Social Issues

Activists in Duluth ramp up pro-Palestinian demonstrations, set up encampment
A group calling itself the Duluth Palestine Solidarity Camp set up a tent encampment Wednesday night in Duluth’s Leif Erikson Park. Protesters are calling on the city and state to divest from Israel in the wake of its war in Gaza.
Student journalists from two Twin Cities universities share the latest on divestment protests
Student journalists from Hamline University in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities talked with MPR News host Emily Bright about the protests on their campuses.
South Dakota governor, a potential Trump running mate, writes in new book about killing her dog
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem — a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — is getting attention again. This time, it’s for a new book where she writes about killing an unruly dog, and a smelly goat, too.