{"podcast":{"title":"Minnesota Now","slug":"minnesota-now-4397657","podcast_index_feed_id":4397657,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/minnesota-now","website_url":"https://www.mprnews.org/shows/minnesotanow","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/e601b59f214a8e0f826ffa7d220b2508992ad11a/uncropped/9cdeb5-20241108-minnesota-now-with-nina-moini-2000.jpg","author":"Minnesota Public Radio","episode_count":70,"summary":"Live, down to earth, unscripted interviews that aim to connect, inform and entertain. Real people share real stories with MPR News host Nina Moini. It’s journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously and puts people first.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-04T08:17:55.538195+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657"},"episode":{"title":"Commissioner: Proposed federal rule change continues dismantling of civil rights enforcement","slug":"commissioner-proposed-federal-rule-change-continues-dismantling-of-civil-rights-enforcement","published_at":"2026-09-01T18:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657/commissioner-proposed-federal-rule-change-continues-dismantling-of-civil-rights-enforcement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/09/01/commissioner-proposed-federal-rule-change-continues-dismantling-of-civil-rights-enforcement","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VnCzW2iO9G8z4eDWfXCd/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/podcasts/minnesota_now/2026/09/01/mn_now_20260901-lucero_20260901_128.mp3?awCollectionId=apm-MNNow&awEpisodeId=01M1EYM550T6W1C1DWX7HA050N","summary":"A decades-long effort to collect demographic workplace data may be coming to an end. In July, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission put forth a proposal to end federal workplace reporting requirements that have been in place since 1966. The current system tracks demographics like race, ethnicity and sex in an effort to prevent employment discrimination. Last week, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights along with several other civil rights agencies filed a joint comment opposing the end of the tracking. “Eliminating Equal Employment Opportunity reporting represents yet another significant step in dismantling our nation’s civil rights enforcement framework,” said Minnesota Department of Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero. Commissioner Lucero joined Minnesota Now host Nina Moini to talk more about the concerns she has around this proposal.","meta_description":"A decades-long effort to collect demographic workplace data may be coming to an end. In July, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission put forth a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":461,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-now-4397657/episodes/commissioner-proposed-federal-rule-change-continues-dismantling-of-civil-rights-enforcement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657/commissioner-proposed-federal-rule-change-continues-dismantling-of-civil-rights-enforcement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}