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Political pressures intensify on Minnesota's few black lawmakers

Political pressures intensify on Minnesota's few black lawmakers

Only three of 201 state lawmakers are African-American. All face primary contests on Aug. 9. Their challengers, who are also black, say the legislators they want to replace aren't changing things fast enough.
by Tim Pugmire

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Minneapolis 'does not have any more affordable housing than it did 25 years ago'

Minneapolis 'does not have any more affordable housing than it did 25 years ago'

"We just have a bigger and bigger gap between working people and their ability to pay either rent or a mortgage," said Mary Tingerthal, commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.
by MPR News Staff

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Elie Wiesel's 'This I Believe': A God who remembers

Elie Wiesel's 'This I Believe': A God who remembers

During the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel's family members were killed in Nazi camps, and he was held at Buchenwald. The Nobel laureate came to believe it was his job to share his memories of the atrocities. He contributed this essay to public radio's "This I Believe" series.
by Elie Wiesel

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