Social Issues

As life's pressures mounted, he left Minnesota for ISIS
Friends say Abdifatah Ahmed was depressed and financially strapped, but was no religious fanatic. Something happened, though, during a November 2013 trip to London. Ahmed never returned to his Minneapolis family. He would become the first Minnesotan to join ISIS.
First baby born to U.S. uterus transplant patient raises ethics questions
A woman who received a uterus transplant recently delivered a healthy baby boy. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the doctors working on the experiment about its ethics, risk, and cost implications.
Kennedy seems conflicted in Supreme Court wedding cake case
On a sharply divided Supreme Court, the justice in the middle seemed conflicted Tuesday in the court's high-stakes consideration of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in 2012.
A conversation with the first woman on the Minnesota Supreme Court
Rosalie Wahl goes down in history as the first woman to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court. In a 1995 interview for the Voices of Minnesota series, she explained how she couldn't have done it without the support of her fellow women.
Why Legislature doesn't release information on harassment, settlements: They don't have to
Government entities across Minnesota are required to disclose discipline and settlement information on sexual harassment and similar cases. The one exception: The Minnesota Legislature.
The Federal Communications Commission will vote Dec. 14 on whether to roll back protections that dictate how consumers can receive broadband internet.
'The Invention of Race'
"The Invention of Race." How, why and when was the notion of "race" developed? This special explores the construction of race, and racism, from the ancient world to today.
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries.
In Lake Wobegon country, mixed feelings at Keillor news
People in Freeport Thursday morning said they were surprised, incredulous -- and most didn't know exactly what to think, when high-profile misconduct cases in the headlines comes home.