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Stories from October 18, 2024

Politics Friday: The 2024 election will determine who presides in Minnesota courtrooms. Remember there are judges on your ballot.

Politics Friday: The 2024 election will determine who presides in Minnesota courtrooms. Remember there are judges on your ballot.

There are about 100 races on Minnesota’s election ballots that won’t get that much attention, and they’re all about judgeships. Coming up Friday at noon, MPR News politics editor and his guests talk about judicial elections and why they’re different here than in other states. 
by Brian Bakst, Matthew Alvarez and Ellie Roth

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American democracy requires that we ’be architects, not arsonists’

American democracy requires that we ’be architects, not arsonists’

Eboo Patel believes learning to value and tolerate diversity is the engine that drives just and equitable societies. Can America learn to do it before the social fabric is irrevocably torn? That’s the discussion on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas, part of our Americans and Democracy series.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Connecting young people to their purpose

Connecting young people to their purpose

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the leader and founder of Project Success — a Minnesota nonprofit that’s been connecting students to their purpose for 30 years.
by Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer

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At Wisconsin stops Harris campaign features less talk of joy and more head-on digs at Trump

At Wisconsin stops Harris campaign features less talk of joy and more head-on digs at Trump

In La Crosse on Thursday, Harris told a rally crowd that Trump “will stop at nothing to claim unchecked power for himself.” It’s a shift from the “joy” that swirled around her elevation to the top of the Democratic ticket this summer.
by The Associated Press

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