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Unlikely, but possible: How the presidency could hinge on Minnesota

Unlikely, but possible: How the presidency could hinge on Minnesota

The recent death of a third-party candidate in Minnesota’s 2nd District race will leave that seat temporarily vacant — which could end up swinging the results of the entire presidential election. Here’s how.
by David H. Montgomery

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Senators push for Medal of Honor for late Black medic who saved lives at Normandy

Senators push for Medal of Honor for late Black medic who saved lives at Normandy

Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr., a member of an African American battalion, treated scores of soldiers wounded on D-Day but was passed over for the medal. Lawmakers and relatives have tried to change that.
by Eleanor Beardsley

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Minnesota shipwreck hunters locate long-sought Lake Michigan wreck

Minnesota shipwreck hunters locate long-sought Lake Michigan wreck

More than a century ago, the Pere Marquette 18 started taking on water while crossing Lake Michigan, and jettisoned its cargo of rail cars into the lake in a desperate attempt to stay afloat. It sank with the loss of more than two dozen lives and the wreck site had eluded searchers for decades — until two Minnesotans found it this summer.
by Andrew Krueger

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Labor Day special: MPR documentary, 'The Strike is On'

Labor Day special: MPR documentary, 'The Strike is On'

The MPR documentary, “The Strike is On,” an oral history of the early labor movement in Minnesota, with emphasis on the struggle to organize Iron Range workers, the Minneapolis truckers strike of 1934, and more.
by MPR News Staff

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Remembering civil rights activist Anna Arnold Hedgeman of Anoka

Remembering civil rights activist Anna Arnold Hedgeman of Anoka

Most Minnesotans don't know that a Black woman who grew up in Anoka — Anna Arnold Hedgeman — was the only woman on the organizing committee for the 1963 March on Washington. She was a longtime activist for civil rights and social justice — but has been mostly forgotten. 2018 History Forum lecture by Thomas Sugrue of NYU about her and other civil rights activists in the north.
by MPR News Staff

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100 years of women voting: 3 Minnesota women who paved way for women's suffrage

100 years of women voting: 3 Minnesota women who paved way for women's suffrage

In honor of 100 years of women voting, we’re taking a look back at the work of three Minnesota women who helped break down barriers and paved the way for women’s suffrage. 
by Nina Moini and Jiwon Choi

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