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Social Issues

Remembering civil rights hero Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

A giant in the civil rights movement that many people did not know, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth died Wednesday in Birmingham at the age of 89. He was beaten, bombed and jailed dozens of times during an adult lifetime fighting for, and preaching for, civil rights for black Americans. Listen to a 1998 conversation with Gary Eichten in the MPR studios.

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Exhibit on tribal treaties opens in St. Paul

Exhibit on tribal treaties opens in St. Paul

The treaty exhibit was the result of a two-year collaboration between tribal elders, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center, and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.
by Madeleine Baran

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Minn. suicide rate holds steady in recession, bucking norm

Minn. suicide rate holds steady in recession, bucking norm

Mental health advocates say the stable rate could be because the state is doing a good job of reaching out to residents in crisis. But they also say suicide is a deeply complicated situation that's rarely explained by just one event.
by Lorna Benson

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