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Social Issues

McCollum puts pressure on Rwandan gov't over Erlinder

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., is trying to turn up the heat on the Rwandan government over the detention of Peter Erlinder, a St. Paul law professor.
by Laura Yuen

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Airport terminal names may be headed for a hard landing

Airport terminal names may be headed for a hard landing

No government authority can tell a sentimental people to start calling Lindbergh No. 1 and Humphrey No. 2.
by N.M. Kelby

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With strike looming, nurses, hospitals report no progress

Talks between 14 Twin Cities hospitals and a union representating thousands of nurses concluded Friday afternoon with no movement toward a settlement.
by Jessica Mador

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Don't underestimate the power of cheese

Don't underestimate the power of cheese

Of all the foods that remind an Arab-American of his country of origin, one stands out.
by Ahmed Tharwat

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Fifty years later, the Pill's legacy examined

Fifty years later, the Pill's legacy examined

The Pill promised freedom from unwanted pregnancy and, some feared, a total breakdown in morality. University of Minnesota professor Elaine Tyler May writes in her new book that oral contraceptives changed women's lives, but not in ways people predicted 50 years ago.

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Detained law professor back in Rwandan jail after hospital scare

After a second trip to a Rwandan hospital, Peter Erlinder is back in a jail cell and will be interrogated by police again Friday morning, said one of his attorneys.
by Laura Yuen

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"Winter's Bone" examines rural poverty

"Winter's Bone" examines rural poverty

Film director Debra Granik knew she'd have a challenge portraying the complexities of life in isolated communities in the Ozarks. Her film "Winter's Bone" is getting praise from both critics and the people whose story she tells.
by Euan Kerr

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ICE quietly relaxes ban on using stun guns on jailed detainees

ICE quietly relaxes ban on using stun guns on jailed detainees

When a Sherburne County Sheriff's deputy used a stun gun on a detained immigrant in 2007, he did not break jail rules. But the deputy appeared to violate standards set by the federal immigration officials for the treatment of detainees.
by Sasha Aslanian

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News Cut: Multiple suicides plague some area schools

A 17-year Woodbury High School student killed himself yesterday, the second student suicide there in the last month. A 9th grader in Mounds View killed herself at her home last weekend. She wasn't the first student in the district this year to take her own life, either.

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