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Lawmakers look for ways to reduce prescription drug prices

Lawmakers look for ways to reduce prescription drug prices

A slew of proposals to deal with rising drug prices -- from anti-price gouging to new regulations for drug companies -- have been introduced this year at the Minnesota State Capitol. Some are moving and some are not.
by Briana Bierschbach

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Dr. Anne Hallward: how to talk about race and racism

Dr. Anne Hallward: how to talk about race and racism

Many white parents have never learned how to talk about race and racism with their kids. Their silence perpetuates racism -- but it can be hard to know how to start.
by MPR News Staff

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Addiction medicine mostly prescribed to whites, even as opioid deaths rose in blacks

Addiction medicine mostly prescribed to whites, even as opioid deaths rose in blacks

A study looked at who gets prescriptions for buprenorphine, and found that white patients are almost 35 times more likely to get the lifesaving addiction treatment than African Americans.
by Martha Bebinger

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Minneapolis officials ordered to court in Jamar Clark case

Minneapolis officials ordered to court in Jamar Clark case

A federal judge has ordered Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other city officials to appear in court Wednesday for a status report on the lawsuit filed by the family of Jamar Clark, who was killed by police during a confrontation in November 2015.
by Bill Wareham

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'No visible bruises' upends stereotypes of abuse, sheds light on domestic violence

'No visible bruises' upends stereotypes of abuse, sheds light on domestic violence

An average of four women are killed by their partners every day in America. Crisis center CEO Suzanne Dubus and writer Rachel Louise Snyder talk about how to help women leave abusive relationships.
by Terry Gross

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Reporter's notebook: Another baby, another dramatic labor, two happy outcomes

Reporter's notebook: Another baby, another dramatic labor, two happy outcomes

Because the nearest hospital in Grand Marais had stopped deliveries, Yvette and Tamer Ibrahim endured a four-hour drive through a blizzard to a hospital in Duluth. For their second baby's birth, they devised a plan that would allow for a home birth in Duluth, a short drive from a fully equipped obstetrics unit. It didn't turn out that way.
by Catharine Richert

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Philando Castile's mother wipes out school lunch debt, continuing son's legacy

Philando Castile's mother wipes out school lunch debt, continuing son's legacy

Three years after the shooting death of Philando Castile, his legacy of helping others continues. Valerie Castile's $8,000 gift to a Minnesota high school wiped out lunch debts for about 100 students.
by Shannon Van Sant

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