AMPERS
Diverse Radio for Minnesota's Communities
Aims to address the significant need for coverage of the communities and experiences currently absent from the state’s news ecosystem.
In today's program, we'll hear how Muslim communities across the state are celebrating and finding hope this Ramadan. We'll also look at how ongoing federal immigration operations are affecting renters and landlords, and what local and state leaders are doing in response. [Read Transcript...]
A new prayer camp at Coldwater Spring near Fort Snelling is drawing attention and debate. Then, a personal story looks at the effects of separation over twenty years after a woman lost her mother to deportation. And, we delve into the history of America's immigration and deportation policies and how U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement evolved into the agency we see today. [Read Transcript...]
This week on North Star Stories, we look at how Operation Metro Surge is impacting the state's education system. Then, a northern Minnesota community responds to federal legislation that would shift focus for the mining industry and change EPA regulation of public lands and waterways. [Read Transcript...]
Children are facing mental health crises during the continuing Minnesota ICE surge. Then, a look at how we can be smarter media consumers in an age of nonstop headlines, fake news, and propaganda. North Star Stories anchor Chantel SinGs goes deeper by talking to both the head of a Minneapolis health clinic and a library sciences and literacy educator. [Read Transcript...]
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