tom Weber

Tom Weber, a reporter and host at MPR News for a decade, resigned effective June 22, 2018. You can find his work covering the people and places of Minnesota here.
https://www.mpr.org/about/people/tweber

Counter Stories: Is Philando Castile's death Minnesota's "Pettus Bridge" moment?

Counter Stories: Is Philando Castile's death Minnesota's "Pettus Bridge" moment?

Three of the Counter Stories hosts - Luz Maria Frias, Don Eubanks, and Anthony Galloway - join Tom Weber along with special guest Melvin Carter Jr. They discuss the death of Philandro Castile, and what needs to happen next.
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How to fix America's police

How to fix America's police

Norm Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police Department, joins Tom Weber to discuss his time as an officer - and his new book that details several ways that he thinks policing should be reformed.
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Race relations in the U.S.: Are they broken?

As President Obama attends the memorial of five police officers killed in last week's sniper attack in Dallas, Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery reflects on strained race relations between police and African-Americans.
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Training & recruiting police for a more-diverse Minnesota

Tom Weber talks with two guests about police training and whether Minnesota police officers are equipped to deal with diverse communities and crisis management.

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What are the long-term health effects of protesting?

What are the long-term health effects of protesting?

There's not much research into how protest and resistance affect a person's long-term physical and mental health. Tom Weber talked to the authors of a recent article in Undark Magazine called, "The Unstudied Scars of Civil Rights Resistance."

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The effects of trauma on communities of color

The effects of trauma on communities of color

In the wake of the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile and the subsequent demonstrations, we look at the psychological effects of trauma on communities - particularly historical trauma in communities of color.

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Special coverage: The Philando Castile shooting

In the wake of the shooting of Philando Castile, MPR News host Tom Weber spoke with several guests about the developing situation.
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Counter Stories: Reactions to the shooting of Philando Castile

The Counter Stories hosts discuss Philando Castile, an African-American man who was shot and killed by a St. Anthony police officer.
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