Social Issues

Why are more people homeless and sleeping outside?
Why are more people sleeping outdoors, in the skyways and on buses and trains? MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the rise in homelessness and what it would take to get people into shelter.
Why self-immolation has been used by political protesters for decades
Aaron Bushnell’s death in Washington, D.C., is the latest example of an extreme form of protest that people have used to express their grievances and attract the attention of a global audience.
Violence Free Minnesota discusses intimate partner violence in the wake of Burnsville shooting
Joe Shannon, the communications program manager for Violence Free Minnesota, spoke with All Things Considered host Tom Crann about the current state of domestic violence in Minnesota in the aftermath of the Burnsville shooting that left three first responders dead.