Minnesota Public Radio Young Reporters Series

Jazz Musicians Temporarily Fill Artists’ Quarter Void

December 9, 2014 by Minnesota Public Radio Young Reporters Series

It’s Friday and the house is packed at Jazz Central Studios — which means a few dozen people are gathered around small tables in the dim light, watching Zacc Harris and his band blaze their way through original tunes.

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Liberians In Minnesota Come Together To Fight Ebola With Money, Information

October 3, 2014 by Minnesota Public Radio Young Reporters Series

Nearly 3,000 people in West Africa have died from the Ebola virus this year, the largest outbreak in history. About half of those deaths have been in Liberia. That’s brought the suffering to Minnesota, home to one of the largest Liberian enclaves in the U.S.

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