Social Issues

Unaccompanied minors from U.S. border bring hopes, challenges to Worthington
This year alone, more than 130 unaccompanied migrant children were sent to Nobles County in southwestern Minnesota from the U.S. southern border.
U regent Sviggum wonders if Morris campus is 'too diverse'
University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum’s recent assertion that diversity might be a marketing problem for the Morris campus is drawing pushback. White students make up about 54 percent of enrollment, compared to about 58 percent in the pre-pandemic years.
Emmett Till is known for his death. A new film about his mother also honors his life
In 1955, a 14-year-old Black boy was lynched in Mississippi. Till tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, whose insistence on an open-casket funeral helped ignite the civil rights movement.
Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' painting in London
Members of a group that wants to halt new oil and gas projects threw soup over the masterpiece in London's National Gallery, but caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting.
Minnesota recognizes she's a woman. She's locked in a men's prison anyway
When transgender people are incarcerated, they're often put in prisons that don't align with their gender identity. Some are taking legal action to try to get moved to prisons that match their gender.
Millions of Americans are losing access to maternal care. Here's what can be done
A report from the nonprofit March of Dimes finds that 36 percent of counties in the U.S. are "maternity care deserts," meaning they have no obstetric hospitals or birth centers and no obstetric providers.
It's a bleak 'Day of the Girl' because of the pandemic. But no one's giving up hope
The United Nations established the Day of the Girl a decade ago to address issues that affect girls' rights: education, teen pregnancy and child marriage. Steady progress has been made. Then came COVID.