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Social Issues

Why are more people homeless and sleeping outside?

Why are more people homeless and sleeping outside?

Why are more people sleeping outdoors, in the skyways and on buses and trains? MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the rise in homelessness and what it would take to get people into shelter.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Why self-immolation has been used by political protesters for decades

Why self-immolation has been used by political protesters for decades

Aaron Bushnell’s death in Washington, D.C., is the latest example of an extreme form of protest that people have used to express their grievances and attract the attention of a global audience.
by Joe Hernandez

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Violence Free Minnesota discusses intimate partner violence in the wake of Burnsville shooting

Violence Free Minnesota discusses intimate partner violence in the wake of Burnsville shooting

Joe Shannon, the communications program manager for Violence Free Minnesota, spoke with All Things Considered host Tom Crann about the current state of domestic violence in Minnesota in the aftermath of the Burnsville shooting that left three first responders dead.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Josie Johnson, iconic Minnesota civil rights activist, on hope and her legacy

Josie Johnson, iconic Minnesota civil rights activist, on hope and her legacy

A new documentary “Hope in the Struggle” tells the story of civil rights activist Josie Johnson, chief lobbyist for Minnesota’s fair housing law and the first Black member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.
by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Gretchen Brown

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Beyond the beans: Frogtown’s Flava Café brews hope, community support

Beyond the beans: Frogtown’s Flava Café brews hope, community support

Flava Coffee & Café, perhaps the first Black-owned coffee shop in St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood, has been open for almost two years and coffee isn’t the only thing brewing. 
by Sarah Thamer

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