Social Issues

March 30, 2008 3:00 PM

Colleges brace for thinning population of high school graduates

A new study predicts the number of Minnesota high school students heading to college reaches a peak this year and next, then steadily falls off.

by Art Hughes

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March 28, 2008 4:00 PM

Students find their calling in the ROTC

Support for the Iraq war is down, but the number of college students completing Army officer training is on the rise.

by Nikki Tundel

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March 27, 2008 3:03 PM

Who are you after Alzheimer's?

As researchers struggle to understand the science behind Alzheimer's, one author uses the main character of her novel to explore the early-onset experience of this deadly disease.

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March 26, 2008 9:31 AM

New group launched to fight illegal drug use

Minnesota will soon have new group fighting illegal drug use in the state. It's called the Partnership for a Drug-Free Minnesota. It's a local chapter of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, which is best known for its anti-drug campaigns in print and broadcast media. Carol Falkowski, the director of the Chemical Health Division at the Minnesota Department of Human Services, was instrumental in forming the chapter.

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March 26, 2008 3:00 AM

Grandparents are more often raising their kids' kids

The number of children who are being raised by their grandparents in Minnesota has more than doubled since the 1990s. When grandparents step in to care for their grandchildren, they face lots of challenges.

by Nanci Olesen

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March 25, 2008 3:02 PM

Living a year of theater

Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks talks about what it takes to produce a play a day. The Pulitzer Prize winner is also poised to direct her dream play.

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March 25, 2008 12:00 AM

A giant step toward manmade life

Scientists have stitched together the chemical components of an entire bacterium. Midmorning looks at the ethical implications of this feat, and finds out what other building blocks of life they've discovered.

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March 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Politics in a patchwork nation

Reporter Dante Chinni joins Midmorning to discuss a new project that aims to take apart the myth of the red-blue political divide.

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March 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Impure altruism

Two economists set out to do an experiment on the effect of matching gifts on fundraising efforts. The results raised some interesting questions about the effectiveness of fundraising, and the nature of philanthropy.