Social Issues

Corporate DEI initiatives are facing cutbacks and legal attacks
Corporate DEI positions soared after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Now, due to economic pressure and political pressure from the right, they face an uncertain future.
World chess just placed restrictions on both trans women and trans men
The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women’s tournaments. The group said changing genders has a “significant impact” on a player’s status.
Minneapolis weighs increasing funding for community violence prevention
Earlier this week, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey proposed a $1.8 billion budget which includes an increase in funding for community-driven violence prevention efforts.
Long before latest push to bring high tech to north Minneapolis there was Microtron
There’s a new push to bring high tech businesses and jobs to north Minneapolis. However, 35 years ago a pioneering Black business owner named Beck Horton — and his now defunct company Microtron — did just that.
A visa program created to help law enforcement solve crimes puts immigrant victims at risk instead
The U visa program was created to both help law enforcement solve crimes and protect the immigrant crime victims reporting them. But it puts applicants in limbo for years, unable to work legally.
The riverfront brawl in Alabama reignites national debate over race
Police say the fight in Montgomery, Ala., last week doesn't meet the criteria for hate crime charges. But video clearly shows how the violence broke down on racial lines, historian Derryn Moten says.