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Social Issues

The Youth Radio Project

The Youth Radio Project

Selections from high school and college-age reporters, from MPR's Youth Radio Project. Presented by the series producer, Sasha Aslanian.
by Sasha Aslanian, Paris Porter and Kao Choua Vue

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Starvation shouldn't be a fashion choice

Starvation shouldn't be a fashion choice

It's time we adopted a realistic standard of beauty.
by Erin Matson

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Lack of services making refugee life more difficult

Lack of services making refugee life more difficult

New research at the University of Minnesota shows many of the refugees coming to the Twin Cities aren't getting the mental health services they need, and university researchers are searching for a way to solve that problem just as a new group of refugees arrives.
by Rupa Shenoy

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'Free Geek' program seeks to increase computer ownership

'Free Geek' program seeks to increase computer ownership

A new program opening next month in Minneapolis aims to help low-income people own a computer and have access to the internet.
by Jessica Mador

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Hennepin County holding event to educate veterans about benefits

Hennepin County officials will hold an educational event for veterans this Saturday, aimed at providing information about health care, education and other benefits.
by Madeleine Baran

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Minnesota veterans homes to get controversial TVs

Thirteen flat-screen TVs that Gov. Tim Pawlenty ordered removed from a Minnesota sex offender treatment facility will wind up in veterans homes instead.
by Tim Pugmire

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Franken's first bill--service dogs for veterans--nearly a law

Sen. Al Franken's first piece of legislation--the Service Dogs for Veterans Act--is on its way to the White House for approval.
by Tom Scheck

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Minn. researchers to survey homeless population

More than 800 volunteers will spread out across Minnesota on Thursday to survey the state's homeless population.

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Twenty years on, hope lives for Jacob Wetterling

Twenty years on, hope lives for Jacob Wetterling

It's been 20 years since Jerry and Patty Wetterling's son, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, went missing and little has changed in the case, however it has changed how law enforcement officials handle missing children cases track those who might kidnap or otherwise harm children.
by Phil Picardi, Ambar Espinoza and Elizabeth Dunbar

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