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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: 1000 Words

War

1,000 Words: Flag day for dead soldiers

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2018, 12:02 PM May 24, 2018
7

One characteristic about the original colonies: They have a lot of dead soldiers to remember on Memorial Day.

Massachusetts, where the first shot was fired in a war that would create the United States has had 37,268 in war, stretching back to the Revolution. Read more →

War

1,000 Words: The dead of Gaza

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 15, 2018, 9:25 AM May 15, 2018
35

Leila al-Ghandour was 8 months old when she died today from tear gas during protests in Gaza, the family claims.
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This or That

1,000 Words: You are here

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 8, 2018, 12:29 PM May 8, 2018
19

My airline friend snaps pictures of some of my favorite cities when he’s flying upfront in the jumpseat (I presume). This morning, he grabbed one of my most favorite communities. Read more →

Arts & Culture

1,000 Words: The death of Mona Lisa

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 27, 2018, 11:34 AM Apr 27, 2018
16

In the digital age, the goal is not so much to experience the art as it is to document that you were there. Read more →

Crime and Justice

1,000 Words: This is what unity looks like

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2018, 11:20 AM Apr 26, 2018
6

Germans are wearing skullcaps to stand against violence against Jews. Read more →

Politics

1,000 Words: The baby in the Senate

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2018, 1:52 PM Apr 19, 2018
12

A baby was carried into the U.S. Senate today for the first time.

It’s 2018.
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Sports

1,000 Words: The marathoners

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2018, 9:55 AM Apr 16, 2018
7

It was sleeting this morning when the elite female runners headed out from Hopkinton enroute to Boston for this year’s Boston Marathon, proving again that marathoners aren’t like normal people. Read more →

Economy

1,000 Words: The sanitation workers

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 4, 2018, 2:33 PM Apr 4, 2018
7

Cleophus Smith is one of the most popular sanitation workers in America this week. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 50 years ago today, shortly before King was shot to death by James Earl Ray. Here’s the thing that is worth thinking about on this day: Mr. Smith is still working, picking up trash in Memphis at the age of 75. Read more →

1,000 Words: The hug

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 29, 2018, 8:31 AM Mar 29, 2018
5

Devonte Hart was just 12 years old when he was distraught over a grand jury’s 2014 decision not to indict a Ferguson, Mo., cop for the killing of Michael Brown. He was crying as he stood at a demonstration in Portland, Oregon with a “free hugs” sign when a police officer asked if he could Read more →

Crime and Justice

1,000 Words: The wrongfully convicted

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 28, 2018, 2:14 PM Mar 28, 2018
6

There is a grace around Richard Phillips that one often sees in people who have been wrongfully convicted and had their lives stolen by a system that, too often, doesn’t work. Read more →

Arts & Culture

1,000 Words: The portrait

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 2, 2018, 3:15 PM Mar 2, 2018
4

Donna Hines & I made a pilgrimage today and we were delighted to wait in line behind this fellow art lover & hopeful patriot. Posted by Ben Hines on Thursday, March 1, 2018 (h/t: Paul Tosto)

Arts & Culture · Crime and Justice

1,000 Words: The cartoon

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 16, 2018, 3:59 PM Feb 16, 2018
4

Editorial cartoons, despite their name, are plenty serious. With a few strokes of a pen, they can destroy whatever reserve you have left. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Sports

1,000 Words: The pain of the Olympic photographer

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 15, 2018, 1:35 PM Feb 15, 2018
7

Photographer Sean Haffey was in a perfect position to get a shot of Lara Gut, the Swiss skier who fell during her run at the women’s giant slalom at the Olympics. Read more →

Sports

1,000 Words: The Olympic parent

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 13, 2018, 8:41 AM Feb 13, 2018
6

What’s it like to be a parent? It’s like this. Every day. Read more →

Sports

1,000 Words: Selfie kid

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 5, 2018, 7:07 AM Feb 5, 2018
3

Ryan McKenna’s team lost the Super Bowl but he got 36 Snapchats, 21 DMs, and 150 follower requests so it’s all good. Read more →

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