Social Issues

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.
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.
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.
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.
Didn't the burglar know this was a liberal's house?
Progressive ideals are easy to hold. Then real life puts them to the test.
The University of Minnesota has just completed work on a new on-line dictionary of Ojibwe language and culture.
Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. The "Sex and the City" actress was was quoted as saying that for her, being gay was a conscious choice.
Bachmann speaks to supporters of marriage amendment
Rep. Michele Bachmann paid a surprise visit today to a group of pastors and state lawmakers working to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage.