Social Issues

In St. Paul schools, gender-neutral bathrooms have proven safer for all students
Gender-neutral bathrooms in schools have been the focus of questions and political debate across the country. Johnson Senior High School in St. Paul, which made all of its bathrooms gender neutral in 2016, has some answers.
These 2020 census results break down people's race and ethnicity into details
The U.S. census asked for more details about people's race and ethnicity in 2020 than ever before. New results show how many responded with identities such as Irish, Jamaican, Arab and Salvadoran.
White supremacist rhetoric banners wave over Wayzata's Highway 12
A small group of people gathered over the weekend in Wayzata, Minn., on a pedestrian bridge over Highway 12, displaying banners and signs with white supremacist rhetoric on them.  
Surge of interest in K-12 Solar for Schools program
More K-12 school districts are installing solar energy systems, saving them thousands of dollars in utility bills. But initial startup costs can halt a lot of them in their tracks. A state grant program allows more districts to make the transition to solar energy.
Practitioner works to erase stigma some Black Minnesotans feel about mental health care
Adejoke Adedeji, owner of Nexus of Hope, started the psychiatric clinic after a personal experience with mental illness. Now, she serves as a vital resource for Minnesota Nigerians and other people of color seeking culturally inclusive mental health care.
First Rondo descendent buys home using St. Paul's Inheritance Fund
A young St. Paul man is the first person to buy a home using the city’s Inheritance Fund. The goal of the new program is to rebuild intergenerational wealth for the descendants of people in the historically Black Rondo neighborhood who lost their homes and businesses to Interstate 94 in the 1950s.