Social Issues

January 7, 2011 5:16 PM

FBI asks about Dakota activist's controversial speech

A Minnesota American Indian scholar's remarks that the Dakota people might have to reclaim lost tribal lands "by any means necessary" has drawn the scrutiny of federal authorities.

by Laura Yuen

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January 7, 2011 3:01 PM

Once-thriving Mpls. LGBT center faces identity crisis

In the past year, District 202, a small Minneapolis nonprofit for gay teens, has all but disintegrated. Its once-thriving community center has closed, and the organization is struggling to stay afloat.

by Madeleine Baran

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January 7, 2011 6:50 AM

Debate over dog park in south Mpls. sparks new conversations on Martin Luther King

A debate over a proposed off-leash dog area at Martin Luther King Park in Minneapolis has divided the opposing camps along largely racial lines, but meetings on the debate have sparked new conversation within the surrounding community.

by Brandt Williams

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January 7, 2011 5:00 AM

A win-win approach to solving public problems

Minnesotans are already generous, but better tax advantages might help them give even more.

by Dan Wascoe

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January 6, 2011 5:30 PM

A snowsuit tells tales of terror

Few people would link a toddler's snowsuit with the horrors of totalitarianism. Yet this weekend at the Walker Art Center some eastern European performers are doing just that. In "Show Your Face!" the snowsuit comes alive through a mixture of puppetry, movement and music.

by Euan Kerr

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January 6, 2011 1:21 PM

Hmong community, military leader Vang Pao dies at 81

Gen. Vang Pao, a key U.S. ally during the Vietnam War, died Thursday near Fresno, Calif. He was 81. The military leader is described by admirers as a warrior chieftain of the 18 Hmong clans he helped lead.

by Dan Olson

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January 6, 2011 11:55 AM

BBC: Must today's values be applied to all literature?

There is a new edition of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn in which the offensive racial epithets "injun" and "nigger" are replaced by "Indian" and "slave" respectively and there is a huge debate about the changes.

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January 5, 2011 2:29 PM

Census: Number of poor is millions higher

The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions higher than previously known, with 1 in 6 Americans - many of them 65 and older - struggling in poverty due to rising medical care and other costs, according to preliminary census figures released Wednesday.