MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks about the latest developments in the negotiations for a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

One year ago, St. Paul made history when it became the first major city in the U.S. to install an all-female city council.

Just as remarkable: This group also makes up the youngest and most racially diverse council since St. Paul incorporated in 1854. Six of its seven members are women of color. All are 40 or younger.

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  In 2024 Historic, all-woman St. Paul City Council sworn in and ready to work
  
  

On Jan. 9, 2025 — exactly one year to the day that the council was inducted — MPR News host Angela Davis hosted a North Star Journey Live conversation with all seven St. Paul council members. They reflected on their groundbreaking first year in office and what it’s like to be a woman in politics today. They also talked about how they work together, despite differences, and how they are facing the upcoming political headwinds.

St. Paul City Council:

• Council member Anika Bowie, Ward 1




• Council member Rebecca Noecker, Ward 2




• Council member Saura Jost, Ward 3




• Council president Mitra Jalali, Ward 4




• Council vice president Hwa Jeong Kim, Ward 5




• Council member Nelsie Yang, Ward 6




• Council member Cheniqua Johnson, Ward 7

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The Earth’s hottest year in recorded history was 2024. The previous hottest year was 2023. MPR News guest host Emily Bright and her guests talk about climate change and possible ways to address it.

The Minnesota Legislature will gavel-in a new session on Jan. 14 at noon, and MPR’s politics team is at the Capitol to cover it all. MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst and his guests talk about the 2025 legislative session.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a Twin Cities rapper and mindfulness instructor who says yoga saved his life.

January is national Mentoring Month. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about how a mentor can support, guide and open opportunities for people of all ages.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her guests about a new trend in home ownership — co-buying homes.

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the different ways we express grief, what we can do to support people who are grieving and what can happen when we suppress grief.

If you like to relax with a book, movie or TV show, you know there are many long lists of recommendations out there. It can be hard to know what’s really worth your time.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a bookseller and a pop culture critic to hear what they’re reading and watching.

It’s time to get ready for new things in 2025. But first you have to toss out the old. MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about decluttering and getting organized.