Social Issues

January 12, 2011 7:33 PM

Nathaniel Khaliq on 15 years at the head of St. Paul NAACP

It's the first day off the job for Nathaniel Khaliq, who stepped down after 15 years as president of the St. Paul chapter of the NAACP.

by Tom Crann

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January 12, 2011 5:00 PM

If shooting suspect were foreign, we'd call him a terrorist

The alleged gunman is an American, so we focus on his mental state. If he were Arab, we'd focus on his politics.

by Ahmed Tharwat

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January 12, 2011 1:07 PM

Transportation tops list of needs for older rural residents

Helping seniors with transportation is expected to grow more important over the next 20 years, as the population of Minnesotans 65 and older is expected to double to 1.2 million.

by Dan Gunderson

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January 12, 2011 12:00 AM

Arizona shooting shines a light on mental illness

Several of Jared Loughner's classmates and instructors at Pima Community College noticed his erratic behavior, had him removed from school, and notified his parents. Why was no one able to get him into treatment? A leading psychologist says our fear and misunderstanding of mental illness prevents us from stepping in before tragedies occur.

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January 11, 2011 9:32 AM

Best of Youth Radio 2010

Midday presents six stories from MPR's Youth Radio series from the past year, including updates from some of the reporters on what's changed since their stories were first broadcast.

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January 11, 2011 9:26 AM

The state of political rhetoric today and yesterday

National political communications expert Kathleen Hall Jamieson joins Midday to compare our discourse today to that of earlier decades.

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January 10, 2011 6:36 PM

Sudanese immigrant votes for Southern Sudan's secession

Millions of voters streamed to the polls in Southern Sudan yesterday to cast ballots over whether the south should secedes from the north.

by Tom Crann

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January 10, 2011 5:22 PM

What does it mean to be hungry in Minnesota?

At least one in 10 Minnesotans struggles with hunger. You might imagine hunger as a child with a bloated belly in Africa, or malnourished people living in Appalachia in the 1960s. But that's not what hunger looks like in Minnesota today.

by Julie Siple

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January 10, 2011 2:35 PM

Bill would require UND to keep Fighting Sioux nickname

North Dakota's House Republican majority leader is introducing legislation that would require the University of North Dakota to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname.