Social Issues

Minnesota Attorney General focused on mechanics of Derek Chauvin case not its impact
Keith Ellison, who led the prosecution of former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, wasn't sure they were going to win. "Accountability just doesn't happen very much," he says.
USDA moves to feed millions of children over the summer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it's expanding a pandemic program into the summer to help families pay for meals their children won't get in school.
DOJ to investigate Louisville police in response to death of Breonna Taylor
The announcement comes more than a year after Taylor was fatally shot by police at her Louisville apartment. It is the second probe of police the Justice Department has announced in less than a week.
Why Black and Latino people still lag on COVID vaccines — and how to fix it
It's not a matter of vaccine hesitancy, say advocates. Instead, poorly located clinics, lack of flexible appointments and other barriers to access are hampering Philadelphia's hardest-hit communities.
A major civil rights group is demanding the attorney general pause federal grants to local police until he confirms they aren't engaging in discrimination, citing more police killings of Black people.
'Curb' uses poetry to scrub at the wounds of Anti-Asian racism
Divya Victor's new book is a compilation of poems, memories, histories and essays, considering domestic terrorism against Asian Americans, in urgent words that spill out on the page like blood.
StoryCorps: Mixed immigration status gave brothers very different perspectives
At StoryCorps, Angel and Randy Villegas spoke about the complexities of having differing immigration status. Angel, who grew up undocumented, said, "I always had that fear, no matter what."
Chauvin's guilty verdict and the work to be done
Derek Chauvin’s conviction of murder and manslaughter is expected to be only the beginning as activists and George Floyd’s family promise to keep working for change in police departments in Minnesota and beyond. Chauvin’s trial also saw a number of police officers testifying against him.