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Social Issues

Union wins made big news this year. Here are 5 reasons why it's not the full story

Union wins made big news this year. Here are 5 reasons why it's not the full story

Starbucks stores from coast to coast. An electric vehicle battery plant. The first Amazon warehouse in the U.S. All kinds of workplaces unionized in 2022, but winning elections is only the first step.
by Andrea Hsu and Alina Selyukh

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After the Club Q shooting, drag queens say they're upping security measures

After the Club Q shooting, drag queens say they're upping security measures

Drag has grown in visibility in recent years as a way to celebrate gender fluidity and self-expression, especially among the LGBTQ community and its allies. That's made it a target of the right wing.
by Emily Olson

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At a Minneapolis tent encampment, a chosen family sticks together in the storm

At a Minneapolis tent encampment, a chosen family sticks together in the storm

The weather is just one of many daily hurdles for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. Three residents at an encampment in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood are grateful to have each other and hope to have enough propane tanks to fuel their heaters through this dangerous cold spell.
by Grace Birnstengel

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Lost income, cold horses, full truck stops: How storm is affecting Minnesotans

Lost income, cold horses, full truck stops: How storm is affecting Minnesotans

Truckers stuck together at a truck stop. Frozen water pipes used for livestock. Here’s some of how the winter storm and blizzard conditions are affecting Minnesotans throughout the state.
by MPR News Staff

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Migrants near U.S. border face cold wait for key asylum ruling

Migrants near U.S. border face cold wait for key asylum ruling

Hundreds of migrants are gathered in unusually frigid cold temperatures along the Mexican-U.S. border near El Paso, Texas, awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether and when to lift pandemic-era restrictions that prevent many from seeking asylum.
by The Associated Press

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Descendants of executed Dakota 38+2 ride to Mankato to honor ancestors

Descendants of executed Dakota 38+2 ride to Mankato to honor ancestors

For what may be the last time, Dakota riders on horseback are braving bitter December weather to travel hundreds of miles to honor 38 men hanged in the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The ride also remembers the many others who died as a result of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
by Hannah Yang

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