Social Issues

Hmong community leaders share thoughts on education, economy and politics
A lot has changed in Minnesota’s Hmong community since the first Hmong refugees arrived to the Twin Cities in the 1970s. Host Angela Davis talks with three Hmong community leaders about education, the economy and politics and what’s being done to address remaining disparities.
Car rams into Black Lives Matter protesters in Times Square
One video of the attack shows a dark sedan plowing into a crowd of people standing in front of the vehicle. The car lurches through an intersection, leaving a chorus of screaming people in its wake.
Suspect in fatal shooting of Portland right-wing protester killed by law enforcement
A team of law enforcement officers fatally shot a man suspected of being the gunman who killed a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Ore., last week after a caravan of Donald Trump backers rode through downtown. 
In Breonna Taylor's hometown, 90-day protest becomes family
Demonstrators arrived at the nondescript park in Louisville, Ky., months ago to demand justice for George Floyd and for Breonna Taylor. The demonstrators were strangers to each other then. They were faces in a sea of humanity, unaware that their devotion to this square would soon tether them together. 
Yao Yang seeks generational change at Hmong Chamber of Commerce
Some women business owners say they’ve felt neglected by the Minnesota Hmong Chamber of Commerce. Yao Yang is determined to change that.
Biden, in Kenosha, says U.S. confronting 'original sin'
Joe Biden told residents of Kenosha, Wis., that recent turmoil following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, could help Americans confront centuries of systemic racism, drawing a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump amid a reckoning that has galvanized the nation.
2020 is the year of the woman donor: Campaign contributions surge
The share of female donors has surged to more than 43 percent this year, and it could make a big difference in some of this year's closest political races.