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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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Judge to decide: Was it 'unreasonable' to ship 81 million opioid pills to one small West Virginia city?

Judge to decide: Was it 'unreasonable' to ship 81 million opioid pills to one small West Virginia city?

As a landmark federal opioid trial nears completion, West Virginia communities are demanding $2.5 billion in compensation. Drug firms say they acted responsibly in shipping millions of pills.
by Brian Mann

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Atonement and reparations for Native American boarding schools

Atonement and reparations for Native American boarding schools

Should churches make reparations for the traumatic legacy of Native American boarding schools? Tom Crann speaks to the Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs about how they can respond.
by Tom Crann

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