Social Issues

A group of American Indians in Minnesota is suing officials with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in an effort to restore its federal recognition as an Indian tribe.
Pew study: 95,000 illegal immigrants in Minnesota
That number is down from an estimated 110,000 a year earlier. The numbers are deep in a national report that says illegal immigration has dropped for the nation as a whole, partly due to the poor economy.
Couple's campaign changes newspaper's same-sex announcements policy
Kristy Wilke and Jessica Kitzman, both 26, plan to marry in Hackensack, Minn. next August. When Wilke's parents tried to take out an announcement in their hometown paper, the Omaha World Herald, the paper denied their request.
Study: Minn.'s immigrant population rising quickly
A new study shows over the past two decades, Minnesota's immigrant population grew more quickly than the national average.
American Indians gathered at Mount Rushmore to mark the 40th anniversary of an occupation of the monument.
Latino 'agripreneurs' move  from workers to owners
Maria Sosa, pictured, is one of the first so-called "agripreneurs," graduates of a of program that trains Latinos to grow organic vegetables and raise free-range chickens in Northfield.
When St. Paul students return to school Sept. 7, they'll find another dozen schools offering the district's unusual breakfast-to-go program.
Feds arrest 370 criminal immigrants in Midwest bust
Federal officials announced Friday they had arrested 370 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally or convicted of other crimes as part of a three-day roundup in the Midwest.
A federal mediation session between the Minnesota Nurses Association and St. Mary's-Duluth Clinic has ended without agreement.
Supporters of Lino Lakes resolution say 'English only' term too divisive
A controversial resolution passed last month by the Lino Lakes City Council encourages the city government to provide official documents only in English, but supporters say don't call the measure "English only".