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February 14, 2017 12:00 AM

Four women share their struggles with racial identity

From the APM Reports series, "Historically Black," an exploration of black identity and a spotlight on African American love stories.

by MPR News Staff

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February 7, 2017 8:01 PM

From the archives: Story of 1992 Super Bowl protest could have been written today

When Super Bowl XXVI was held at the Metrodome in 1992, it drew thousands of protesters who objected to the nickname of one of the teams playing in the game.

by MPR News Staff

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January 31, 2017 10:29 AM

From the archives: The joys of ice fishing

For Jay King and his wife, ice fishing is a game of cribbage, a thermos of coffee, and a long afternoon in their cabin-sized fish house on Lake Mille Lacs.

by MPR News Staff

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January 26, 2017 9:00 AM

When Mark Dayton got into politics

If you were born anytime in the past 35 years or so, you might not realize there was a time when Mark Dayton was not a full-time politician. Dayton turns 70 on Thursday.

by Cody Nelson

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January 25, 2017 12:00 AM

August Wilson examines the ugly contradictions in American history

A talk given in Minnesota by the late August Wilson, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and now an Academy Award nominee for the movie "Fences."

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January 23, 2017 12:00 AM

The one sentence from 1977 that explains the complicated reality of Ely, Minn.

In the summer of 1977, as debate over the future of the Boundary Waters raged on in St. Paul and Ely, state Rep. Willard Munger drew a line in the sand.

by Tom Weber

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January 22, 2017 12:00 AM

MPR at 50: Looking back at Minnesota's past, ahead to its future

As we mark 50 years on the air, Minnesota Public Radio looks at Minnesota's past and present as it moves on into the future.

by Cathy Wurzer, Jim Bickal, Tom Crann, Kerri Miller, Jeff Jones, Julie Siple, Tom Weber and Sam Choo

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January 19, 2017 12:00 PM

Photos: 40 years ago, a Minnesotan was sworn in to the White House

On Friday, America's 45th president will be sworn into office. Forty years ago — on Jan. 20, 1977 — Minnesota's Walter Mondale was sworn in as President Jimmy Carter's vice president.

by Tom Weber and MPR News Staff

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January 19, 2017 8:00 AM

In his own words: The night 'The Body' became the governor

Three days after his upset in the Minnesota governor's race, Jesse Ventura sat down with former MPR News host Gary Eichten to tell his story of election night.

by Cody Nelson

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January 14, 2017 12:39 PM

As Finland marks a century, a look at Finns' lives on the Iron Range

A look back at the history of Finns who came to northeastern Minnesota for jobs in the iron mines and the chance to homestead a farm of their own.

by MPR News Staff

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