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Social Issues

Protest as social action

Protest as social action

During the Republican National Convention, 818 activists were arrested during street protests as well as preemptive raids. Midmorning examines the purpose of protest and explores its role in social movements.

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Where's that girl power?

Where's that girl power?

Women in university classrooms succeed at similar rates to their male peers, but researchers find a disconnect once women get into the workforce. Midmorning examines why success in school is not a predictor of success in the workplace for women.

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Jailed protesters criticize police actions

Jailed protesters criticize police actions

The Republican National Convention wraps up tonight, following several days of protests and more than 300 arrests. As the first detainees charged with gross misdemeanors or felonies were released yesterday, many said police arrested them without cause.
by Jessica Mador

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Free speech doesn't draw a crowd

Free speech doesn't draw a crowd

You don't have to have credentials to speak to delegates at the Republican National Convention this week. That's because the city of St. Paul a free speech venue, called the open forum stage.
by Tim Post

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Singer Janis Ian reminisces about her career on the edge

Singer Janis Ian reminisces about her career on the edge

At age 15, Janis Ian recorded a song that many considered too controversial for its time. Forty years later, her autobiography of the same title, "Society's Child," describes how music has guided her life through early protest concerts, and shored up her social causes today.

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Author alleges Bush invented evidence to invade Iraq

Author alleges Bush invented evidence to invade Iraq

Journalist and author Ron Suskind alleges in this latest book that the Bush administration knew there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the 2003 invasion. He claims that the president's advisers, with the help of the CIA, invented the evidence.

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Racist symbol found at St. Cloud State University

Racist symbol found at St. Cloud State University

In the latest incident on Monday, residence hall staff found three Ks cut out of construction paper and taped in an elevator -- possibly a reference to the Ku Klux Klan.

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Authorities say splinter groups caused most of protest violence

Authorities say splinter groups caused most of protest violence

Though nearly 300 protesters were arrested on the first day of the Republican National Convention, St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman said he feels the officers' actions were nothing short of heroic.
by Elizabeth Stawicki and Michael Caputo

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