Members of Minnesota's Ukrainian American community and their supporters gathered Thursday evening outside Saint Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church in Minneapolis to show support for Ukraine as it battles the ongoing attacks by Russia.
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Minnesotans with family ties to Ukraine spent the hours after Russia's invasion of the country working to reach their loved ones. Elected officials across Minnesota’s political spectrum called for a sharp and unified response.
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YourClassical’s Digital producer Jeffrey Yelverton is a musicologist who specializes in classical music from Russian, Ukrainian and other Slavic traditions. He shared these works to celebrate Ukraine's distinctive musical heritage.
Russia has launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government said Thursday that Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a “full-scale war.”
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A school counselor in Minneapolis Public Schools is finding ways to incorporate Black history into his lessons — including a celebration of Juneteenth.
- Photos Juneteenth celebrations in the Twin Cities
- ChangeMakers Black Minnesotans making history
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University of Minnesota Medical School leaders in Duluth say their new effort to boost the number of Native physicians and other health care workers is crucial to meeting a yawning need in an era of COVID-19 and other concerns.
- 2019 UMD medical school welcomes record number of Native students
- U of M Expands free tuition program for Native students
Jeffrey Bissoy shares new music from Ricki Monique, QT? feat. Juice Lord, Tone LaDon, and many more. Discover The Come Up on The Current, and find out which tune Bissoy considers an early contender for song of the year.
Fifteen-hour work days and the trials of watching a video feed from an event more than a dozen time zones away, don’t dampen the excitement and the work ethics of Chad Salmela and Tyler George.
- 🏅Meet the Winter Olympians from Minnesota
- For Olympic curling skips Lost voice is occupational hazard
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New congressional and legislative district maps released by a judicial panel Tuesday set the field for candidates to run on for the next 10 years. Some of the biggest changes in the new map come to Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District.
- Redistricting in Minnesota What you need to know
- Ask MPR News What questions do you have about the new maps?
