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Difference maker Asha Mohamed: ‘I'm never uncomfortable about a conversation with race’

Difference maker Asha Mohamed: ‘I'm never uncomfortable about a conversation with race’

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Difference maker Calvin Zimmerman: ‘If we start now we can see big change’

Difference maker Calvin Zimmerman: ‘If we start now we can see big change’

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Difference maker Deepti Pillai: ‘The way change happens is conversations’

Difference maker Deepti Pillai: ‘The way change happens is conversations’

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Difference maker Jerome Richardson: ‘We’ve become the first responders'

Difference maker Jerome Richardson: ‘We’ve become the first responders'

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Difference maker Aaliyah Murray: ‘Let’s put kids to work’

Difference maker Aaliyah Murray: ‘Let’s put kids to work’

MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman talked to eight Minnesota student activists about their work. In this series, MPR News introduces you to the students, their activism and how they're shaping the state.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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After days of outrage over the shooting of a Black teen, officials charge the gunman

After days of outrage over the shooting of a Black teen, officials charge the gunman

Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old high school junior, was shot by a white homeowner after he went to the wrong address to pick up his brothers. The shooter was charged on Monday after criticism over delays.
by Becky Sullivan and Jaclyn Diaz

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Black entrepreneurs say Minneapolis 'Wildest Dreams Expo' was bad for business

Black entrepreneurs say Minneapolis 'Wildest Dreams Expo' was bad for business

Dozens of business owners said the expo organized by the city of Minneapolis to celebrate and uplift Black entrepreneurship actually hurt them. They said the poorly attended event cost them money they couldn’t afford to lose, and according to city records, tens of thousands of dollars in contracts flowed to businesses based outside of Minnesota.
by Jon Collins

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Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to restore full access to abortion pill

Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to restore full access to abortion pill

The Justice Department is seeking emergency relief from the U.S. Supreme Court in a Texas case involving limited access to the abortion drug mifepristone.
by Sarah McCammon, Washington Desk and Becky Sullivan

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