Reverb - News for Young Adults

Reverb

Reverb is an initiative and a reporting team from MPR News focused on serving younger (and young-at-heart) Minnesotans.

We know Minnesota is changing and younger adults want news in new, more accessible ways. Reverb covers trending topics, local issues, and stories that matter to Minnesotans.

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At a Minneapolis brunch, hundreds of Black women ‘choose joy’ despite Trump win
Sheletta Brundidge organized a brunch for Black women in Minneapolis on Saturday morning after the election that drew over 200 attendees seeking to unpack and recharge. 
Minneapolis punk show mass shooting victims react as teen takes plea deal
Cyrell Boyd is headed to treatment at the Red Wing juvenile facility for his role in the Nudieland shooting in August 2023. At a hearing Tuesday, victims spoke to him about the shooting’s impact.
Hennepin County will pay $3.4 million to family of man who died in jail
Lucas Bellamy had been in jail for three days in July 2022 when he died of an infection after suffering a perforated intestine. A lawsuit filed in January said jail staff were deliberately indifferent to his son's obviously-worsening symptoms.
Why Trump’s immigration rhetoric appeals to one first-time Latino voter in Minnesota
President-elect Donald Trump made notable inroads with Latino voters this year, particularly among young men. One voter’s family history provides a window into Trump’s appeal.
Trump election could reopen path for mining near Boundary Waters
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to reverse the Biden administration’s actions blocking copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters. But there is a lot that would need to happen before any mine could open.
Black Minnesotans receive text messages telling them to go ‘to the nearest plantation’
Tawonda Burks, who is Black, was one of many Black Americans targeted by the text messages. There were reports in Virginia, in Tennessee, in Ohio, in Connecticut and in Alabama, among others.
These Minnesota elections saw historic firsts — while others missed the chance
Among the firsts and would-be firsts were the first woman-majority elected into Minnesota’s delegation to the U.S. House and the missed opportunity to have the state’s first woman governor.