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Social Issues

Pride organizers consider moving festival

Officials with this weekend's Twin Cities Pride Festival say they might move the huge event from Loring Park in Minneapolis if they aren't allowed to keep out people with anti-gay messages.
by Rupa Shenoy

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New law to help track missing persons faster

A new law taking effect in Minnesota this summer is designed to help local authorities track missing persons faster.

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Senate passes resolution for PTSD Awareness Day

The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution designating June 27 as National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day.

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Advocates say poverty is expanding in Minnesota

Two long-time Minnesota anti-poverty advocates say poverty in Minnesota is expanding and the biggest expansion is among the state's minority and immigrant populations. They also take issue with numbers showing poverty in Minnesota is low.
by Dan Olson

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Unitarian leader on inclusion's challenges

Unitarian leader on inclusion's challenges

Unitarian Universalist Association President Peter Morales talks about how the religious sect continues to grow. He leads a church that has no creed and, according to Morales, encourages differences of opinion on issues of spirituality and politics.

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Pride Festival tries to bar anti-gay evangelist

The organizers of the Twin Cities Pride Festival are trying to stop an evangelist from attending.

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Minneapolis, St. Paul populations up slightly

Minnesota's two largest cities and the state as a whole showed small increases in population, according to census estimates released Tuesday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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War on Poverty

War on Poverty

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty. He believed a mighty nation could eliminate want. Almost five decades later, nearly 40 million Americans still live in poverty. A new American RadioWorks documentary examines the modern face of poverty and asks why LBJ's dream of a Great Society is still beyond reach.

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A new drug poses hazards for Minnesota youth

A new drug is making its way around young people in the state. Known as K2 or Spice, it's a legal herb mixture that has sickened some students in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities who inhaled it. The high is similar to marijuana. The state also reports heroin and prescription drug use is increasing, while signs of meth addiction appear to be declining.

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