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Social Issues

Call center workers strike over pay and working conditions

Call center workers strike over pay and working conditions

Call center workers at a federal contractor that handles calls about Medicare and the Affordable Care Act plans have staged a walkout in four states.
by Mary Yang

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Judge keeps North Dakota abortion ban from taking effect

Judge keeps North Dakota abortion ban from taking effect

A North Dakota judge says he'll keep the state’s ban on abortion from taking effect because there's a "substantial probability” that a constitutional challenge to the law will succeed in court. Judge Bruce Romanick’s Monday ruling means abortion is still legal in North Dakota.
by The Associated Press

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Sviggum steps down as U regents vice chair after questioning Morris campus diversity

Sviggum steps down as U regents vice chair after questioning Morris campus diversity

University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum had defended and later apologized for his comments suggesting diversity might be creating a marketing problem for the Morris campus. He said Tuesday he’ll finish his term as regent, but will no longer serve as the board’s vice chair.
by MPR News Staff

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A century after a Black church burned, a call to acknowledge history

A century after a Black church burned, a call to acknowledge history

More than 100 years ago, arsonists set fire to Brown's Chapel AME Church in Hastings. On Sunday, members of the community —  including a descendant of the congregation — came out to First Presbyterian Church in Hastings to remember the historic church and acknowledge the legacy of racism that stoked the fire which burned the building. 
by Sarah Thamer

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