Social Issues

Improving response to domestic violence in Minnesota
The way domestic violence cases are handled in Minneapolis is drawing criticism after a study found some big gaps in the process. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the author of the report and someone who works with survivors and abusers.
Hennepin County treatment court graduates commit to long-term recovery at first ceremony since COVID
Since 1996, state treatment courts have provided an alternative to incarceration for some who enter the criminal justice system. Participants make regular appearances in front of a judge, are supervised under a probation officer and must submit to random drug and alcohol testing.
Denied abortion for a doomed pregnancy, she tells Texas court: 'There was no mercy'
Women who had complicated and tragic pregnancies are suing Texas over its abortion bans. A hearing had emotional testimony in an Austin courtroom Wednesday. The state wants the case dismissed.
'Refugees in the USA': Transgender care bans cause families to pull up stakes
In a year that saw polarized policymaking around gender care access, MPR News and KUER teamed up to tell the story of how gender-affirming care bans and care shields are affecting access in Minnesota and Utah.
 Inside the Supreme Court’s web designer ruling
The Supreme Court ruled in support of a wedding web designer who denied business to same-sex couples. MPR News host Angela Davis talks why this decision is significant and what companies gain or lose by marketing to LGBTQ+ people.
Nineties Black cinema returns to Minneapolis this summer
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, with the guidance of poet and New York Times bestseller Hanif Abdurraqib, is set to host a public summer screening series of five influential films from the ‘90s by Black filmmakers.