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Despite the anti-discrimination laws, many pregnant workers are being legally fired for being pregnant.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:42
Caption: Ruta Skujins, Credit: www.truecolorsbookstore.com
Here we spotlight Ruta Skujins, the current owner of the True Colors Bookstore in Minneapolis.

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
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Wisconsin's most committed Obama 2012 organizers headed to Madison this weekend for eight hours of training on everything from building a neighborh...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:37
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Living in a new place can be hard. It can also be great!

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:27
Caption: The Minnesota Lynx
Today we spotlight the work of Minnesota’s own WNBA team, the Minnesota Lynx.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Ellen Pence, Credit: images.publicradio.org
We spotlight Ellen Pence, the Co-Founder of the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Mee Moua, Credit: www.msu.edu
We salute Mee Moua, who was, until recently, a member of the Minnesota Senate from the 67th District.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Victoria and her mom, Maria Isabel
Maria Isabel wasn't supposed to finish the 6th grade. She lived in a tiny mountain ranch in Mexico, where girls stayed home to cook and raise child...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:13:58
Caption: Deb Wilkens-Costello
KUMD spotlights Deb Wilkens-Costello, President of WomenVenture.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Julie Hellwich, Credit: www.dickandjaneletterpress.com
KUMD salutes the work of Julie Hellwich, the founder of Smart Women.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Jill Deorfler, Credit: www.d.umn.edu
For Women’s History Month we salute Jill Deorfler, an assistant professor in the UMD Department of American Indian Studies.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Kate Herzog, Credit: www.stthomas.edu
For Women’s History Month, we spotlight Kate Herzog, a Minnesota woman with a vision of helping children from her native country, Ghana.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Cynthia Holmes, Credit: thewomantoday.com
Today, KUMD salutes Cynthia Holmes, a passionate and skilled Minnesotan artist.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Linda Riddle, Credit: www.duluthnewstribune.com
Today, we salute Linda Riddle, the Executive Director for the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Janel Goff, Credit: www.minnesotamonthly.com
KUMD salutes Janel Goff, a Minneapolis businesswoman with a drive to volunteer.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Rose Brewer, Credit: www.ejamn.org
KUMD honors Minnesota’s own Rose Brewer, who is one of ten faculty member recipients of the Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Africa...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Nancy Gruver
We honor Nancy Gruver, the founder and CEO of New Moon Girl Media.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: Alice Blessing, Credit: r2arts.files.wordpress.com
KUMD salutes the work of Northland painter, Alice Blessing.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
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Caption: The Witches of Lublin
At the Sabbath table on a Friday evening, the Khasidim of Eastern Europe sang tish nigunim, “table songs” praising God . . . seeking to get closer ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:16
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
Sometimes, klezmer songs borrowed from popular folk melodies. “Lustig Zayn”, also known as “My Yofes” came from Polish peasants. But the more kle...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:24
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This is a more spiritual tune. In 18th Century Poland, the Jewish mystic philosophy of Khasidism was born. The Khasidim believed that singing song...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:53
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
In the audio drama “The Witches of Lublin,” Sofia is a teenaged girl in love – all that matters to her is that the object of her affection shares h...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:44
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This lively dance is a bulgar. It is exactly the sort of music one would hear at one of the market fairs held in Easter Europe during the late 1700...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:09:55
Caption: Gloria Perez, Credit: alumni.stthomas.edu
KUMD salutes Minnesota’s Gloria Perez, CEO and President of the Jeremiah Program.

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
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Caption: Kirsten Wasson, Credit: Joseph Kappes
02/02/12: Kirsten Wasson is a poet who grew up in central Illinois and earned degrees from Wesleyan University, SUNY-Binghamton, and the University...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
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