Play11min 13secMinnesota veteran walks 1,000 miles to eclipse in Texas to spread hopeApril 8, 2024 3:22 PMBy Aleesa Kuznetsov and Cathy WurzerDaniel Crawford walked from Austin, Minn., to just outside Austin, Texas, to raise awareness and money for Duluth-based charity 23rd Veteran, which Crawford credits for helping him become sober.
Play8min 09secA Republican and a Democrat make the case for civility in politicsApril 8, 2024 12:01 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Heidi RaschkeFormer North Dakota U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat, and former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer, a Republican, encourage people to break out of a cycle of cultural divisions to work toward bipartisan civil discourse.
Play47min 08secTackling the burden of medical debt April 8, 2024 11:53 AMBy Angela Davis and Maja BeckstromThe Minnesota Legislature is considering a proposal to change how medical debt is handled. Listen back to a conversation with MPR News host Angela Davis about the burden of medical debt and what can be done about it.
The Vatican says surrogacy and gender theory are ‘grave threats’ to human dignityApril 8, 2024 11:43 AMBy Jason DeRose A document called “Infinite Dignity” details what the Vatican sees as grave violations of dignity. Poverty, war and the abuse of migrants lead the list.
Judge dismisses lawsuit of injured Dakota Access pipeline protesterApril 5, 2024 1:55 PMBy The Associated PressU.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor granted motions to dismiss the 2018 lawsuit by Sophia Wilansky, whose left forearm was injured in the blast from an “explosive munition” or a flashbang during a clash between protesters and law enforcement officers at a blocked highway bridge in November 2016.
Play46min 17secThe loneliness epidemic: Why we’re lonely and how we can build connectionsApril 3, 2024 9:00 AMBy Angela Davis and Gretchen BrownTwo researchers joined MPR News host Angela Davis to help us understand why so many of us feel lonely, and why our mental health is so closely tied to serious physical health impacts.
Play3min 42secNew center aims to help people with an intellectual disability get college degrees in MinnesotaApril 3, 2024 4:00 AMBy Feven GerezgiherFewer than 3 percent of students with an intellectual disability in Minnesota attend college, according to the Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium. Advocates are working to change those numbers.
Play10min 32secNew program looking for fosters to help keep domestic violence survivors with their petsApril 2, 2024 12:47 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Alanna ElderThe Minnesota Pet Foster coalition is looking to address a gap in services for survivors of domestic violence by ensuring the safety of their pets too.
Play5min 25secMinneapolis to share new emergency response program in wake of after-action report completionApril 2, 2024 12:36 PMBy Cathy Wurzer, Matt Sepic, and Ellen FinnThe after-action report included 27 recommendations to improve emergency response following the riots after George Floyd’s murder.
Play7min 37secSouth Minneapolis food shelves banding together to meet needApril 1, 2024 1:15 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa KuznetsovSmaller food shelves like the ones in south Minneapolis worry they won’t be around in five years in current funding conditions.