Social Issues

June 10, 2010 2:10 PM

Nine years later, promised $10K for graduates arrives

It's graduation time for Minnesota high schoolers, and for a small group of seniors in Minneapolis and St. Paul -- that very fact also means money for college.

by Tom Weber

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June 10, 2010 12:01 PM

Emmer: Businesses should verify applicants' citizenship

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer says he'd like to require businesses to verify job applicants' immigration status before they hire them.

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June 9, 2010 5:04 PM

McCollum puts pressure on Rwandan gov't over Erlinder

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., is trying to turn up the heat on the Rwandan government over the detention of Peter Erlinder, a St. Paul law professor.

by Laura Yuen

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June 9, 2010 5:00 AM

It's not the marijuana but its prohibition that fuels crime

Minneapolis Mayor Rybak misled people when he blamed users of marijuana for violent crime.

by Mike Meno

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June 8, 2010 5:00 AM

Airport terminal names may be headed for a hard landing

No government authority can tell a sentimental people to start calling Lindbergh No. 1 and Humphrey No. 2.

by N.M. Kelby

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June 4, 2010 3:22 PM

With strike looming, nurses, hospitals report no progress

Talks between 14 Twin Cities hospitals and a union representating thousands of nurses concluded Friday afternoon with no movement toward a settlement.

by Jessica Mador

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June 4, 2010 4:00 AM

Don't underestimate the power of cheese

Of all the foods that remind an Arab-American of his country of origin, one stands out.

by Ahmed Tharwat

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June 4, 2010 12:00 AM

Fifty years later, the Pill's legacy examined

The Pill promised freedom from unwanted pregnancy and, some feared, a total breakdown in morality. University of Minnesota professor Elaine Tyler May writes in her new book that oral contraceptives changed women's lives, but not in ways people predicted 50 years ago.

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June 3, 2010 12:54 PM

Detained law professor back in Rwandan jail after hospital scare

After a second trip to a Rwandan hospital, Peter Erlinder is back in a jail cell and will be interrogated by police again Friday morning, said one of his attorneys.

by Laura Yuen

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June 2, 2010 5:00 PM

"Winter's Bone" examines rural poverty

Film director Debra Granik knew she'd have a challenge portraying the complexities of life in isolated communities in the Ozarks. Her film "Winter's Bone" is getting praise from both critics and the people whose story she tells.

by Euan Kerr

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