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Women want to stay in the game, but life intervenes

Women want to stay in the game, but life intervenes

Basketball is the most popular sport among both boys and girls, but many women end up dropping the game in adulthood, even though they still love it. Injuries, work and family are three reasons why.
by Tom Goldman

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Photos: Remembering Rondo, while letting go of the pain

Photos: Remembering Rondo, while letting go of the pain

City and state leaders apologized Friday for the bulldozing of a predominantly African-American neighborhood to make way for Interstate 94 in the 1960s at a ceremony designed to help heal old wounds.
by Jennifer Simonson and Peter Cox

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Counter Stories: Hub and spoke

Counter Stories: Hub and spoke

Sometimes, members of the Counter Stories crew tire of talking about white people. But they don't have a choice in a world where the white community is the hub, and people of color are the spokes.

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Cycling conference highlights diversity and rides around Twin Cities

Cycling conference highlights diversity and rides around Twin Cities

African-American bicyclists from all over the country have come to Minneapolis this week to take part in a six-day conference to promote more diversity in cycling.
by Jon Collins

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NAACP calls for independent investigation of Metro Transit officer

NAACP calls for independent investigation of Metro Transit officer

Metro Transit identified three officers involved in the incident in which a 21-year-old African-American man was thrown to the ground for not paying a light rail fare.
by Riham Feshir

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Motorcycle deaths contribute to spike in traffic fatalities

So far this year, 37 people have been killed while riding their motorcycles, more than double the number by this time last year.
by Laura Yuen

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Aspen Ideas Festival: '2016 and the Politics of Inequality'

Journalists, nonprofit leaders and political analysts from across the political aisle discussed the politics of inequality and the role that the issue could play in the 2016 presidential elections.

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Hundreds rally in Minneapolis for better working conditions

Hundreds rally in Minneapolis for better working conditions

More than 300 people gathered in front of City Hall Wednesday to call for better conditions for workers. A Neighborhoods Organizing for Change report highlighted the tough working conditions many face.
by Brandt Williams

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Lots of other countries mandate paid leave. Why not the U.S.?

Lots of other countries mandate paid leave. Why not the U.S.?

If you've been paying attention to the political news in the past couple of years, you know that the U.S. stands virtually alone in not mandating paid leave of any type for its workers.
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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