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Social Issues

Occupy protesters must remove items from Mpls. plaza

Occupy protesters must remove items from Mpls. plaza

Hennepin County authorities said Friday that it's time for anti-Wall Street protesters who have been occupying a plaza outside the government center in Minneapolis to begin removing their items from the grounds.

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Civic leaders to meet on racial disparity problems in Minn.

Minnesota was once on the vanguard of managing social issues. But that's changed, and a group of civic and elected leaders meets Friday to work out a strategy on how to deal with the growing problem.
by Brandt Williams

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Healthy diets necessary for fighting HIV

Healthy diets necessary for fighting HIV

About 6,800 people in Minnesota live with HIV or AIDS. Many of them also are poor, which makes it difficult to maintain healthy diets necessary for fighting the disease.
by Julie Siple

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Number of American Indian children in foster care worries tribal leaders

Number of American Indian children in foster care worries tribal leaders

Each year about 1,500 American Indian children in Minnesota spend time in foster care or other out-of-home-care. In Minnesota, American Indian children are 14 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than white children - the widest such gap in the nation. That worries tribal officials who say the tribes should be able to determine which of their families need intervention, and what kind.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Forced to leave, Hibbing man dies waiting for immigration visa

Forced to leave, Hibbing man dies waiting for immigration visa

For the past decade, a change in immigration law has sent foreign-born spouses of U.S. citizens back to their home countries to obtain visas. For some, it has resulted in a high-stakes waiting game, and that's how 26-year-old Alyssa Garcia lost her husband.
by Laura Yuen

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