May 30, 2023 - MPR’s Catharine Richert reports on a support group at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee that is tailored to the specific grief incarcerated women feel that's often overlooked by society. In this Shakopee prison, women grieve lost children…and work toward redemption.
May 23, 2022 - On this segment of North Star Journey, MPR’s Catharine Richert looks into a reckoning the city of Rochester finds itself going through. New research into housing covenants provides evidence that the founders of Mayo Clinic — a giant in Minnesota and Rochester, viewed globally as a force for good — played a role perpetuating practices that favored all-white neighborhoods.
August 20, 2021 - MPR’s Catherine Richert profiles Minneapolis resident, Stacey Danner, who died of COVID-19 at the age of 46. Richert looks at reasons behind Danner’s decision in not getting a vaccination, and the greater hesitation of some in Black community towards COVID-19 vaccine.
April 30, 2021 - MPR’s Hannah Yang reports on how school community members have grieved the loss of a first grader at Park Side Elementary School in Marshall. The student died from complications due to COVID-19. Yang explores how families have navigated the loss and helped their children try to make sense of it.
December 28, 2020 - MPR’s Catharine Richert profiles Jeanette Rupert, a South Minneapolis nurse who spends her days between ICU and neighborhood health effort as pandemic ravages communities of color.
October 1, 2019 - MPR’s Catharine Richert profiles Rebekah Knapp, a midwife in western Minnesota. Knapp describes aspects of her profession, including her spiritual viewpoint and working with Amish cultures.
September 30, 2019 - MPR’s Catharine Richert reports on unlicensed midwifery in Minnesota. Segment includes history behind the legality in state, as well as perspectives from a patient, midwife, politician, lawyer, and medical professional.
July 20, 2017 - MPR’s Catharine Richert reports on sexual harrassment accusations against Gregory Stavrou, former Rochester Civic Theatre executive director, and the subsequent fall out to the theatre and it’s board.
February 12, 2014 - MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki looks into the many intitial rollout problems of MNsure, the state’s health insurance exchange.