Social Issues

Meet a few of the neighbors who rely on GAMC
From veterans to skilled workers, people in destitution need health care to help them get back on their feet.
Universities push to get students in Census 2010
Colleges, universities and their surrounding communities have a financial interest in making sure all of their students get counted in the census, so public relations campaigns are popping up on campuses all over the country.
Minnesotans with ties to Chile are working to contact relatives after a major earthquake struck the South American nation overnight.
Somali envoy to US accepts 'tall order' of new job
Somalia must rekindle its diplomatic relationship with the United States to help rebuild the country and protect the security of both countries, the first Somali diplomat assigned to the United States in two decades said in an interview.
Participants are encouraged to bring donations to support Haitians at this year's Walk to Cure Diabetes at the Mall of America.
Group homes for troubled teens closing after 18 years
Hearthstone of Minnesota, a Twin Cities nonprofit that ran small group homes for deeply troubled teens, closed its doors Friday.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis says donations to Haiti earthquake relief from its 217 parishes together with online contributions have exceeded $1 million.
Slideshow: New citizens welcomed
More than 220 people from 50 nations became new U.S. citizens Thursday at a naturalization ceremony at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.
The union representing over 460 city of Duluth workers has filed its official intent to strike.