Social Issues

Sackler family empire poised to win immunity from opioid lawsuits
A federal bankruptcy judge cleared a plan for final vote by Purdue Pharma's creditors that would release members of the Sackler family and their financial empire from liability for the opioid crisis.
Historian uncovers the racist roots of the 2nd Amendment
Carol Anderson says the Second Amendment was designed to ensure slave owners could quickly crush any rebellion or resistance from those they'd enslaved. Her new book is “The Second.”
A video shows a man suddenly hitting an Asian Woman in NYC's Chinatown
A video shows a man raising his arm to hit a woman passing by on the sidewalk. Police said the man was charged with assault as a hate crime, assault and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Why migrant children cross the U.S.-Mexico border alone
A record breaking number of migrant children and teenagers have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border this year. As in years before, many children make the perilous journey without their parents only to face an uncertain future. Why they do it is complicated.
100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre, the damage remains
The Tulsa Race Massacre is just one of the starkest examples of how Black wealth has been sapped, again and again, by racism and racist violence — forcing generation after generation to start from scratch while shouldering the burdens of being Black in America. All in the shadow of a Black paradise lost.
Friendship, health, community: Twin Cities Latino cyclists on a roll
Latino Social Biking is a Twin Cities group helping Latino people connect, get healthy and get past the isolation and sedentary influences of the pandemic. MPR News recently tagged along for a ride.