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Untangled Roots Ep. 1: The people left Rondo, but Rondo didn't leave them

Untangled Roots celebrates the culture and history of diverse communities across Minnesota and unpacks the issues and events that have impact. This signature podcast of the MPR News North Star Journey project unearths novel angles on familiar topics, hidden stories and fresh voices.

St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood still embodies the values of a community torn asunder by the construction of I-94. In this first episode we look at how the Rondo neighborhood keeps going and helped make the city's first Black mayor: Melvin Carter III who followed the "family business" of community service all the way to City Hall.

Untangled Roots was made possible in part with funds from the Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, NPR One or wherever you listen to podcasts.
 
New revelations and 3 other takeaways from the first Jan. 6 committee hearing
The committee transported the audience back to Jan. 6 with behind-the-scenes and up-close video of what happened that day. It also made a case that former President Donald Trump was the central character responsible for what happened — with on-camera testimony from many of the people closest to him, including his daughter Ivanka, who broke with him over his election lies that the election was stolen. Watch the first day of proceedings and read key takeaways from NPR.
 
‘Summer of hunger’: Food shelves struggle as high demand, low supply collide

This mismatch in food supply and demand is caused by a host of global economic pressures colliding at once: inflation and gas prices are high, so more people are using food shelves to make ends meet.

Supply chain issues mean there are fewer donations from food manufacturers. And federal supports meant to keep people afloat financially during the pandemic are sunsetting.
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Honorary hometown: Fallen soldier to be honored this weekend in Blaine. A fallen U.S. Army soldier will be remembered in Blaine this weekend — 7,500 miles from his hometown. A Minnesota soldier is offering his own hometown as an honorary American home for his comrade in arms. 

Transgender woman incarcerated in men's prison sues for discrimination. A Minnesota prison inmate alleges in a new lawsuit that the Department of Corrections is discriminating against her because she's transgender.

Authorities: 3 dead, trooper wounded in Maryland shooting. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that three victims were found dead at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg and a fourth victim was critically injured. The suspect then fled in a vehicle and was tracked down by Maryland State Police, according to the news release.

Republican Jensen pitches public safety plan.
Longer prison sentences for violent offenders, deploying the State Patrol to high crime areas and quicker deployment of the National Guard “preemptively if needed upon intelligence information” of possible unrest are elements of a public safety platform laid out Thursday by Republican candidate for governor Scott Jensen.  
--  Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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