Social Issues

July 22, 2008 2:55 AM

Chippewa bands can't agree how to split multi-million dollar settlement

The six bands of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe have more than $20 million in a legal settlement, but they can't agree how much each band should get.

by Tom Robertson

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July 21, 2008 2:00 AM

Vento Sanctuary acquires neighboring industrial facility

A unique urban nature sanctuary next to downtown St. Paul may grow to include an interpretive center. A long awaited land deal has been completed to acquire an abandoned building next to the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary.

by Dan Olson

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July 18, 2008 7:20 AM

Judge rules school did not discriminate

A federal judge in St. Paul has ruled against 13 immigrant students who claimed a Minneapolis alternative school discriminated against them by badly educating them.

by Elizabeth Stawicki

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July 17, 2008 7:05 AM

Minnesota's population is rising

New population estimates show the Twin Cities region continues to grow by nearly 30,000 people a year.

by Dan Olson

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July 14, 2008 3:00 PM

'Hamlet' with a northwoods twist

Lin Enger's new novel, "Undiscovered Country," explores the effect of a northern Minnesota man's apparent suicide on his family. The story is a reworking of the themes in "Hamlet."

by Euan Kerr

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July 13, 2008 3:00 PM

Minnesota entered statehood with an economic whimper

Our current mortgage meltdown crisis is a modern day version of a spectacular collapse 150 years ago.

by Dan Olson

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July 11, 2008 4:00 PM

Film director celebrates 1994

While 1994 may not stick out in many people's minds as being one of the watershed years of U.S. history, it does for film director Jonathan Levine. "Much like 1776, just with more rap music," he says. It's the year he set his new film "The Wackness."

by Euan Kerr

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July 11, 2008 2:41 PM

Anniversary of the first test tube baby

The world's first test tube baby was born 30 years ago this month, and launched a reproductive revolution. Midmorning discusses the impact of this success, and the future of in vitro fertilization.

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July 10, 2008 4:45 PM

Sundance hopes to inspire Indian filmmakers

Representatives of the organization which runs the famed Sundance Film Festival are in Minnesota to encourage filmmaking in the state's Indian communities.

by Euan Kerr