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Fund aims to keep apartments affordable in tight market

Fund aims to keep apartments affordable in tight market

Finding an apartment is getting increasingly difficult for Twin Cities residents of modest means, as high demand continues to push up costs.
by Matt Sepic

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Brexit: What's race got to do with it?

Brexit: What's race got to do with it?

Why did the U.K. just vote for something so economically disastrous? Some point to racial tension resulting from record levels of immigration within the EU.
by Leah Donnella

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Dancing is church: The importance of queer clubs

Tom Weber talked with Brooklyn-based artist Quito Ziegler, the author and photographer of a piece featured this week on the New York Times Lens blog, "Why We Dance: Photos from the 'Radical Queer Underground.'"

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MPR news correspondent Doualy Xaykaothao, on the Hmong-American experience

MPR News correspondent Doualy Xaykaothao recently visited Wausau, Wisconsin to see what life is like there for Hmong immigrants and their children, decades after the Hmong fought for the U.S. in Laos and arrived as refugees in Wisconsin.
by MPR News Staff

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Changing the conversation of race in Minnesota

What would you do if someone said or did something that was racist or discriminatory? Would you offer to help them? Bianca Dawkins, 24 year old social entrepreneur offer to help Denny Kemp salon even after the stylist described her hair as 'animal'.

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How Reddit helped find a graffiti artist who defaced National Parks

How Reddit helped find a graffiti artist who defaced National Parks

When a serial graffiti artist left her mark around national parks, hiking and nature lovers took to Reddit to find the vandalizer. The culprit was recently sentenced and banned from federal lands.
by Justina Vasquez

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Jennie-O settles sex discrimination suit

The U.S. Department of Labor says the company will have to pay $492,000 in back wages to 339 women who were denied entry level jobs at a turkey processing facility in Willmar.
by Tim Nelson

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Minnesota No. 1 again in child well-being, but gaps still troubling

For the second consecutive year, Minnesota is first in the nation for overall child well-being, according to the Kids Count Data Book. The state, though, has a long way to go in closing racial disparities.
by Manda Lillie

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