AMPERS
Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
Aims to address the significant need for coverage of the communities and experiences currently absent from the state’s news ecosystem.
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...]
Federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota comes under intense legal scrutiny. Then, transnational adoptees are worried amid immigration enforcement. [Read Transcript...]
Another fatal shooting by a Border Patrol agent thrusts our state back into the spotlight. While thousands of Minnesotans exercise their First Amendment rights, others ask what the difference is between observer, protester, and agitator. Then, Minnesota’s Muslim community faces unprecedented hate, and a look at the Sax Zim Bog north of Duluth. [Read Transcript...]
This week, we continue our coverage of the intensified federal immigration operations in Minnesota and the growing public response. Tribal members say federal agents are not recognizing tribal identification cards. And we take a look at how the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities is impacting local businesses and communities. [Read Transcript...]
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