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St. Paul mayor: every city department needs to watch for racial inequity

St. Paul mayor: every city department needs to watch for racial inequity

Like his counterpart in Minneapolis, St. Paul's new mayor Melvin Carter has pledged to reduce or eliminate racial disparities. Carter, the city's first African American mayor, says he has a unique perspective on the problem because he's lived it.
by Brandt Williams

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The anti-abortion group that's urging clinic workers to quit their jobs

The anti-abortion group that's urging clinic workers to quit their jobs

The nonprofit organization And Then They Were None offers financial assistance, job search help, and spiritual and emotional support to workers who leave jobs at clinics that provide abortions.
by Sarah McCammon

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Where will homeless go when Twin Cities Super Bowl comes to town?

Where will homeless go when Twin Cities Super Bowl comes to town?

The Super Bowl will shine a spotlight on Minnesota and bring visitors to the Twin Cities. But there are concerns about what the big event may mean for homeless people.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Tribes try to exert more influence over federal farm bill

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is leading the first of its kind initiative to bring more farm bill funding to Indian Country. The lobbying effort is an outgrowth of programs to improve health and expand access to healthy food for Indian people.
by Dan Gunderson

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Ancestry research: Can DNA help us grapple with the past?

Ancestry research: Can DNA help us grapple with the past?

An exploration of how genetic testing and ancestry research may allow us to learn our racial identity, our history and our humanity.
by MPR News Staff

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Shelters reach capacity in cold weather as homeless population rises

Shelters reach capacity in cold weather as homeless population rises

The population of people who are homeless increased for the first time since 2010, according the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and many shelters are having to turn people away.
by Samantha Raphelson

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'A lot of pain': Somalis allege abuse by immigration detention guards

Immigration lawyers have filed a complaint against a Florida detention center, alleging guards pepper-sprayed, shackled and used excessive force on Somali detainees and called them racial slurs, including the N-word.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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