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Social Issues

Minn. food shelves prefer cash to cans

Minn. food shelves prefer cash to cans

It's an important time of the year for the state's food shelves, which bring in a large percentage of their resources at the end of the year. But food shelves hope donors know that a cash donation might help the hungry more than the cans of soup in the back of their cupboard.
by Julie Siple

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Trends in teen drug use

Trends in teen drug use

A new survey from the National Institutes of Health reports that while smoking and drinking by teens is at a record-low, use of natural and synthetic marijuana is on the rise.

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Hundreds mourn Minnesotans who died homeless

Hundreds mourn Minnesotans who died homeless

Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday night to remember those who died while struggling with homelessness this year - 130 Minnesotans whose lives were cut short by violence, depression, frostbite and other symptoms of a life spent on the streets.
by Madeleine Baran

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Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income

Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income

Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans - nearly 1 in 2 - have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.

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Revisiting the Constitution

Revisiting the Constitution

The debate over the nature of the U.S. Constitution goes back to the framers. Jefferson thought it should be updated every few years, while John Adams considered it a sacred text. Into this debate comes Christopher Phillips, who's been asking people across the county to view themselves as framers of our founding document. With faith in our government at an all-time low, he says maybe it's time to make some changes.

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