Social Issues

The battle for the Lowry Grove mobile home park heads to court
Lowry Grove residents marched the five miles from their mobile home park to the Hennepin County Government Center Friday for the first hearing in the legal case over the park's sale and closure.
MN Supreme Court to review proposed police liability mandate
The Committee for Professional Policing says the Minnesota Supreme Court granted its request for an accelerated review of the lower court ruling.
Clinton says Trump is 'taking hate groups mainstream'
"From the start, Donald Trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia," Hillary Clinton said Thursday in Reno, Nev.
WNBA president wants teams to have community conversations
WNBA president Lisa Borders outlined a plan to have teams and players hold conversations in the community similar to what Carmelo Anthony and the U.S. Olympic basketball teams did in Los Angeles last month.
Canada's Mounties say female officers can wear hijabs
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed Wednesday that it had recently changed its policy to allow the Muslim headscarf.
Three guests share their perspective on the conditions in low-rent housing, from the concerns of tenants to how legislators could act to improve standards of living.
Experts: Housing, education discrimination drive minority wealth gap
Institutional racism plays a big role in the financial divide between whites and many people of color, two national researchers tell MPR News. Listen to the conversation.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Adam Grant on 'Originals'
An Aspen Lecture by Adam Grant, author of "Originals." He shares the most important things he's learned about the people who come up with new ideas, speak up, and speak out of turn. And why there's danger in intuition and the lessons of experience. Some ideas on how to be original, and how to unleash it in others around you.