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Social Issues

Counter Stories: Transgender pride

Counter Stories: Transgender pride

Counter Stories is celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month with special guest Andrea Jenkins.

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Why millennials aren't getting married

Why millennials aren't getting married

The number of adults 25 or older who have never been married is at a record high: 20 percent. What are the implications of this shift?

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Migrants crossing Mediterranean top 100,000 this year

Migrants crossing Mediterranean top 100,000 this year

MPR News' Tom Crann looked at why the number of migrants willing to take life-threatening journeys are rising in both Europe and Asia and what the international community is trying to do to stem the tide.

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Who gets to hang out at the pool?

Who gets to hang out at the pool?

An ugly incident at a Texas pool party in which a police officer drew his gun on several unarmed black teenagers sits against a long history of racialized conflict over who can swim where.
by Gene Demby

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Designed to heal divisions, Bemidji statue uncovers tensions

Designed to heal divisions, Bemidji statue uncovers tensions

The city of Bemidji is unveiling a new bronze statue of Ojibwe leader Shaynowishkung, known as Chief Bemidji. The effort to honor him nearly stalled over references to the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
by John Enger

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Minneapolis to weigh banning bias against low-income renters

Proponents say the proposal will open up more housing options for the 4,600 families currently enrolled in the federal Section 8 voucher program.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Counter Stories: Hmong exhibit exposes gender divide

Counter Stories: Hmong exhibit exposes gender divide

Showcasing a refugee community's history in America can be difficult when that community has rigid gender and generational divides.

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Minneapolis mosque to reopen after 2014 fire

After being displaced by the fire, worshipers found temporary spaces throughout the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood to carry on the mosque's activities.
by Dan Olson

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