Walz hones image + crop art in retirement + two-spirit community
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| Coming up on Morning Edition |
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is due to accept the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wednesday night. During the Minnesota Connection at 7:20 a.m., MPR News' Clay Masters reports on how Walz is riling up delegates ahead of his primetime speech.
And Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is co-chairing the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. She joins us live at 8:20 a.m. with updates from the DNC.
We're less than a day away from the start of the Great Minnesota Get-Together, and there will be an even larger law enforcement presence in and around the fairgrounds this year. Joining us at 8:30 a.m. to talk about the plan to keep thousands of fairgoers and workers safe is Minnesota State Fair Police Chief Ron Knafla.
Plus, Host Steve Inskeep talks with former Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Evelyn Farkas about Ukraine's incursion into Russia and implications for U.S. and allied policy. |
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| Coming up at 9 a.m. |
🧠 MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the rise in mental illness on campus and how college students can build skills for better mental health.
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| | ‘Lunch pail kind of guy’: Walz aims to hone image as GOP paints different picture of VP hopeful |
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gives his acceptance speech for the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wednesday at the party’s national convention. Walz had just two weeks to introduce himself to voters since current Vice President Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate.
“Trust me, my life is a lot crazier than it was 11 days ago,” Walz confided to one party crowd as he reflected on a bus swing through Pennsylvania over the weekend. “I never expected to be there.” | |
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| | Blossoming late: A new State Fair crop artist emerges in retirement |
In her basement, Maureen Sorenson describes constructing her crop art as a type of therapy. She puts on the television in the background or sometimes a podcast. She takes her magnifying glasses and gets to work. The 75-year-old says she never does anything halfway.
“It might take me from 8 o’clock in the morning until 2:30 in the morning with a couple breaks, it is very meticulous,” she says. “I’m kind of like my mother, I can do something really well once — and in crop art, that’s all you get.” | |
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| | Activist Arnold Dahl-Wooley advocates, educates about the two-spirit community in rural Minnesota |
After experiencing the difficulties of growing up as a two-spirit person in rural Minnesota, activist Arnold Dahl-Wooley is now working to help others and educate the larger community. He will take his message to the Bemidji Pride celebration this weekend.
“Native American two-spirits were male and female, and sometimes intersex individuals that combined activities of both that were unique to their gender or to their status as two-spirits,” Arnold Dahl-Wooley said. “And in most tribes, they were neither men nor women, but they occupied a distinct alternative gender status.” | |
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