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Social Issues

Novel explores the horror of West Indian slavery

Novel explores the horror of West Indian slavery

Writer Marlon James is being hailed as a new voice of Jamaican literature - which is pretty remarkable given he lives in St Paul.
by Euan Kerr

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Heating assistance requests up ten percent

Heating assistance requests up ten percent

A record numnber of Minnesota families need help with their heating bills this winter. So far, about ten percent more families have been served by the state's low income energy assistance program.
by Tom Robertson

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Somalis worried after suicide bomber details emerge

Somalis worried after suicide bomber details emerge

FBI director Robert Mueller this week said a Minneapolis man could be the first U.S. citizen to carry out a suicide bombing overseas.
by Laura Yuen

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Soldier suicides on the rise

Soldier suicides on the rise

Midmorning rebroadcasts a conversation about the rise in suicides among U.S. soldiers, and checks in with a reporter who's been covering the military's handling of post-traumatic stress syndrome and other mental health issues.
by Mark Benjamin

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Funeral business might not be as recession-proof as once thought

Funeral business might not be as recession-proof as once thought

Funeral homes were once thought to be recession-proof businesses. But funeral directors across the country are discovering they're not immune from this troubled economy.
by Tom Robertson

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Gwen Ifill looks at race and politics in America

Gwen Ifill looks at race and politics in America

Veteran journalist Gwen Ifill looks at the transformation of black politics in America, from the post-Reconstruction era to the election of President Barack Obama.

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Rights groups say Somalis being stopped, questioned

Rights groups say Somalis being stopped, questioned

Ever since news broke a few months ago on the disappearances of young Somali men from the Twin Cities, local Somali residents say federal investigators have been randomly stopping people to ask them questions at malls, college campuses, and the airport. One civil-rights group representing Muslims in the U.S. has compared the questioning to a fishing expedition.
by Laura Yuen

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Dr. Billy Taylor comes to celebrate MLK

Dr. Billy Taylor comes to celebrate MLK

There is a rare treat for Twin Cities music fans this weekend when jazz piano legend Dr. Billy Taylor comes to perform with the VocalEssence.
by Euan Kerr

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Federal court rules against autism-vaccine link

A federal court has rejected the claims of three families that the measles vaccine caused their children's autism. The ruling is a blow to advocates of a link between autism and vaccines.

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