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Despite pressure, ban on gay blood donors endures

Despite pressure, ban on gay blood donors endures

Dating from the first years of the AIDS epidemic, the ban is a source of frustration to many gay activists, and also to many leading players in the nation's health and blood-supply community who have joined in calling for change. Above, Jason Cianciotto, GMHC's public policy director, stands with a map showing international blood donation guidelines for men who have sex with men.

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Birmingham still divided after 50 years

Fifty years ago today, a Ku Klux Klan bomb at a Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala., killed four black girls and sent shock waves throughout the country. In Birmingham, the tragedy laid bare a deep rift.

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Reuters investigation spotlights online exchange of adopted kids

Reuters has published a five-part series of stories about a practice known as "private re-homing", in which parents use Internet message boards to find homes for their adopted children when those adoptions are not working out well. Custody of the children often happens outside the view of child welfare authorities and some children are handed over to parents who would not be allowed to take in children.
by Phil Picardi

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Just who counts as a 'woman of color'?

Advocates for a more inclusive feminism cannot be content with calling attention to the tendency of feminist circles to focus solely on the issues that matter to privileged, white women. The ways the term "women of color" is used must also be considered.

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Minneapolis seeks to control feral cat population

A proposal to manage feral cats in Minneapolis drew passionate public testimony at City Hall Wednesday.

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At Totino-Grace, fired for being gay

A Catholic school teacher acknowledges she's gay and loses her job.
by Bob Collins

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Inmates, sex offenders may test same-sex marriage law

Inmates, sex offenders may test same-sex marriage law

Legalizing same sex marriage has raised a host of questions for Minnesota officials -- from the relatively simple, like how to replace the words "husband" and "wife" on forms, to the more complicated, such as whether two incarcerated people can marry.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Senior hunger in Minnesota still a problem, report author says

The author of a new report showing Minnesota's senior hunger problem is well below the national average of 15 percent said it is still enough to be worrisome.
by Julie Siple

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Help wanted: Fruit pickers for food shelves

A non-profit group has begun harvesting surplus fruit to fill metro food shelves. The operation runs through October.
by Julie Siple

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Photos: Inside Makoko, Nigeria’s Venice

Photos: Inside Makoko, Nigeria’s Venice

Before this city became what it is today -- a monstrous destination that's probably more than twice as large as New York City (depending on which survey you believe) -- a neighborhood between the mainland and the posh Victoria Island started spreading into the sea. That was more than 100 years ago. Now, at least 85,000 Lagosians live in Makoko. They still do what their ancestors came for: the fishing. But the state is trying to evict the area, citing health concerns among other reasons.
by Nate Minor

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