Social Issues

Occupy protesters want Mayor Rybak to explain arrests
About 50 protestors with the Occupy movement converged on Mayor R.T. Rybak's city hall office on Monday.
More women vets are homeless, but housing scarce
Once primarily male veteran problems, homelessness and economic struggles are escalating among female veterans, whose numbers have grown during the past decade of U.S. wars while resources for them haven't kept up.
A Twin Cities food bank is expanding to accommodate growing need and a greater supply of food.
The Week in Commentary
A summary of the week's commentaries and some of the responses they generated.
After a winter hiatus, members of the Occupy movement are planning to return to downtown Minneapolis.
1940 census illuminates north Mpls.' change to racially diverse neighborhood
A trove of census records released offers a detailed picture of how Americans lived during the Great Depression. The survey shows how much has changed over the decades, and the history of one north Minneapolis neighborhood.
The utopian ideal behind Riverside Plaza
The Cedar-Riverside Plaza complex was placed on the National Register of Historic Preservation two years ago leaving many to wonder why. Can some of Ralph Rapson's vision still be captured?
Homelessness is a big problem with lots of solutions
All Minnesotans would benefit from a state in which everyone had a home.