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'Latins on Ice' takes comical look at life for Latino newcomers to Minnesota

'Latins on Ice' takes comical look at life for Latino newcomers to Minnesota

The subzero temperatures. Minnesota Nice. Isolation. These are some of the real-life issues tackled by the actors in the production staged Saturday and Sunday on frozen Lake Nokomis.
by Vicki Adame

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Want to understand the U.S.? This historian says the South holds the key

Want to understand the U.S.? This historian says the South holds the key

Imani Perry says the South can be seen as an "origin point" for the way the nation operates. Her book “South to America” reflects on the region's history and traces the steps of an enslaved ancestor.
by Dave Davies

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Native communities say MN's foster care system as harmful as boarding schools of the past

Native communities say MN's foster care system as harmful as boarding schools of the past

The modern-day foster care system in Minnesota may be as harmful to Native American communities as the boarding schools Native children were forced to attend into the 1970s. The journalist behind an investigation from The Fuller Project and Mother Jones told host Cathy Wurzer more.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

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Jury seated in trial of 3 ex-MPD cops charged with violating Floyd's civil rights

Jury seated in trial of 3 ex-MPD cops charged with violating Floyd's civil rights

It took a single day Thursday to find 18 jurors for the federal trial of the three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights. Opening statements are expected Monday.
by Jon Collins and Nina Moini

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On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King's work

On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King's work

President Joe Biden says Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting what he calls “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow.” Biden's remarks Monday were among many by politicians acknowledging unmet needs for racial equality on Martin Luther King Day.
by The Associated Press

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