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August 15, 2017 4:00 AM

Humans vs. beavers: The battle of 1993

Culverts were created to help move water underneath roads, and turned out to be a dam-building beaver's paradise. In 1993, reporter Leif Enger reported on a victory for mankind in the beaver wars.

by Jim Bickal and Sara Porter

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August 15, 2017 12:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on race and class in America

The Harvard professor and documentary filmmaker explores the question: What would we tell Martin Luther King Jr. if he came back and wanted to know what had happened?

by MPR News Staff

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August 10, 2017 12:00 AM

America's history of impeaching presidents

An historian, a political scientist and NPR legal affairs reporter Nina Totenberg explain the presidential impeachment process, and our past two experiences: the impeachment trials of Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.

by MPR News Staff

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August 8, 2017 4:00 AM

At the Minnesota Capitol, a tale of two Perpich portraits

It took former-Gov. Rudy Perpich and his family 10 years to get a portrait of Perpich and his wife Lola hung in the halls of the Minnesota State Capitol.

by MPR News Staff

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August 1, 2017 4:00 AM

Reporting, memories from the I-35W bridge collapse

A look back at MPR News' coverage of the day the I-35W bridge collapsed, as well as memories from those who lived and worked in the area the day it fell.

by Jim Bickal and Sara Porter

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July 25, 2017 10:00 AM

A look back at the first woman vice-presidential candidate

On July 12, 1984, a Minnesota politician made history.

by MPR News Staff

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July 18, 2017 7:32 AM

Kirby Puckett on what made the '87 team so special

Former Twins players are gathering in Minnesota this weekend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their World Series victory in 1987. But they will be missing their on-field leader.

by Jim Bickal

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July 17, 2017 12:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: Has democracy run its course?

At an Aspen Ideas Festival event, three panelists tried to answer one question: has democracy run its course?

by MPR News Staff

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July 14, 2017 12:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: StoryCorps founder David Isay on the importance of listening

Four hundred thousand people people have recorded their stories for radio and the Library of Congress via StoryCorps and Isay says it's important to tell the truth about who we are as human beings, in order to reduce fear and increase hope.

by MPR News Staff

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July 11, 2017 4:00 AM

The fight for Native fishing rights in Minn., Wis.

A 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision ensuring that Native Americans in Wisconsin had the right to spearfish was met with raucous protests. The same would soon follow in Minnesota.

by Jim Bickal and Sara Porter

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