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Social Issues

Rising number of same-sex couples could signal change in next election

Rising number of same-sex couples could signal change in next election

New census data showing the number of households occupied by same-sex couples rose by 50 percent in Minnesota over the last decade could have lasting effects as the state heads toward a constitutional vote on same-sex marriage in next year's election.
by Sasha Aslanian

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The Face of Hunger: Migrant workers in southern Minn.

The Face of Hunger: Migrant workers in southern Minn.

One in 10 Minnesotans struggles at times to get enough food -- the reasons vary from from place to place. MPR News is travelling the state this summer to see why people are going hungry in an occasional series, "The Face of Hunger." In the first installment, we visit migrant workers in southern Minnesota who struggle to get enough food, even as they prepare the food we eat.
by Julie Siple

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Photos: Migrant workers in Minn. struggle with hunger

Photos: Migrant workers in Minn. struggle with hunger

Migrant workers travel hundreds of miles every summer to work in farm fields and processing plants of Montgomery, a small town in southern Minnesota. When they first arrive, many struggle to get enough to eat.

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Mother of bullied gay teen to deliver petition against Anoka-Hennepin policy

Mother of bullied gay teen to deliver petition against Anoka-Hennepin policy

A gay-rights supporter and the mother of a teen who committed suicide will deliver a petition of more than 12,000 online signatures to protest the Anoka-Hennepin School District's sexual orientation curriculum policy.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Aspen Ideas: Are the girls beating the boys?

Aspen Ideas: Are the girls beating the boys?

The achievement gap between genders has been closed, and women are now beginning to outpace men in attaining college degrees. Is this a sign girls are now beating the boys in society? A panel of women at the Aspen Ideas Festival tackle the subject and upend the notion that women are moving ahead of men in work and home life.

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The genteel provocateur

The genteel provocateur

Writer and film director Miranda July has one of those minds which find ways of examining everyday subjects in new ways. And she often gets quite disturbing results.
by Euan Kerr

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House votes to slow allowing gays in military

Intent on delaying the new policy allowing gays to serve openly in the armed forces, the House voted to prohibit military chaplains from performing same-sex marriages on the nation's bases regardless of state law.

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Human Services: A complex, costly agency at the heart of budget impasse

Human Services: A complex, costly agency at the heart of budget impasse

A closer look at the the Department of Human Services, the state agency that oversees health care and welfare programs for more than a million Minnesotans, and the sharp partisan disagreement over its funding.
by Madeleine Baran

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