Social Issues

November 12, 2014 4:11 PM

#pointergate means spotlight, donations for small nonprofit

Even before the recent KSTP report, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change has enjoyed growing influence in Minneapolis city politics.

by Curtis Gilbert

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November 12, 2014 1:13 PM

Training the next generation of doctors to get LGBT health right

A 306-page manifesto -- published by the Association of American Medical Colleges -- is intended to change medical school curricula so that future MDs are better positioned to help patients.

by Nancy Shute

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November 12, 2014 11:39 AM

#pointergate critics plan protest of Hubbard speech

The chairman of Hubbard Broadcasting, the company that owns KSTP, is speaking this week at Augsburg College in Minneapolis and plans for a protest are already underway.

by Molly Bloom

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November 12, 2014 9:49 AM

Facebook, Google launch Ebola donation campaigns

But some say the outbreak is not a problem that can be solved only with money. Volunteers are needed in West Africa to work in treatment units.

by Eleanor Klibanoff

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November 11, 2014 3:19 PM

Counter Stories: 'Not Your Mascot'

David Glass, president of the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media, joins the panel to discuss the "Not Your Mascot" march and rally. And, a gut reaction to #pointergate.

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November 10, 2014 3:45 PM

Twin Cities suburbs file housing complaint against state

Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Richfield and the Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing say state agencies and the Metropolitan Council are intentionally concentrating low-income rental housing in segregated "low opportunity" neighborhoods.

by Sasha Aslanian

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November 10, 2014 3:37 PM

For people fired for being gay, old court case becomes a new tool

The new approach relies on a legal argument originally designed to defend women accused of not being feminine enough.

by Miles Bryan

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November 10, 2014 1:54 PM

Community group demands on-air apology for #pointergate

Neighborhoods Organizing for Change wants KSTP to apologize for a story alleging Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges made a gang sign as she posed for a picture with a local organizer.

by Jon Collins