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Hubbard: Don't blame KSTP, blame the police for #pointergate

Hubbard: Don't blame KSTP, blame the police for #pointergate

Hubbard Broadcasting Chair Stanley Hubbard, whose company owns KSTP, said the station was only reporting the news and the story was not racist.
by MPR News Staff

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He saw something, said something but nothing happened

He saw something, said something but nothing happened

Jack Reuler is frustrated to the point of incoherence because he can’t get police or anyone else to listen to him about an abduction he witnessed.
by Eric Ringham

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Hubbard: KSTP will not apologize for #pointergate story

Hubbard: KSTP will not apologize for #pointergate story

Over 100 protesters gathered before a speech by Hubbard at Augsburg College in Minneapolis Thursday evening, and several went inside the auditorium to question him directly.
by Peter Cox

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Suspicions, speculation grow as FBI's Minn. terror probe churns

Suspicions, speculation grow as FBI's Minn. terror probe churns

Concerns about terrorist recruitment within the United States can test a community's values, experts say. That's playing out now in the Twin Cities.
by Laura Yuen

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#pointergate means spotlight, donations for small nonprofit

#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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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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#pointergate critics plan protest of Hubbard speech

#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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Facebook, Google launch Ebola donation campaigns

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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Counter Stories: 'Not Your Mascot'

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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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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