Social Issues

The safety net unravels for people with disabilities
End of a program that helped assist people with health care and support will only mean higher costs in the long run.
At this successful financial education class, money takes back seat
Students of the Build Wealth Minnesota program are put through a rigorous course of financial education and counseling, but organizers say the program's success comes from its focus on everything but money.
The link between video games and depression
Do parents need to start worrying about how many hours kids are playing video games? A new study out of Iowa State University suggests that game addiction is linked to depression and other psychological disorders. Midmorning examines the study and reasoning behind the data.
Census: In recession, more grandparents raising grandkids
Grandparents are raising nearly 3 million children in the United States, according to census data. The reasons vary from economic issues to drug and alcohol abuse.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Four decades later, King remains one of the most vivid symbols of hope for racial unity in America. But that's not the way he was viewed in the last year of his life.
Minnesota is getting another $7 million in federal aid to help low-income customers pay their heating bills.
Lessons from a war-zone coffee shop
Deborah Rodriguez dealt with patrons of all kinds when she ran a hair salon in Afghanistan. She wrote a memoir of that time called "Kabul Beauty School." Now she's turned to fiction with her first novel "A Cup For Friendship," which is also set in that country.
Chipotle exec responds to Minn. immigration audit
When the Chipotle Mexican Grill dismissed hundreds of workers in Minnesota because they failed to produce proper documents allowing them to legally work in the United States, it sparked a backlash from some former employees and labor activists.
Shawn Neudauer, spokesman for U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Twin Cities, responded to questions from MPR reporter Sasha Aslanian about worksite enforcement.