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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.
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200 years later, Fort Snelling looks for a makeover

200 years later, Fort Snelling looks for a makeover

Minnesota Historical Society officials will ask lawmakers to approve more than $30 million in next year's bonding bill for a new visitors center at Fort Snelling as the historic site's bicentennial approaches.
by Tom Weber

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Columbia Heights school board member to quit over Muslim comments

Columbia Heights school board member to quit over Muslim comments

Grant Nichols, a Columbia Heights school board member whose Facebook page contained comments disparaging Muslims, plans to resign. He continues to insist that he did not write the comments.
by Jon Collins

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The future of the Black Lives Matter movement in Minnesota

The future of the Black Lives Matter movement in Minnesota

Nekima Levy-Pounds, a law professor at the University of St. Thomas and a spokesperson for Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, discusses where the movement is headed.
by MPR News Staff

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Trying to understand ISIS recruitment tactics

Trying to understand ISIS recruitment tactics

Three reporters who have been covering the recruitment and radicalization of American youths by ISIS discuss how the process works, and the difficulties of reporting on it.
by MPR News Staff

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Remembering Rodney King through theater

Rodney King is often remembered for his speech in which he asked, "Can we all get along?" But writer and performer Roger Guenveur Smith says there's so much more to the speech -- and to the man.
by MPR News Staff

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Let's talk about sex

Let's talk about sex

A discussion about sex education and health in Minnesota.
by MPR News Staff

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A year later, Ebola fears fade but worries remain

A year later, Ebola fears fade but worries remain

The Ebola epidemic has ebbed in Africa, along with worries the disease would mushroom in the United States. But that doesn't mean all is well, says MPR News reporter Lorna Benson.

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Can the NFL survive the mounting evidence of player injuries?

Can the NFL survive the mounting evidence of player injuries?

Steve Almond, the author of "Against Football," and Harry Carson, a former NFL linebacker, discuss the future of the NFL and the sport itself.
by MPR News Staff

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Water on Mars: How the discovery reshapes exploration of the planet

Water on Mars: How the discovery reshapes exploration of the planet

One of the men leading the search for water on Mars, Jim Watzin, joins MPR News to discuss what's next for human exploration of the Red Planet.

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Reimagining the parks of the future

Reimagining the parks of the future

2016 marks the 125th anniversary of Minnesota's state parks and trails. Americans' relationship with public space and the natural world has shifted dramatically over the years, and so has the role and use of state parks.
by Tom Weber

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