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The American government once offered widely affordable child care - 77 years ago

The American government once offered widely affordable child care - 77 years ago

Affordable, quality child care was hard to come by even before the pandemic and now even more so. It's not for a lack of ideas about how to fix it. Is this the moment those ideas are taken seriously?
by Andrea Hsu

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Anxious about the election? Your kids can tell. Here's how to talk about it

Anxious about the election? Your kids can tell. Here's how to talk about it

If you've been riding an emotional, politics-fueled roller coaster, believe us: Your kids have noticed. Here's a quick primer on how to talk with your kids about this election.
by Anya Kamenetz and Cory Turner

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Minnesota ballot-tracking website restored after going down; database issues slow voting

Minnesota ballot-tracking website restored after going down; database issues slow voting

A website that Minnesotans can use to track their absentee ballots went down for more than an hour Saturday morning, along with other parts of the state’s online voter registration system — causing some longer wait times for early voting on an already-busy day.
by The Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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StoryCorps: A mother and daughter team up as poll workers to make a difference

StoryCorps: A mother and daughter team up as poll workers to make a difference

"I know what's going on in the world right now. I know that tension is high, but think of all of the people like John Lewis and Dr. King getting ready to walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge. If they can do that, I can show up at the polls and work," Cherie DeBrest told StoryCorps.
by Eleanor Vassili

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By the numbers: Minnesota’s early voting surge continues

By the numbers: Minnesota’s early voting surge continues

The continued surge in early voting comes as a court ruling has thrown into question Minnesota’s plan to count mail-in ballots after Election Day — as long as they were postmarked by Election Day. Secretary of State Steve Simon now says voters should bring their ballots to a dropbox or vote in person, rather than gambling that their mailed-in ballot will arrive by Tuesday.
by David H. Montgomery

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How will the election's outcome affect the economy?

How will the election's outcome affect the economy?

MPR News senior economics contributor Chris Farrell joined host Angela Davis to talk about how the outcome of Tuesday’s election could affect the United States’ precarious economy.
by Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

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This year's Minn. school board races are competitive and more racially diverse

This year's Minn. school board races are competitive and more racially diverse

The majority of Minnesota school districts are holding board elections in November. And there are large numbers of people running to fill those seats, including record numbers of candidates of color.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Black and Latino voters flooded with disinformation in election's final days

Black and Latino voters flooded with disinformation in election's final days

Hoaxes and misleading posts aimed at depressing turnout have spread on social media. Experts say it outpaces 2016, when Black voters were the top target of Russian-backed disinformation.
by Shannon Bond

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