All Things Considered

Tom Crann
Tom Crann
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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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These middle schoolers turned Trump rally into a civics class
Students at St. Paul’s Capitol Hill Magnet School got a lesson in American politics Thursday night they’d never find in a textbook as they reported inside and outside President Trump’s rally.
Climate curious: What is THE most important thing a person can do to fight climate change?
With limited time and resources, individuals, companies and governments are searching for the actions that will make the biggest dent in the emissions contributing to climate change. But there is no silver bullet.
In one Twin Cities classroom, learning in Hmong and about being Hmong
"Hmong for Native Speakers" has helped bridge Hmong family culture and classroom academics at Park Center High School in Brooklyn Park. Observers say the experiment offers a possible path to boosting achievement for students of color.
Flu season is on its way — what we can learn from Australia's deadly season
People in Australia, where it’s spring, have been walloped by a particularly bad flu season. Health officials here are urging people to get their flu shots as soon as possible in case we see something similar.
Who should cover the cost of President Trump's Minneapolis campaign rally?
The city and state are expected to provide extra law enforcement on Thursday to manage both President Trump’s fans and protesters when the president holds a campaign rally in downtown Minneapolis. It’s likely to cost local governments tens of thousands of dollars.
Innocence Lost: A culture of abuse
Allegations of abuse at the Children's Theatre Company date back to 1972, an arrest was made a dozen years later and some survivors are only now finding justice.