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Westminster Forum: Anna Lappe on food, farming and hunger

Westminster Forum: Anna Lappe on food, farming and hunger

Anna Lappe, speaking at the Westminster Town Hall Forum about sustainable food and farming. She and her mother, Frances Moore Lappe, founded the Small Planet Institute researching the root causes of hunger and poverty.

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Documentary 'A Place at the Table' highlights US hunger epidemic

Documentary 'A Place at the Table' highlights US hunger epidemic

The new documentary, showing at The Lagoon in Minneapolis, highlights people across America who are struggling with hunger despite their best efforts to afford quality food.

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'I'm still innocent,' says Shattuck-St. Mary's former teacher in jailhouse interview

'I'm still innocent,' says Shattuck-St. Mary's former teacher in jailhouse interview

Former Shattuck-St. Mary's teacher Lynn Seibel, speaking publicly for the first time, said he is not guilty of sexually abusing students at the Faribault boarding school. In a jail interview with MPR News on Saturday, Seibel said he prays he will be acquitted and can return to his life as an actor in California.
by Madeleine Baran

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Minn. lawmakers discuss text suicide hotline

The proposal would establish a prevention text line that people who need help can contact to get emergency contact information. It would also provide training in schools and communities about how to use the new program.

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Wilder CEO sounds alarm on racial disparities

Wilder CEO sounds alarm on racial disparities

Minnesota's stark unemployment gap between whites and racial minorities continues to vex civic leaders. In the Twin Cities, for example, blacks are more than three times as likely as whites to be unemployed. That disparity leads the U.S. among 25 large metro areas included in a national study published last year. Local nonprofit and business communities warn that the region's economy will suffer if the gap persists.
by Laura Yuen

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Boy Scouts of America survey members on whether to keep gay ban

Boy Scouts of America survey members on whether to keep gay ban

Faced with a backlash against their ban on gays, the Boy Scouts of America are surveying their members on a potential change in policy.

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Homeless youth find refuge at Safe House in St. Paul

Homeless youth find refuge at Safe House in St. Paul

From the outside, Safe House is just a non-descript home in a residential neighborhood in St. Paul. On the inside though, what is accomplished goes beyond four walls.
by Tom Crann and Jayne Solinger

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For some city dwellers, race shapes definition of 'urban'

For some city dwellers, race shapes definition of 'urban'

The word "urban" has come to mean different things to different people. In many cases, its connotation changes based on the racial makeup of the community in which it's being used.
by Nikki Tundel

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Louise Erdrich talks about award-winning novel 'The Roundhouse'

Louise Erdrich talks about award-winning novel 'The Roundhouse'

Minnesota author Louise Erdrich speaks at Concordia University in St. Paul about her National Book Award-winning book, "The Roundhouse," and her love of writing.

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Report counts more than 10,200 homeless Minnesotans

A new report shows numbers of homeless people rising in Minnesota. More than 10,200 homeless adults, youth, and children were counted October 2012 in shelters, transitional housing, at hot meal programs, or on the streets.
by Julie Siple

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