KFAI's MinneCulture Presents

Teens on Police Brutality, Unrest, and Solidarity from Listen Up! Youth Radio On May 25 former Minneapolis police officer Dereck Chauvin murdered 46 year old George Floyd with three other officers watching near the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. His killing sparked an ongoing unrest which has spread across the country and even the globe . The protests call for an end to the brutal killings of Black people at the hands of police and a re-imagination of our relationship to public safety. Wednesday night on MinneCulture Presents, we are listening to a recent forum of young people addressing these events. On June 4th, nine Twin Cities teens discussed their thoughts and feelings about what happened -- and how friends, family, and community members of different racial backgrounds are responding. We’ll hear from the panelists about what they would like to see changed. This forum is a project of Listen Up! Youth Radio , a local media program centered on dialogue, storyt

The Afghanistan Papers   from The Washington Post After a three-year legal battle,  The Washington Post  obtained hundreds of  records  of candid interviews assessing the long, costly war in Afghanistan and its apparent failures. The documents reveal vivid details into a war which has taken the lives of tens of thousands for nearly 20 years. We present the Post's  report  which has been adapted into a one-hour radio special and includes broadcast-exclusive reactions from veterans. Tune-in to hear about the staggering degrees of  misrepresentation from our leaders   and question , "What are the  Lessons Learned ?"

A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned  by Nancy Rosenbaum During the Long Hot Summer summer of 1967,  Plymouth Avenue  in North Minneapolis went up in flames. Frustrations about racial discrimination and a lack of opportunity for black Americans were  erupting  on city streets across the country. Here in Minnesota,  those tensions  came to a head between July 19-21 on Plymouth Avenue. It was the commercial heart of a racially and ethnically mixed neighborhood; home to the city's largest concentration of African-American residents as well as many Jewish-owned businesses. For some black Minnesotans, Plymouth Avenue was a brick and mortar reminder of racial inequality that could no longer be silently tolerated. In this hour-long documentary, producer  Nancy Rosenbaum  examines what happened, why, and how people in Minneapolis responded.