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Social Issues

New Native-led grant program targets philanthropy inequity

New Native-led grant program targets philanthropy inequity

Nationwide, less than 0.3 percent of philanthropy goes to Native American groups. A Duluth-based foundation is taking aim at that inequity with a new project that's designed to support the work of Native people who are already working to help their communities.
by Dan Kraker

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Remembering the father of blood banking, a Black doctor who took a stand

Remembering the father of blood banking, a Black doctor who took a stand

At StoryCorps, Charlene Jarvis spoke with her son Ernest about the legacy of her father, Charles Drew, a doctor who developed a way to get life-saving blood plasma to soldiers during World War II.
by Kamilah Kashanie, Jey Born and Emma Bowman

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Film documents efforts to protect people hardest hit by COVID

Film documents efforts to protect people hardest hit by COVID

An aptly timed documentary film called “Trusted Messenger” highlights efforts to build confidence among Black, Latino and Indigenous communities about vaccines.
by Riham Feshir

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Marshall's LGBTQ community angered by flag settlement

Marshall's LGBTQ community angered by flag settlement

Some students and parents say Marshall Public Schools caved in to critics when it agreed to settle a lawsuit over an LGBTQ Pride flag display in a middle school.
by Hannah Yang

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Minneapolis schools are launching a Somali Heritage Language Program

Minneapolis schools are launching a Somali Heritage Language Program

Developers of the program say students often feel uncomfortable bringing their cultural heritage with them to school. They want them to appreciate how rich it is.

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Opinion: Suni Lee's win shines a bright light on the Hmong legacy

Opinion: Suni Lee's win shines a bright light on the Hmong legacy

The Hmong community in Minnesota needed Lee’s gold medal win to inspire us and the larger community needed Lee’s Olympic victory to see Asian Americans as Americans, writes MPR executive Ka Vang.

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Antisemitic posts are rarely removed by social media companies, study finds

Antisemitic posts are rarely removed by social media companies, study finds

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok took no action on 84 percent of antisemitic posts, despite pledging to crack down on hate speech, according to the Center to Counter Digital Hate.
by Deepa Shivaram

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Long-time activist K.G. Wilson to leave Minneapolis

Long-time activist K.G. Wilson to leave Minneapolis

K.G. Wilson has devoted years of his life to keeping kids out of gangs, guns off the streets and to supporting families struck by gun violence. He joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about his decision to leave Minneapolis after his nearly 20-year tenure in the city. 
by Cathy Wurzer and Ariana Rosas

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