Reverb - News for Young Adults

Reverb is an initiative and a reporting team from MPR News focused on serving younger (and young-at-heart) Minnesotans.

We know Minnesota is changing and younger adults want news in new, more accessible ways. Reverb covers trending topics, local issues, and stories that matter to Minnesotans.

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Why this Minneapolis feminist art collective still matters 50 years later
A Minneapolis exhibition marks 50 years of WARM, a pioneering feminist art collective that created space for women artists and helped reshape the local and national art scenes.
Adult bathhouses were a part of Minneapolis nightlife. Then police and panic pushed them out
Forty years after the adult bathhouse ban was passed, the city council is considering reversing it. A myriad of components led to the ban, but for several decades, public sexual spaces in Minneapolis were an active part of downtown.
High school student explores her Ojibwe identity and culture through fashion
A fashion show featuring Native students was held in northern Minnesota at Fortune Bay Resort Casino at the end of March. Adrionna Otis walked the runway for the first time, showcasing her beaded earrings and ribbon skirt she made. For Otis, creating wearable items helps her feel more connected to her Native identity and culture.
When ICE came to town, this rural Minnesotan quit his job to help immigrants
Despite a drawdown of federal agents, some individuals in pockets of greater Minnesota are still helping immigrants. That includes a Pelican Rapids resident who quit his job in January to help his immigrant neighbors as immigration enforcement surged.
As Minneapolis reconsiders its adult bathhouse ban, here’s what to know about the history
In the 1970s and 1980s, the bathhouse scene in Minneapolis was plentiful. Some activists say it’s time to update outdated language in a 1988 ordinance banning them and create an opportunity to bring them back.
Elvera 'Peps' Neuman is a Minnesota basketball icon. You may know her as the ‘blanket lady’
The Minnesota Gophers face off against UCLA Friday in the Sweet 16 matchup. You can bet one of the Gophers biggest fans will be there in the Sacramento stands: the Blanket Lady.