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Social Issues

Do virtual assistants feel actual insults?

Do virtual assistants feel actual insults?

If we're not careful, we'll start treating our personal friends the way we do our personal devices.
by Joseph Scrimshaw

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Father Greg Boyle and the Homeboy Industries

Father Greg Boyle and the Homeboy Industries

As a Jesuit priest in a gang-ridden neighborhood in Los Angeles, Father Gregory Boyle has seen the connection between dim employment prospects and the lure of gang life. The jobs program he created offers youth a different path. He joins Kerri in studio.

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Washington Senate steps closer to same-sex marriage

The Washington state Senate has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, bringing the state a step closer to becoming the seventh to allow lesbian and gay couples to wed. But the threat of a ballot challenge looms.

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Fighting Sioux nickname backers plan signature push

Supporters of the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname plan a final push for petition signatures.

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Ballot groups report marriage amendment fundraising tallies

Ballot groups report marriage amendment fundraising tallies

Minnesotans got their first look at who's trying to influence their vote this November on a constitutional ballot question defining marriage.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Tribal members back in classroom for skills, jobs

Tribal members back in classroom for skills, jobs

A program shows promise at luring unemployed adults on the Red Lake Indian Reservation back in the classroom.
by Tom Robertson

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Some key stories from Minnesota Today

The limits of free speech are being debated in Little Falls. The mayor of Duluth is getting threatening messages from around the world. And the Fargo Forum is looking at the importance of water to the history of that area. Those are just of the few of the stories you'll find by reading Minnesota Today, a daily guide to what's being reported around the region. You can find it at MPRNews.org.
by Cathy Wurzer and Michael Olson

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Obama plan would help military families take leave

Obama plan would help military families take leave

The proposal would let family members take up to 12 weeks of leave from work to help a service member deployed on short notice.

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