Social Issues

July 19, 2007 5:00 AM

Young farmer shares new vision for Hmong farming

Visit any farmers market in the Twin Cities and you're likely to see Hmong vendors selling raspberries, sweet onions, and other produce they've grown. Farming runs deep in the Hmong culture. However, many Hmong farmers are isolated both by culture and language from the rest of U.S. agriculture.

by Roseanne Pereira

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July 19, 2007 3:00 AM

In one north Minneapolis neighborhood, kids choose the street or more positive activities

At 25th Avenue and North Fourth Street, there are positive activities available, but kids still lack for adult supervision, some residents say.

by Dan Olson

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July 18, 2007 3:23 PM

The Edwards "Poverty Tour"

Presidential candidate John Edwards hopes his tour of places in poverty will bring the issue home to more people. But polls suggest that not even low-income voters favor Edwards as a result.

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July 17, 2007 10:44 AM

Former U of M scientist awarded Congressional Gold Medal

Norman Borlaug's work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat is credited with starting the "Green Revolution," and alleviating starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s.

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July 13, 2007 3:00 AM

Duluth shelter enters the music business

A Duluth's battered women's shelter is holding a music festival fundraiser. Shelter workers say cuts in government funding are forcing them to be creative in coming up with their own sources of money.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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July 13, 2007 12:00 AM

Forced adoptions left legacy of shame and guilt

Thousands of young women in the 1940s, '50s and '60s were forced to give up their babies for adoption -- and felt guilt and shame for doing so. Author and adoptee Ann Fessler has talked with many women who never forgot the experience, even as they hid the past from their current families.

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July 11, 2007 5:30 PM

Heroin claims cause Northfield turmoil

When the Northfield Police Chief sounded the alarm on heroin, Northfielders came running. Then they started asking questions.

by Sea Stachura

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July 11, 2007 1:05 PM

Marriage today

According to a recent study, couples believe that sharing housework is more important for a successful marriage than having children. Midmorning takes stock of the new priorities for married and cohabitating couples today.

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July 11, 2007 3:00 AM

First execution in South Dakota in 60 years set for 10 pm

Elijah Page is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 10:00 p.m. It will be the first execution in South Dakota in 60 years.

by Cara Hetland