Social Issues

November 18, 2011 6:25 PM

Give to the Max day has become essential to non-profits, group says

The group Give MN has released final fundraising numbers for Give to the Max day earlier this week. LaDonna Hoy the executive director of the Plymouth-based organization, told MPR's Tom Crann that money raised from the one-day event has become essential.

by Tom Crann

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November 18, 2011 5:49 PM

US shifts deportation policy; non-criminal cases in question

The Department of Homeland Security has begun reviewing cases to speed up deportation of illegal immigrants who are criminals while also clearing the backlog of cases of people in the country illegally who are not criminals.

by Sasha Aslanian

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November 18, 2011 4:00 AM

Closing post offices latest hardship for Minn. small towns

Seven small town Minnesota post offices are scheduled to close for good today and tomorrow, the latest setback for towns which have seen a steady exit of community institutions over the years.

by Mark Steil

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November 17, 2011 6:43 PM

Protesters block Minneapolis bridge; 11 arrested

Nearly 300 people protesting economic inequality marched across the 10th Avenue bridge in Minneapolis Thursday afternoon. Police arrested 11 protesters.

by Madeleine Baran

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November 17, 2011 4:10 PM

Target: Employee behind Black Friday petition not scheduled to work that day

Target says the employee leading an online petition drive protesting the retailer's midnight opening on Black Friday was never scheduled to work that day.

by Martin Moylan

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November 17, 2011 2:56 PM

Report: 8 percent of Minn. mortgages made during bubble end in foreclosure

A little more than 8 percent of the mortgages made in Minnesota during the height of the housing bubble have ended in foreclosure, according to a national consumer group's report released Thursday.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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November 17, 2011 11:26 AM

Census: Minn. child poverty rate hits 15 percent

The Census Bureau is reporting that 15 percent of Minnesota's children, or about 190,000 of them, were living in poverty last year.

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November 17, 2011 8:57 AM

Children and mental illness

Mayo Clinic and the REACH Institute based in New York have released a new report to help parents, doctors and childcare professionals identify mental illness in children. We'll hear how the report might impact today's youth and what parents and school professionals can do when they think there is a problem.