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MPR News with Tom Weber

Tom Weber, a reporter and host at MPR News for a decade, resigned effective June 22, 2018. You can find his work covering the people and places of Minnesota here.
https://www.mpr.org/about/people/tweber

When the U.S. Military bombed the bogs of Minnesota

When the U.S. Military bombed the bogs of Minnesota

Chosen for their harsh conditions and remote location the Red Lake peatlands were used as bombing, gunnery and training ranges during the 1940s and 1950s. The bombing, however, was impossible to escape for the nearby Red Lake Nation.
by Tom Weber and William Lager

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Waziyatawin: Take down Fort Snelling

Waziyatawin: Take down Fort Snelling

Waziyatawin's book, 'What Does Justice Looks Like?', explores ways the state of Minnesota could make amends for its treatment of Native people.
by MPR News Staff

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Novelist Richard Wagamese steps beyond barriers

Novelist Richard Wagamese steps beyond barriers

Richard Wagamese is a well-known novelist in his native Canada, and with the re-release of two of his novels through Minneapolis publisher Milkweed Editions, he's making his mark further south.
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How will Brexit affect Minnesota companies?

Tom Weber talked with Chris Farrell, senior economics contributor at Marketplace and economics commentator for Minnesota Public Radio, about how Minnesota companies could be affected by the Britain's decision to leave the European Union.

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How to plant a pollinator-friendly garden

How to plant a pollinator-friendly garden

"People are really understanding that the key to helping all of the bees and monarchs is getting more flowers in the ground," said Marla Spivak, a professor of entomology at the U of M.
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Dancing is church: The importance of queer clubs

Tom Weber talked with Brooklyn-based artist Quito Ziegler, the author and photographer of a piece featured this week on the New York Times Lens blog, "Why We Dance: Photos from the 'Radical Queer Underground.'"

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MPR news correspondent Doualy Xaykaothao, on the Hmong-American experience

MPR News correspondent Doualy Xaykaothao recently visited Wausau, Wisconsin to see what life is like there for Hmong immigrants and their children, decades after the Hmong fought for the U.S. in Laos and arrived as refugees in Wisconsin.
by MPR News Staff

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Changing the conversation of race in Minnesota

What would you do if someone said or did something that was racist or discriminatory? Would you offer to help them? Bianca Dawkins, 24 year old social entrepreneur offer to help Denny Kemp salon even after the stylist described her hair as 'animal'.

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Silva, board members address firing

Silva, board members address firing

Valeria Silva has less than a month to lead St. Paul's public schools. The St. Paul school board removed the district superintendent at a tense meeting Tuesday night.
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