Social Issues

Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center receives $500,000 grant
The Bush Foundation announced more than $2 million in grants to five nonprofits in Minnesota and the Dakotas Tuesday. One of them is the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, which provides housing and other services for Native American women experiencing addiction, sexual trauma and mental health issues.
U.S. held record number of migrant kids in custody in 2019
New government data shows an unprecedented 69,550 migrant children held in U.S. government custody over the past year. That's more kids detained away from their parents than any other country, according to United Nations researchers.
DACA recipients look to Supreme Court for hope
The Trump administration is asking the court to invalidate the program that temporarily protects from deportation some 700,000 "dreamers" who were brought to the country illegally as children.
Macron marks Remembrance Day, 101 years since end of WWI
French President Emmanuel Macron marked Remembrance Day on Monday by relighting the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under Paris' Arc de Triomphe, below a spectacular giant tricolor flag.
Anti-Islam speaker attracts twice the crowd in Willmar with protest, prayer vigil outside
Usama Dakdok's second visit to Willmar drew a crowd — two crowds, really. Well over 200 people gathered outside Willmar’s Kennedy Elementary School to oppose his visit and celebrate Willmar as a community welcoming to people of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds. Inside the school in front of more than 100 people, the pastor of The Straight Way of Grace Ministry delivered the message that Islam is dangerous.
Post-#MeToo, Ernst & Young grapples with diverging views of its culture
Until recently, the accounting giant coached some top women leaders to look "polished" and speak briefly. The company has since disavowed the program, arguing its workplace culture promotes women.
'My voice is needed': How Nadia Mohamed made election history in St. Louis Park
She came to the west metro suburb as a refugee at age 10. Now Nadia Mohamed, 23, is council member-elect. She’ll be the city’s first Muslim and first Somali council member. It’s a whirlwind story.