Social Issues

The ethics of pet ownership
"Maybe love is not enough," writes Jessica Pierce in "See Spot Run." "Maybe the 470 million-odd animals we call pets also need some moral attention."
Counter Stories: On voter disenfranchisement
In this conversation, the hosts explored what it means to celebrate cultural holidays like Cinco de Mayo, and discussed the community anger over voter disenfranchisement.
Patience Zalanga, a Minneapolis photographer who has spent a lot of time in recent years documenting the Black Lives Matter and other racial equity movements, said in a commentary for the Guardian that Lil' Kim should not be blamed for her new, whiter look.
CAIR: More than a dozen Muslims discriminated against at work
CAIR-MN civil rights director Amarita Singh said Truth Hardware and Doherty Staffing Solutions violated the workers' constitutional rights to reasonable on-the-job accommodations for their religious practices.