Social Issues

The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court asks the U.S. military to recognize their marriages.
Debate: Do men still dominate society?
Midday presents an Intelligence Squared debate on the whether our society is no longer male dominated. Two teams debate the proposition "men are finished."
Americans are staying put more than at any time since World War II, as the housing bust and unemployment keep young adults at home and thwart older Americans' plans for a beachfront or lakeside retirement.
Minnesota's Somali population is still the largest in the United States after a new Census Bureau estimate.
Minn. cities fray at the edges with budgets under pressure
Mayors and city managers are being forced to make hard choices while they deal with cuts in state aid, a lagging economy, degraded property values and demands for lower taxes.
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., says he's still pushing for a law protecting gay and lesbian school students from discrimination, even though he recently withdrew the measure in committee.