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Local events marking Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Local events marking Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

A listing of events commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day around Minnesota.

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Prominent civil rights leader highlights legacy of King's dream

Prominent civil rights leader highlights legacy of King's dream

Prominent civil rights leader Rev. Joseph Lowery discusses the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. Lowery spoke at the 20th annual MLK Day breakfast at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

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Ethics and morality, without religion

Ethics and morality, without religion

The humanist chaplain at Harvard preaches on living an ethical life without belief in God as the underpinning. His new book explores why people manage to do good without belief in a deity.

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Lowery speaks at MLK breakfast in Mpls.

Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, a prominent civil rights leader speaks at the 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast in Minneapolis on Monday.

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Twin Cities church to prep 1 million meals for Haiti

A church in Golden Valley is seeking volunteers this week to help pack one million meals for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
by Jessica Mador

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Seward Market opens as charges loom for alleged gunmen

Seward Market opens as charges loom for alleged gunmen

The corner market where three people were gunned down in Minneapolis last week is now reopen for business.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Understanding a mother's suicide

Understanding a mother's suicide

As a young child in 1963, Nancy Rappaport loses her mother to suicide during a bitter custody battle. Years later she becomes a child psychiatrist and uses the lens of this expertise to understand the mystery of her mother's depression and suicide.

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Privacy and public officials

Privacy and public officials

Candidates for governor recently were asked by the Minneapolis Star Tribune about their mental health histories, after Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton disclosed his past struggle with depression and alchohol abuse. Should the public know everything about politicians, whether it wants to or not?

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Twin Cities Somali group gets new leader

A former chief of staff to the president of Somalia is taking over as head of a local Somali advocacy group.

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Karen celebrate Year 2749, and a decade in Minnesota

Karen celebrate Year 2749, and a decade in Minnesota

The Karen people didn't just mark the start of a new year last week. It's been 10 years since the first of them escaped the oppressive regime that rules Myanmar, and the Karen begin to immigrate to the Twin Cities.
by Tim Nelson

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