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Race and stupidity

By Mary Turck, News Day

Most-read and most-commented articles this week focused on race, schools and politics. (Where's the stupidity? Wait for it ...)

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Readers respond: What (if anything) is wrong with Minnesota caucuses?

By Mary Turck, News Day

Readers REALLY didn't like the headline on Sheila Regan's column about her experience at a precinct caucus last week!

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Out of school and out of luck

By Mary Turck, News Day

Chart from Out of School and Off Track: The overuse of suspensions in American middle and high schools

Get suspended in ninth grade, and your chances of dropping out of school double, according to MORE »

Around town: Bikes, docs, People of Faith rally

By Mary Turck, News Day

St. Paul is getting a new bike shop, according to the Star Tribune.

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Daily Planet Originals

Lolla Mohammed Nur selected for New America Media fellowship

By Mary Turck, News Day

Congratulations to TC Daily Planet community engagement editor, Lolla Mohammed Nur!

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• GLOBAL GROCERIES | La Alborada Market brings Mexican food, culture, and history to Minneapolis's Corcoran neighborhood
• SOUNDING OFF ON SOUND | Widespread Panic at the Orpheum Theatre: Master musicians at their very best
• COMMUNITY VOICES | Project Homeless Connect

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COMMUNITY VOICES | Project Homeless Connect by: Rico Morales

COMMUNITY VOICES | Brave young woman fights for cure by: Take Steps Twin Cities

COMMUNITY VOICES | Safe, Decent and Sanitary Housing in Minneapolis? Where? by: Natalie Jones

COMMUNITY VOICES | Financial literacy: A matter of equity by: Andriana Abariotes

COMMUNITY VOICES | Popular culture's appropriation of the Harlem Shake by: Tanur Badgley

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