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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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Future of Us: Applauded during the pandemic, now nurses want to be heard

Future of Us: Applauded during the pandemic, now nurses want to be heard

During the most fraught days of the pandemic, nurses were both thanked and attacked. Today, they’re still walking a tightrope — this one caused by an ongoing labor shortage.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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St. Paul schools to offer Karen language classes

St. Paul schools to offer Karen language classes

Starting in fall 2023, Karen language courses will be offered to students in St. Paul Public Schools. The program is believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S. The language has been banned in schools in Myanmar since 1962.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Northern forests struggle to adapt to climate change

Northern forests struggle to adapt to climate change

Warmer temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns are causing a decline in the growth and survival rates of our trees, particularly among spruce and fir. And with life spans in the decades, the swift changes are creating trouble.
by Paul Huttner

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Staging the unseen: A roundtable talk with the creators of a new Jungle Theater play

Staging the unseen: A roundtable talk with the creators of a new Jungle Theater play

Playwright and actor JuCoby Johnson and director H. Adam Harris discuss their new play “5” at the Jungle Theater, looking into how they created and brought to life an occasionally supernatural tale of gentrification
by Jacob Aloi

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Art Hounds: Art about shifting friendships, changing times

Art Hounds: Art about shifting friendships, changing times

“Wish You Were Here” brings an improv comedy approach to grief and friendship at Strike Theater in Minneapolis starting this weekend. In JuCoby Johnson's new play "5," at the Jungle Theater, on two friends in a neighborhood changing around them. Plus, Spring Grove artist Joleen Emery folds and cuts old book pages into meticulous new creations.
by Emily Bright

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Ellison investigates Kia, Hyundai amid spate of social media-inspired thefts

Ellison investigates Kia, Hyundai amid spate of social media-inspired thefts

Amid a large spike in thefts of Kia and Hyundai vehicles, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday announced that he’s investigating the automakers to determine if they ran afoul of state consumer protection and public nuisance laws by not including industry-standard anti-theft technology in their cars and SUVs.
by Matt Sepic

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Weeks after St. Paul police shot and killed Yia Xiong, community members ask for more action

Weeks after St. Paul police shot and killed Yia Xiong, community members ask for more action

In February, 65-year-old Yia Xiong was shot and killed by officers of the St. Paul Police Department. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter met with Xiong’s family and members of the Hmong community Tuesday.
by Tom Crann, Ngoc Bui and Sam Stroozas

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Symbolic gun rights vote by Itasca County draws mixed feelings from rural Minnesota

Symbolic gun rights vote by Itasca County draws mixed feelings from rural Minnesota

As the DFL-controlled legislature debates various gun safety bills, some rural Minnesota counties have declared themselves 2nd Amendment “dedicated” counties. In Itasca County there's concern about how the resolution was passed.
by Dan Kraker

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