Social Issues

Minneapolis Roof Depot demolition halted for now
A Hennepin County judge ruled Friday that the City of Minneapolis may not move forward with a planned demolition next week of the empty Roof Depot site in the East Phillips neighborhood.
Rocori school district settles lawsuit with family over alleged racial harassment
The school district agreed to pay $140,000 to settle the lawsuit filed by a Cold Spring, Minn., woman on behalf of two of her children, accusing the district of failing to respond to repeated reports of bullying and harassment at school and online.
Proyecto de ley para que los inmigrantes obtengan licencias de conducir en camino al escritorio del gobernador
El Senado de Minnesota aprobó un proyecto de ley que permite que las personas en el país sin autorización obtengan licencias de conducir. El gobernador Tim Walz dijo que lo convertirá en ley.
Immigrants driver’s license bill on way to governor’s desk
The Minnesota Senate passed a bill early Wednesday that allows people in the country without authorization to get drivers licenses. Gov. Tim Walz has said he’ll sign it into law.
Environmental justice activists continue fight against Roof Depot demolition
Activists in south Minneapolis have set up tents to occupy the site of a planned expansion of a city public works facility. They're concerned demolition of the Roof Depot building on the 8.5-acre former superfund site will lead to more pollution in the neighborhood. 
Maple Grove high schoolers take action against gender violence
According to a state report, Black women in Minnesota are 2.7 times more likely to be murdered than their white peers, and while Black women make up only 7 percent of the state population, 40 percent of domestic violence victims in Minnesota were Black women.
1 side owned slaves. The other side started Black History Month. How a family heals
In the U.S., what does it mean when a white family and a Black family share a last name — and one of their ancestors is a pioneer of Black history? How Black and white Woodsons became one family.