Social Issues

Meet Kahin Adam, healer of refugee trauma
Kahin Adam knows what it’s like to flee war and arrive alone in a strange, new country. MPR News host Angela Davis speaks with Kahin about his journey to Minnesota and how his own experience as a Somali refugee shapes his work as a therapist and mental health educator with fellow refugees in St. Cloud.  
Last Afghans depart Wisconsin Army post for new U.S. homes
Officials say the final group of Afghan nationals temporarily housed at a Wisconsin Army post have been resettled to new communities across the country. 
As the pandemic gathered steam in 2020, the food bank based in Fargo, N.D., experienced record demand, providing food for 17.7 million meals for nearly 146,000 people. 
New theater production doesn't shy away from taking on serious issues
Coco’s Barrio began as a live performance show that’s part old time radio and part “Saturday Night Live.” But then the pandemic turned everything upside down. Now the show is a podcast.
Latino businesses 'hanging in there' despite pandemic and unrest
A report released in December 2020 showed that 28 percent of Latino-owned businesses faced a reduction in available supplies.
'Don't Say Gay' bill would limit discussion of sexuality and gender in Florida schools
Supporters say the measure empowers parents to have a say in what their children learn. Critics argue it will harm LGBTQ kids. President Joe Biden slammed the bill, which has Gov. Ron DeSantis' support.
Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about
Galloway escaped enslavement, became a Union spy and helped recruit thousands of Black soldiers to fight with the North, but his name has been largely left out of the Civil War narrative.