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All Things Considered

Tom Crann
Tom Crann
Evan Frost | MPR News

All Things Considered, with Tom Crann in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington, is your comprehensive source for afternoon news and information. Listen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

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In the midst of a pandemic, an adoptee connects with her birth father

In the midst of a pandemic, an adoptee connects with her birth father

Just as Susan McCrea was getting to know her birth father, the pandemic hit. But despite a virus that prevented her from spending more time with her relatives in person, she says she's never felt more connected — to her roots, and to her family, old and new. 
by Catharine Richert

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As state COVID-19 relief goes out, some will miss out

As state COVID-19 relief goes out, some will miss out

The way the relief program was designed means that some restaurants won’t qualify for initial checks because their sales didn’t drop steeply enough, despite their falloff in revenue due to state restrictions.
by Brian Bakst

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South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

Junauda Petrus is an activist, experimental performance artist and filmmaker. Petrus wrote the poem "Give The Police Department to the Grandmothers" after Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in 2014. 
by Maya Edmonds and Freya Hauer

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Metro State student envisions a future of mutual aid

Metro State student envisions a future of mutual aid

Metro State student Huda Yusuf works with other community members to help people experiencing homelessness and those in need who come to George Floyd’s Square. 
by Samira Ahmed, Sundus Ahmed and Lillian Wunderlich

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'Right thing to do': Volunteers turned bus into 'MASH unit' at George Floyd Square. They're not done yet.

'Right thing to do': Volunteers turned bus into 'MASH unit' at George Floyd Square. They're not done yet.

Over the summer, Kia Bible and other volunteers turned a bus into a medical unit to heal trauma at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. It's since grown into a nonprofit staffed by volunteers who provide routine care for people in the neighborhood.
by Leo Peterson and Ashlyn Ziegler

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Bringing the ‘Icon of a Revolution’ to George Floyd Square

Bringing the ‘Icon of a Revolution’ to George Floyd Square

Peyton Scott Russell doesn’t consider himself a protest artist, but his 12-foot tall portrait of George Floyd he painted for his childhood neighborhood has become a fixture of protests around the world.
by Simon Hofmann and Azalea Anderson

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A tender act of resistance: Caring for George Floyd’s Square

A tender act of resistance: Caring for George Floyd’s Square

In the four-block radius of where George Floyd was killed, residents and volunteers work together to keep things running at the makeshift memorial as they hold the space while pressing the city to meet their demands. Here’s how one of the caretakers describes his mission to present what he calls an “aesthetic dignity” to the space.
by Christine T. Nguyen

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This holiday season, NDSU students are hacking toys so kids can play

This holiday season, NDSU students are hacking toys so kids can play

Many popular kids’ toys talk, sing or move at the push of a button — but kids who can’t physically push those buttons are often left to watch as other kids play. This year, some engineering students in Fargo, N.D., are spending their evenings adapting popular toys so kids with disabilities can enjoy their own toys.
by Dan Gunderson

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