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Confronting sexual violence against Native women

A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that more than half of Native American women have experienced sexual violence during their lifetimes. Sarah Deer's new book offers recommendations for reducing it.
by MPR News Staff

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Group wants hate crime charges in restaurant attack

A criminal complaint says Jodie Burchard-Risch is accused of striking the Muslim woman with a beer mug after becoming upset that the victim was talking in a foreign language.
by The Associated Press

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A poet and a police chief on the language of race

Poet Claudia Rankine and former police chief Ronal Serpas discuss the language of race and how it influences justice, policy and communities.
by MPR News Staff

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Hmong celebrate 40 years in Minnesota

Hmong celebrate 40 years in Minnesota

Forty years ago today, the first Hmong family -- Dang Her, his wife Shoua Moua and their son Touvi -- arrived in Minnesota.
by MPR News Staff

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Bemidji's first shelter for homeless alcoholics delayed

Efforts to convert a former downtown church into a 16-bed shelter have taken longer than expected. However, the facility hopes to open its doors before year's end.
by John Enger

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Who was the first to try to manipulate birthrates? Not China!

Who was the first to try to manipulate birthrates? Not China!

Credit (or blame) goes to France, which wanted more babies in the 19th century. Like most government plans to influence birthrate, it didn't quite work.
by Nurith Aizenman

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