Play40min 13secLee Hawkins unpacks family history and intergenerational trauma in new podcastMay 9, 2024 11:30 AMBy Angela Davis and Gretchen BrownMPR News host Angela Davis talks with Lee Hawkins about his new long-form limited series podcast, What Happened in Alabama?
Play3min 26secRepublicans and K-12 school leaders clash over handling of antisemitismMay 8, 2024 7:36 PMBy Cory Turner and Nicole Cohen Republicans tried for the kind of headline moments they’ve scored in similar hearings with elite college presidents. But the testimony from K-12 public school leaders offered few surprises.
Play7min 45secHow these University of Texas-Austin students view Gaza war protests on their campusMay 8, 2024 1:44 PMBy Mansee Khurana As campus protests against Israel’s war spread to colleges across the U.S., NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with University of Texas at Austin students, on both sides, about their concerns and demands.
Play6min 13secExpert: University of Minnesota agreement with protesters is ‘quite remarkable’May 7, 2024 2:25 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Megan BurksUniversity of Minnesota administrators are expected to begin disclosing the school’s investments in publicly-traded companies based in or doing business with Israel on Tuesday. It’s part of an agreement they reached last week with pro-Palestinian student protesters.
Lee Hawkins: Tips and advice from his search through family historyMay 7, 2024 4:00 AMBy Lee HawkinsVeteran reporter Lee Hawkins, Jr., and host of a new APM Studios podcast “What Happened in Alabama?” shares insights into exploring his family history as part of his podcast and upcoming book, “Nobody’s Slave.”
Arrests of protesters exceed 2,300 as police clear more U.S. campus encampmentsMay 3, 2024 11:50 AMBy The Associated PressWhile University of Minnesota officials reached an agreement with protesters not to disrupt commencements, weeks of demonstrations and police confrontations at college campuses nationwide have resulted in more than 2,300 arrests.
Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discriminationMay 3, 2024 6:48 AMBy Jonathan Franklin The bill which was previously passed in the House in 2019 and 2022 but blocked in the Senate, aims to end race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.
Nearly $2 million budget gap forces closure of men’s shelter in MoorheadMay 3, 2024 4:00 AMBy Dan GundersonThe Dorothy Day House, a 15-bed shelter for men in Moorhead, is seeking donations to help reopen the shelter.
Activists in Duluth ramp up pro-Palestinian demonstrations, set up encampmentMay 2, 2024 12:05 PMBy Dan KrakerA group calling itself the Duluth Palestine Solidarity Camp set up a tent encampment Wednesday night in Duluth’s Leif Erikson Park. Protesters are calling on the city and state to divest from Israel in the wake of its war in Gaza.
Duluth group receives ‘transformational’ grant to build Black community hubMay 1, 2024 5:56 PMBy Dan KrakerA coalition of Duluth nonprofits is celebrating a $500,000 grant to help build a hub for the Black community in the city’s Central Hillside neighborhood.