Social Issues

The revolution, part 4: 12-year-old experts
In 1979, 20 middle-schoolers at the Fayerweather Street School, a private school in Cambridge, Mass., wrote "The Kids' Book of Divorce: By, For & About Kids," as a class project.
The revolution, part 2: Unforgettable endings
I looked around my book group one night and realized we were almost all children of the 1970s divorce boom.
A visit to divorce class
Hennepin County used to require children of divorcing parents to attend a three-hour class, to help them understand the changes they were experiencing in their families. We visit one of those classes.
'Into Temptation' puts a modern slant on a priestly story
The city of Minneapolis is one of the stars of "Into Temptation," a new movie that gets its world premiere at the Edina Theater on Thursday.
Details emerge about Somali terrorists' recruiting methods
One young man attended secret meetings in Minneapolis. Another got a phone call, urging him to leave Minnesota and go to Somalia to fight. Terrorist training videos featuring English speakers pepper YouTube, calling others to the cause.
Children could no longer drink in Wisconsin bars and restaurants under a bill scheduled to be heard Tuesday by a state Assembly committee.
The enemy you know
A veteran argues that women in the military suffer from unequal treatment -- and worse.
The federal government awarded about $1 million to three American Indian organizations in Minnesota today, as part of a $6.7 million stimulus grant to combat violence against women.
Creative minds can help newspapers evolve and survive
A former journalist sees hope for news organizations that find ways to gather their audiences together.
The challenge of forgiveness
When both the Lockerbie bomber and disgraced quarterback Michael Vick were released back to society, some people were outraged. But one scientist suggests that we have evolved to forgive, alongside biblical traditions of redeeming sins.