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Social Issues

The unemployable man

The unemployable man

Though more Americans are finding jobs, one economist says that a specific group of men will never find work again. Midmorning discusses the waning demand for men with little education.

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Treaty rights supporters to launch fish-off today

Tomorrow is the big walleye fishing season opener in Minnesota, but some Native Americans from the White Earth and Leech Lake bands of Ojibwe plan to violate state law by fishing in Lake Bemidji today. It's part of a rally to draw attention to an 1855 treaty between the Ojibwe and the U.S. government. The bands claim they may have given up land in the treaty, but they kept their right to hunt, fish, and gather in a large section of northern Minnesota.
by Cathy Wurzer and Tom Robertson

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Haitian student beat the odds to finish college

Haitian student beat the odds to finish college

Over the next few weeks, thousands of college students will graduate, and celebrate the end of years of hard work in the classroom. For one Macalester College senior, graduation marks another chapter in a life-long struggle.
by Tim Post

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Poll: Immigration splits Americans

Poll: Immigration splits Americans

The poll, taken earlier this month, found that 74 percent of Hispanics said the country's illegal immigrants mostly contribute to society. Just 35 percent of non-Hispanics agreed.

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Treaty rights to be asserted in different ways

This Saturday is the Minnesota fishing opener, but plans for the Anishinabe fish-off are going ahead. Some members of the White Earth and Leech Lake bands of Ojibwe say they'll intentionally violate state law and fish the day before the opener. Their goal is to draw attention to hunting and fishing treaty rights they claim are guaranteed in an 1855 treaty with the federal government.
by Cathy Wurzer and Tom Robertson

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Civil rights pioneer John Lewis

Civil rights pioneer John Lewis

Atlanta Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis spoke recently at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a group called "the shock troops" of the civil rights movement.

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