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

Reimagining the parks of the future
2016 marks the 125th anniversary of Minnesota's state parks and trails. Americans' relationship with public space and the natural world has shifted dramatically over the years, and so has the role and use of state parks.
Op-Ed: Pope Francis and abortion
After seeing Pope Francis in Philadelphia over the weekend, religion professor Anthea Butler writes, "the Pope is taking his church from the culture wars into the streets."
Three views on China
With Chinese President Xi Jinping in the US, MPR News with Tom Weber examines three important issues in China; cybersecurity, the environment, and the Chinese economy.
Speaker Boehner stuns Congress, announces resignation
A constant focus of conservatives' complaints, Boehner was facing the threat of a floor vote on whether he could stay on as speaker, a formal challenge that hasn't happened in over 100 years.
NPR's Sylvia Poggioli, Tom Gjelten, and Don Gonyea are part of a team of correspondents anchoring the special broadcast from Congress.