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Aspen Ideas Festival: Opportunity and social mobility in America

Aspen Ideas Festival: Opportunity and social mobility in America

Former NPR host Michele Norris moderated a discussion about race, inequality and the future of democracy at this summer's Aspen Ideas Festival. Is opportunity and social mobility still possible in America?
by MPR News Staff

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20 years later, Beverly Daniel Tatum asks again: 'Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?'

Beverly Daniel Tatum's groundbreaking book on the racial realities of the education system has been re-released at a time when the U.S. population is more diverse than ever, but many schools remain segregated.
by Tom Weber and MPR News Staff

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In the wake of #MeToo, more victims seek help for repressed trauma

In the wake of #MeToo, more victims seek help for repressed trauma

Some local rape crisis centers and national hotlines that help victims of sexual harassment and assault are reporting a flood of calls at what is usually a slower time of year.
by Sarah McCammon

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Bill Bishop on political polarization

Aspen Ideas Festival: Bill Bishop on political polarization

Bill Bishop says some of our political polarization comes from the fact that we're ideologically inbred -- we don't know, can't understand and can barely conceive of people who live just a few miles away.
by MPR News Staff

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Lack of affordable housing has tenants fighting to stay in problem landlord's properties

Lack of affordable housing has tenants fighting to stay in problem landlord's properties

The city of Minneapolis revoked all 42 of Mahmood Khan's rental licenses for not maintaining his properties. Many of Khan's tenants say they want to move, but they can't find anywhere else to go.
by Max Nesterak

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U.N. investigator on extreme poverty issues a grim report -- on the U.S.

He undertook his fact-finding mission with a series of questions: Are those in poverty able to live with dignity? And what does a government do to protect those who are most vulnerable?
by Sasha Ingber

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Papa John's founder out as CEO weeks after NFL comments

Papa John's founder out as CEO weeks after NFL comments

Papa John's founder John Schnatter who appears in the chain's commercials and on its pizza boxes, and is the company's biggest shareholder, remains chairman of the board.
by The Associated Press

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