Social Issues

Noble or trouble? 'Fight club' tests Minneapolis parks
The Minnesota Fight Club's founder sees the unsanctioned bouts he stages at Bde Maka Ska and other parks as healthy outlets for aggression. Others see problems and potential danger in the public fights, which may be illegal.
What is gentrification? Is it happening in the Twin Cities? And what does it look like for people and businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul?
Race-based affirmative action has long polarized Asian-Americans, with critics feeling demonized and advocates chagrined by the attention to what they call minority-within-minority views.
DHS asks for 'positive gems' about war-torn countries to justify returning immigrants
Before ending temporary protected status for immigrants whose home countries suffer from war or disasters, officials tried to show the countries were getting safer, even when that was not true.
GoFundMe investigating campaign for homeless Good Samaritan
A homeless man who received an outpouring of support after he helped a stranded motorist in Philadelphia said he is panhandling once again and using drugs, and he has no access to the money raised on his behalf.
Civil rights groups and black lawmakers said black voters would be disenfranchised if the voting locations were shuttered. Census figures show the county, about 160 miles south of Atlanta, is more than 61 percent black, double the statewide percentage.
Minneapolis officials pledge action to help residents of homeless encampment
Minneapolis officials said Thursday that the number of people at a homeless encampment on the city's south side has doubled in a week — and the city outlined steps it plans to take to help the camp's residents.