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Should we be having kids in the age of climate change?

Should we be having kids in the age of climate change?

For some climate activists, the personal decision to have a child is also fraught with moral consequences: the negative impact on the environment, and on the quality of life for those children.
by Jennifer Ludden

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Target announces expansion of bathroom options in U.S. stores

Target announces expansion of bathroom options in U.S. stores

The retail giant denies that a backlash to its policy of opening bathrooms to transgender choice has caused a slide in sales.

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Red Lake Nation to build affordable housing in Minneapolis

Red Lake Nation to build affordable housing in Minneapolis

The property is the tribe's first attempt to provide affordable housing to members who live outside the northern Minnesota reservation.
by John Enger

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A father vows to save his daughter from a plight he got her into

A father vows to save his daughter from a plight he got her into

He married her off at age 15 to a man in his 40s with a reputation as a heavy drinker. In his quest to undo the deed, he has started a revolution in his northern India village.
by Nurith Aizenman

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Neighborhoods Organizing for Change gets its voice heard

Neighborhoods Organizing for Change gets its voice heard

The Minneapolis-based nonprofit has raised its profile over the last several years as it has taken on racial and economic disparities in Minnesota.
by Brandt Williams

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12 people arrested at Dakota Access Pipeline demonstration

A dozen people were arrested while protesting a pipeline that would start in North Dakota and pass through South Dakota and Iowa before ending in Illinois.

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The importance of mobile homes as affordable housing

The importance of mobile homes as affordable housing

Ten mobile home parks in the region have closed in the past 25 years, but no new parks have opened, according to a Met Council report. These parks represent an important source of affordable housing, and their closures disproportionately affect residents of color.
by Tracy Mumford

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