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The pandemic made learning harder for many students, but we see evidence that it accelerated learning loss for students who were behind in school before we knew about COVID-19. What is being done to help kids catch up? Listen in.
Embracing solitude
Being alone can be a good thing. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two guests about the power of solitude, the benefits of spending time alone and why it’s different from loneliness. 
Three perspectives on the 'high tide of American antisemitism'
Reports of harassment, vandalism and violence targeting Jewish people in the U.S. hit a record high in 2021. MPR News host Angela Davis talked with three guests about what is behind the rise in antisemitism and how we can address it.
'It's a human rights issue': The year of Minnesota strikes and union organizing
Minnesota nurses just avoided what would have been a second strike this year. Railway workers this fall came close to striking. And, earlier this year, Minnesota teachers walked off the job. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a labor journalist and a labor historian about why more workers are pushing for raises and workplace changes through a union.  
The best books to give kids this holiday season, from a bookseller and librarian
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a local bookseller and a librarian about the best books for that special child or teenager in your life.  
What it means to practice forgiveness and why it should be a part of your routine
What does it mean to practice forgiveness? How would it feel to let go of the pain that people close to you have caused? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the author of the book “Unconditional Forgiveness: A Simple and Proven Method to Forgive Everyone and Everything.”
Why Minnesotan kids lag in their reading level and what can be done to help
One in three Minnesota fourth graders can’t read at a basic level. Is there a better way to teach reading? MPR News host Angela Davis talked with APM reporter and producer Emily Hanford about the new podcast “Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong.”
Stay interviews, office perks: How employers are trying to get workers to stay
After employees left companies en masse during the “Great Resignation,” more employers are trying tricks new and old to get workers to stay. Coming up at 9 a.m. Monday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks about employee retention.
Adair Mosley’s vision for racial equity in Minnesota
Adair Mosley opened a grocery store and launched a scholarship program while he led the Minneapolis nonprofit Pillsbury United Communities. MPR News host Angela Davis talked with Adair Mosley about his work in the community, why humility is central to leadership and what he hopes to do in his new job.
New approaches to managing type 2 diabetes 
One in ten Americans have diabetes. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about new ways of understanding this chronic disease and what we can do to help prevent type 2 diabetes and manage it.