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Podcast: MNnext, episode 3

Podcast: MNnext, episode 3

In this episode of "MNnext," Maddy Mahon queries former state demographer Tom Gillaspy about how the trend away from marriage has accelerated among Gen Y members.

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New York skyscraper's separate 'poor door' sparks outrage

New York skyscraper's separate 'poor door' sparks outrage

Civil rights attorneys say a significant number of tenants in the subsidized apartments could be minorities. Lawyer Randolph McLaughlin says that makes the building's design more than disgraceful -- but possibly illegal.
by Janet Babin

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Domestic violence victims get better housing options under new law

Soon, victims of domestic abuse will no longer need a court order to be eligible to get out of the lease early. And a requirement of paying an extra month's rent will go away.
by Jon Collins

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Takei, from 'Star Trek' to LGBT spokesman

Takei, from 'Star Trek' to LGBT spokesman

"I desperately and passionately wanted a career as an actor, so I chose to be in the closet," says actor George Takei, the subject of a new documentary.

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Who are the kids of the migrant crisis?

Who are the kids of the migrant crisis?

Who are these young people, and why are they coming in such large numbers from Central Amrica? Elizabeth Kennedy, a Fulbright scholar who's been working in El Salvador, has some answers. As part of her research in the capital, San Salvador, on unaccompanied minor migrants, she interviewed more than 500 children and adolescents as they returned to El Salvador after being deported from Mexico.
by NPR Staff

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Central American presidents say U.S. shares responsibility for youth migration crisis

Central American presidents say U.S. shares responsibility for youth migration crisis

During a forum hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Thursday, the presidents of Honduras and Guatemala said the U.S. shares responsibility for the crisis and they also called for more aggressive cooperation with the U.S. to curb the violence and poverty they say is driving the large number of child migrants to the U.S.

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Overcoming the insult of 'acting white'

Overcoming the insult of 'acting white'

In this latest installment of our Young Reporters series, Elizabeth Zalanga survives a cultural minefield: young woman learns to ignore the insult that she's 'acting white'
by Elizabeth Zalanga

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