Social Issues

Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families
Black patients and their families are less likely to sign up for end-of-life comfort care. To reach them, investors are starting hospice agencies run by people who look like the patients they serve.
Reactions to the death of former Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Reactions are coming in from around the world to the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu at the age of 90.
Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90
The buoyant, blunt-spoken clergyman used his pulpit as the first Black bishop of Johannesburg and later Archbishop of Cape Town as well as frequent public demonstrations to galvanize public opinion against racial inequity both at home and globally.
Nonprofits with big COVID-19 roles now face added scrutiny
A flood of federal coronavirus money over the past year will require some Minnesota nonprofits to undergo more intensive audits for the first time.
Our Lady of Guadalupe parishioners, priest struggle with direction of historic St. Paul church
Over the past few months, some longtime parishioners at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church say they are concerned changes made by the priest are erasing the traditions that have been the foundation of the 90-year-old church.
COVID sent last year's U.S. death rate soaring, especially among people of color
Americans' life expectancy declined by nearly two years in 2020 compared to the year before, primarily because of COVID-19. The drop in life expectancy was bigger for men, and for Blacks and Latinos.
South Dakota governor pens bill to block race theory in schools, colleges
Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has drafted a bill that would block teaching critical race theory in South Dakota schools, public universities and technical colleges. South Dakota education officials say critical race theory isn't part of state curriculum in schools or colleges.