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Social Issues

No Place for a Woman

In the 1970s, women began breaking into male-dominated professions as never before, and some faced a hostile reception. In the iron mines of northern Minnesota, women were harassed, threatened and assaulted. Their fight to keep their jobs broke new legal ground, and helped change the workplace forever. American RadioWorks' new documentary, "No Place for a Woman," tells their story.

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Not all the mines were bad

Although some women who worked in the iron mines of northern Minnesota in the 1970s suffered harassment at the hands of their male coworkers, most of the mines weren't that bad. Three women who worked at Reserve Mining Co. in Babbitt remember it as a good place to work.

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Working in the mines today

Women working the Minnesota iron mines today say they don't face the same resentment and difficulties that their predecessors did years ago.

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Explaining the Iron Range character

The new Warner Brothers movie, "North Country," being released in October, is based on a legal battle which took place in a Minnesota iron mine in the mid-'70s. Parts of the movie were filmed on the Iron Range. Range native Sally Mayasich gives a tour of her hometown to help explain the area's unique character.

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Hunting season looms after Vang verdict

Publicity over Chai Vang's trial isn't deterring some Hmong immigrants from their hunting plans this season. Vang was found guilty of killing six members of a hunting party in a northern Wisconsin woods last November. Vang's trial put tensions between white hunters and Hmong hunters into sharp focus.

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Katrina puts spotlight on poverty

President Bush has pledged to rebuild the area of the Gulf Coast devastated by Hurricane Katrina. But many say meaningful long-term recovery will only happen if the country addresses the region's poverty in the process.

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Listeners to react to the debate over 'refugee'

People who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina are now scattered across the country, many of them in evacuee camps. Since the start of the disaster, there's been some discussion about whether to describe those people as refugees. Local actor and singer T. Mychael Rambo argues the term "refugee" has negative connotations and racial overtones. Several listeners called MPR with their comments about the subject.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Working for orchestral equality

Marin Alsop made history this summer when she became the first female music director of a major American orchestra. Her appointment reflects the changes in gender balance which have occurred in classical music over the past few decades, including in Minnesota.

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Adopting scrutiny

Minnesotans adopt more children from overseas per capita than any other state in the nation. The question is, why? Some adoption scholars say Minnesotans should examine the trend.

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Amid images of black victims, many ask: Was race a factor?

While Hurricane Katrina had no deliberate target as it ravaged the Gulf Coast, in the aftermath it's clear that the victims are mostly black and mostly poor. So many photographs from the devastation of New Orleans show the same faces: Desperate. Grief-stricken. Black.

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