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Almost 40 athletes who are heading to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic games have connections to Minnesota. Whether they call this state home or just train or play sports here, here’s your chance to learn about the Minnesota ties at the Milano Cortina Games.
Minnesota is at the center of a federal ICE operation and some people are responding as protesters, volunteers or legal observers. Coming up at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, MPR News host Catharine Richert and her guests talk about what the tactics reveal about the future of protests.
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During a demonstration at the Henry Whipple Federal Building Saturday, Indigenous activists pointed out the ‘bitter irony’ that the federal government is detaining people on a site where Dakota families were once imprisoned - and that the building is named after a man who advocated for the rights of Dakota people during the U.S. Dakota war.
Gil Scott-Heron was a self-described ‘bluesologist’ and a bold voice of social activism in music in the 1970s and ‘80s. Find out more in the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.
Happy Birthday Jain, Paul Simon had a No. 1 song, John Lennon's solo project was climbing the charts, The Clash played their first show in the U.S., the Beatles first landed in the U.S., and The Who recorded 'Pinball Wizard', Today in Music History.