Social Issues

In their own words: Raho Warsame
Raho Warsame, 51, is a single mother of four grown children and property manager with the Project for Pride in Living in Minneapolis.
Civil War Kids: Young Somalis in Minnesota
Tens of thousands of Somalis escaped a brutal civil war, and now call Minnesota home. This is a glimpse into the stories of young Somalis confronting violence in their community, struggling with the psychological scars that the bloodshed in their homeland left behind and becoming stronger siblings, friends and leaders in the process.
Civil War Kids: Young Somalis in Minnesota
Tens of thousands of Somalis escaped a brutal civil war, and now call Minnesota home. This is a glimpse into the stories of young Somalis confronting violence in their community, struggling with the psychological scars that the bloodshed in their homeland left behind and becoming stronger siblings, friends and leaders in the process.
Abortion opponents hold annual Capitol rally
Abortion opponents held their annual rally outside the Capitol Friday, to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision which legalized abortion.
Photo gallery: Civil War Kids
Images of the Somali community in Minnesota.
A Somali man who pleaded guilty in Minnesota to a terror-related charge is being released to a halfway house.
Documentary: 'No Jews Allowed'
Midday rebroadcasts a 1992 documentary, "No Jews Allowed," which looks back at the anti-Semitism in Minneapolis in the 1930s and 1940s. Those feelings were so strong that a prominent journalist called Minneapolis "the capital of anti-Semitism in the United States."
Freelance journalists often face big-league dangers
Struggling to launch careers in a difficult media market, young journalists take risks without assurance of support from home.