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We’re approaching the two-year anniversary of the end of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion for half a century.The fall of Roe has heightened the intensity of a battle over reproductive rig
What happens when a tightwad marries a big spender? Disagreement over money and how to spend it is a source of conflict in many close relationships and marriages.The families we grow up in shape our behavior around money. That can lead to troub
As a child in Georgia, Reatha Clark King picked cotton for $6 a day to help her family make ends meet. Then, buoyed on the hopes and expectations of her family and church, she blazed a trail from a one-room schoolhouse in the segregated South t
One in three Americans has cheated on a partner, according to a YouGov survey from 2022.Cheating can be devastating on a personal level and tumultuous for the relationship. But many couples figure out a way to work through it. Many people are a
Minnesota communities have spent the last few years debating the role of police in schools.In 2020 after the murder of George Floyd, the Minneapolis school board voted to end its contract with police and removed school resource officers, or SRO
About 40 percent of workers over age 40 say they’ve experienced ageism at work, according to a recent AARP survey.That means sometimes getting passed up on opportunities for promotions. Or not getting hired at all.But unemployment is so low, ma
New information is still surfacing surrounding Wednesday’s armed standoff in Minnetonka that injured two Hennepin County Sheriff’s deputies.Gun violence is an American epidemic, killing tens of thousands of people across the country each year i
Imagine being overwhelmed by the bright lights and bustle of a supermarket, to the point where it caused you pain and you couldn’t go shopping.Imagine being so shaken up by a detour sign on your regular route to work that you had to pull over t
As parents, we teach our children how to move through the world. But as our children grow older, we learn from them, too.That relationship can grow into a real partnership and friendship — and a positive support system pushing each other to be
Many people are just one medical emergency away from a financial crisis. A hundred million Americans live with medical debt, or about 41 percent of adults, according to a survey by Kaiser Family Foundation. To pay off medical bills, many people
On Feb. 27, a group of Minnesotans gathered in Woodbury to share how political division has affected their communities and personal lives. The group was a mix of conservatives, liberals and independents with a common purpose: to learn how to
Here’s a striking piece of information: Social isolation is as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.Loneliness is an epidemic in the United States. We’re approaching one year since the U.S. Surgeon General released a groundbreaking repor
Cherise Ayers was president of the student council at Central High School in St. Paul in the late 1990s. Two years ago, the St. Paul native returned to Central in a very different leadership role: as principal.Central is the oldest high school
Teaching is no easy job — over the past couple of years, it’s become even more challenging. The pandemic flipped education on its head, making educators roll with the punches and adapt to remote learning, hybrid teaching styles and constantly
Last month, a shootout in Burnsville took the lives of three first responders.It all stemmed from a 911 call reporting domestic abuse. Suspect Shannon Gooden, who later died by suicide, had previously been accused of intimate partner violence b
What’s old always becomes new again — even with workout routines.The hot workout class of the moment isn’t brand-new. It’s Pilates, a core-focused routine first popularized almost a century ago.Pilates, yoga, barre and other “lower-impact” exer
Updated: 4 p.m.Jamie Gilchrist and Jessica Liimatainen did almost everything together growing up together as identical twins in Barnum.They went to the same schools and took the same classes. They both started hockey together when they were thr
Back in the 1990s, Minnesota was gaining population from other places in the U.S. But in recent years, that trend reversed, and now more people leave Minnesota for other states each year than move here.The net loss is a concern to state officia
Ethnic studies will roll out to Minnesota K-12 classrooms in 2026. The content area was added to the state social studies standards this winter, joining history, geography, economics and government as major themes.The Minnesota Department of Ed
Chaplains often show up on the worst days of people’s lives. They arrive in a hospital room after a distressing diagnosis. They accompany police to help inform someone of a loved one’s death.One in four Americans have been visited by a chaplain
Karen and Hmong parents in Minnesota say they are increasingly alarmed by the substance abuse they see in their communities’ youth. Opioids are the largest problem, specifically the the deadly drug fentanyl.MPR News partnered with Sahan Journal
Maybe this sounds familiar to you: You’re sitting at home after a particularly bad day, trying to watch an episode of True Detective. You open up the Amazon app on your phone.Before you know it, you’ve racked up over $100. And you’re not really
James Walsh has been a reporter in the Twin Cities for decades. A trip to city hall isn’t out of the ordinary.But Walsh recently started using a wheelchair. And that’s changed his experience of getting where he needs to go.On a recent January d
Most of us don’t think about our nose until it’s stuffed up, dripping and making our lives miserable. But maybe we should give our nose more thought, or at least some appreciation. Our nose warms the air we pull into our lungs, filters out irr
It’s been a tough time for public transportation. Passengers are slowly coming back to Metro Transit buses and light rail trains after a steep drop during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the average number of riders is still just over half of what i
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