Social Issues

Provisional data from 2022 showed a bright spot in the trend of rising suicides in the U.S.

HealthySteps is an intervention where new parents get practical help with their lives, allowing them to create stable, nurturing bonds with their babies. It all starts at the baby's checkups.

The students filed a federal complaint alleging discrimination after the school district suspended them for using a pro-Palestinian chant during a recent school protest. The district says free speech rights aren’t unfettered on school property.

The residents of the subsidized income housing apartment complex located within the city were given six days to evacuate their unsafe homes over the Fourth of July holiday.

A new analysis by a national women’s advocacy organization finds Native American women face a significant pay gap in the workplace. The National Partnership for Women and Families found Native women earn just 55 cents for every dollar earned by white men.

William Ivey Long, a six-time Tony Award winner and past chairman of the American Theatre Wing, is one of the defendants in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by Court Watson, a set and costume designer.

A program founded 30 years ago in Minneapolis is now helping single moms out of poverty in nine cities across the country. The Jeremiah Program supports single mothers getting an education while offering early childhood education for their children.

Food shelves across the state say they expect to serve more people than ever before this year due to a combination of inflation and pandemic-era safety nets drying up.

An iron foundry in south Minneapolis is facing scrutiny after a federal inspection in May found violations of both federal and state pollution regulations. Now, local activists and neighbors are pressuring state and federal regulators to step in.

The group blocked vehicles from accessing the complex along Energy Park Drive that houses ForwardEdge ASIC, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin that works with microelectronics design.