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ChangeMakers: Indigenous Minnesotans making history

ChangeMakers: Indigenous Minnesotans making history

Native American Heritage Month celebrates and honors the culture and heritage of Native Americans through time. This November, MPR News introduces you to Indigenous Minnesotans who are making history right now across the state. Each will discuss what being Indigenous in Minnesota means to them, a bit about their background and their hopes for the future.
by Evan Frost, Kathryn Styer Martinez, Jaida Grey Eagle and Christine T. Nguyen

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The American government once offered widely affordable child care - 77 years ago

The American government once offered widely affordable child care - 77 years ago

Affordable, quality child care was hard to come by even before the pandemic and now even more so. It's not for a lack of ideas about how to fix it. Is this the moment those ideas are taken seriously?
by Andrea Hsu

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Black and Latino voters flooded with disinformation in election's final days

Black and Latino voters flooded with disinformation in election's final days

Hoaxes and misleading posts aimed at depressing turnout have spread on social media. Experts say it outpaces 2016, when Black voters were the top target of Russian-backed disinformation.
by Shannon Bond

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Judge won't stop Minneapolis homeless encampment sweeps

Judge won't stop Minneapolis homeless encampment sweeps

In a ruling Thursday, federal Judge Wilhelmina Wright declined to issue a temporary order to stop the evictions because the plaintiffs had not met the "burden of demonstrating irreparable harm," the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
by The Associated Press

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Agencies, contractors suspend diversity training to avoid violating Trump order

Agencies, contractors suspend diversity training to avoid violating Trump order

President Donald Trump's recent executive order banning some diversity training has had a widespread effect as government agencies, contractors and universities scramble to figure out how to comply.
by Melissa Block

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Walmart yanks guns off shelves citing rising tensions

Walmart yanks guns off shelves citing rising tensions

The retail giant removed firearms and ammunition from its shelves saying it's a precautionary step amid the recent outbreak of civil unrest. But the weapons are still available, if you ask for them.
by Vanessa Romo

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Walter Wallace Jr.'s family does not want police officers to face murder charges

Walter Wallace Jr.'s family does not want police officers to face murder charges

"Here's why: they were improperly trained and did not have the proper equipment by which to effectuate their job," the family's attorney said on Thursday. The officers' names have not been released.
by NPR Staff

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In Trump Country, immigration takes back seat to abortion, taxes and spending in many voters’ minds

In Trump Country, immigration takes back seat to abortion, taxes and spending in many voters’ minds

Morrison County led the state in voter turnout for Trump, with 74 percent of voters backing him in 2016. This year, many supporters are sticking with him, despite his administration’s aggressive immigration policies that have rattled immigrant workers and their employers in this farming community.  
by Riham Feshir

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