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Photos: Connecting the needy with homeware necessities

Photos: Connecting the needy with homeware necessities

A non-profit founded in 1987 by the 88-year-old Heitzman at a suburban Twin Cities church, Bridging has grown into one of North America's largest furniture stores in which customers too poor to pay can shop for free.
by Jennifer Simonson

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Supreme Court skeptical of federal marriage law

Supreme Court skeptical of federal marriage law

In a major gay rights case, the Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it could strike down the law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of federal benefits that go to other married people.

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Calif. gay marriage at the Supreme Court: excerpts

Calif. gay marriage at the Supreme Court: excerpts

Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court

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Live blog: Supreme Court tackles DOMA

Live blog: Supreme Court tackles DOMA

Today the court will focus on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), just a day after the nine justices considered the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage.

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'It's bad for business': Employers side with DOMA opponents

'It's bad for business': Employers side with DOMA opponents

Nearly 300 companies have filed a brief arguing that the Defense of Marriage Act hits them where it counts: their bottom lines.

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MN housing: Poor struggle despite recovery

New data show an improving economy is beginning to benefit the state's homeowners, but those at the bottom of the economic ladder continue to experience financial distress.
by Jessica Mador

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Isabel Wilkerson speaking on 'The Warmth of Other Suns'

Isabel Wilkerson speaking on 'The Warmth of Other Suns'

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, speaking at the 2011 MPR Broadcast Journalist Series about her non-fiction book about the great migration of African-Americans from the south to the north and west. "The Warmth of Other Suns" won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She spoke with MPR's Stephen Smith at the University of St. Thomas.

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USDA official calls for healthy eating focus

U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon spoke Monday at the University of Minnesota during a two-day visit to the state.
by Julie Siple

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Live blog: Supreme Court weighs same-sex marriage

Live blog: Supreme Court weighs same-sex marriage

U.S. Supreme Court justices will hear arguments Tuesday on California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. On Wednesday they'll hear arguments on the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

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Supreme Court sidewalk campers hope for seats at same-sex marriage arguments

Supreme Court sidewalk campers hope for seats at same-sex marriage arguments

Later this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing two days of arguments about the future of same-sex marriage in America. Members of the public are allowed to sit in on arguments, first come, first served. So people have been lining up for days on Capitol Hill, sleeping on the pavement to save their space.
by Brett Neely

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