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Roundtable: Living conditions in low-rent housing

Three guests share their perspective on the conditions in low-rent housing, from the concerns of tenants to how legislators could act to improve standards of living.
by MPR News Staff

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Experts: Housing, education discrimination drive minority wealth gap

Experts: Housing, education discrimination drive minority wealth gap

Institutional racism plays a big role in the financial divide between whites and many people of color, two national researchers tell MPR News. Listen to the conversation.
by MPR News Staff

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Adam Grant on 'Originals'

Aspen Ideas Festival: Adam Grant on 'Originals'

An Aspen Lecture by Adam Grant, author of "Originals." He shares the most important things he's learned about the people who come up with new ideas, speak up, and speak out of turn. And why there's danger in intuition and the lessons of experience. Some ideas on how to be original, and how to unleash it in others around you.

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Welfare reform: 20 years later

Two decades ago, Republicans and Democrats in Congress came together to make historic changes to our nation's welfare program. What are the lasting impact of those changes?
by MPR News Staff

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Social network Nextdoor moves to block racial profiling online

Social network Nextdoor moves to block racial profiling online

Social networks let users share without being impeded. But Nextdoor, a platform for neighborhoods, is moving to block posts for the first time when they appear to be racial profiling.
by Aarti Shahani

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Update on Dakota Access Pipeline protests

Update on Dakota Access Pipeline protests

Developers of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a pipeline that would move oil from the Bakken oil field past the southwestern tip of Minnesota to Illinois, have agreed to stop construction near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation until a court hearing next week. Tom Weber talked with Lauren Donovan, a reporter with The Bismarck Tribune, for an update on the controversy and the project.
by MPR News Staff

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Judge denies Iowa landowners' request to halt pipeline work

Iowa landowners sued, saying he Iowa Utilities Board doesn't have legal authority to give for-profit Texas oil company Dakota Access the right to forcefully condemn private farmland.
by Associated Press

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20 years since welfare's overhaul, results are mixed

20 years since welfare's overhaul, results are mixed

Results are mixed 20 years after welfare reform was enacted. The new program did work for millions of families, but many are worse off. And assistance is very different depending on where you live.
by Pam Fessler and Chris Lehman

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Minn. Somalis see Trump as symbol of more hostile America

Minn. Somalis see Trump as symbol of more hostile America

For many Somali-Americans in Minnesota, Donald Trump's fundraising visit to the state on Friday is the culmination of a tough week. They believe Trump's rhetoric on Muslims and immigrants is emboldening hate.
by Laura Yuen

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