Here’s what you need to know about Minnesota’s mask mandate and what face coverings do to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. - Yes, wearing masks helps Here's why - More FAQs Is a homemade mask effective? And what's the best way to wear one? - A user's guide to masks What's best at protecting others (and yourself)
Minnesota officials have told schools to prepare for three different scenarios for resuming classes in the fall. None of these options is an ideal choice for most students. And the reality for students of color is likely to have a disproportionate impact on their health, families and education. - Poll Very few Americans back full school reopening
With a special session of the Legislature due to end Monday, leading lawmakers said they were close to a deal on police accountability measures. Other agreements, notably on a public works construction bill, were not in sight. - Earlier Special session enters second week with little accomplished
North Minneapolis was hit hard in the uprising following George Floyd’s killing. The destruction spread to more than 100 businesses — many of them locally owned shops that were already flat on their backs from the economic fallout from COVID-19. - MPR News with Angela Davis Rebuilding, reopening and returning to Minneapolis - Waiting for justice for George Floyd North siders work the land as an act of healing - June 8 Ransacked north Minneapolis clinic seeks larger justice
The coronavirus is posing unprecedented challenges for the 2020 election. But most Minnesotans hoping to cast a ballot can do so without going any farther than the closest mailbox. - Related Most Minnesotans support vote by mail - Fact check Is mail ballot fraud as rampant as President Trump says?
Virtual choir performances have become the norm now, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the concept was started 10 years ago by composer Eric Whitacre. So who better than him to pick six of his favorite recent virtual choir videos to celebrate the July 19 release of his Virtual Choir 6? - Listen Choral Stream
In April 2020, Duchesne Drew was named president of Minnesota Public Radio. In his first appearance on The Current's Morning Show, Drew talks with host Jill Riley about what drew him to MPR - and how MPR had a place in his heart long before he got here.
The weather has been favorable this week for catching a glimpse of Comet Neowise — the 3.1 mile across hunk of ice currently hurtling by Earth. With clear skies and low humidity, all you need to do is grab your binoculars and find a dark spot. But if you live in a metropolitan area, that’s easier said than done. Here are some spots outside of Minnesota’s biggest cities to settle down and catch a glimpse of the celestial wonder before it’s gone.
Minnesota’s newest COVID-19 data again offered a mixed bag of hopeful and concerning trends. New deaths remained in single digits and current hospitalizations remained relatively flat, but new confirmed cases leaped again, continuing a steep two-week climb.
As one of the few Black employees at the St. Louis County courthouse in Duluth, John Staine felt he was being singled out — and he was sick of it. So, he took an unconventional approach to confronting the bias. - MPR News with Angela Davis Fighting racism in greater Minnesota - ‘We never solved the problem’ Echoes of 1920 Duluth lynching persist at centennial - Voices of Minnesota Calls for change across the state