Social Issues

February 4, 2009 4:52 PM

Homeland Security to meet with Somali community leaders

Officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are visiting Minneapolis this week. The agency says it wants to build better relationships with the area's Somali community, which has been shaken by the recent disappearances of young men.

by Laura Yuen

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February 3, 2009 6:00 PM

Hedwig comes to town

A local producer is launching a new interactive movie program in the Twin Cities, and as a result, Hedwig is coming to town. Later this week the creator, star and director of the cult film "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" will appear as the first guest of "The Talkies" at the Heights Theater in Columbia Heights.

by Euan Kerr

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February 2, 2009 5:45 PM

Kirk Anderson revisits his 'Banana Republic'

Kirk Anderson drew the "Banana Republic: Adventures in Amnesia" strip for the Editorial pages of the Star Tribune. He wanted to spur debate on national and local political issues by creating a story about how a third world dictatorship deals with those same topics. The strips are now being published as a book.

by Euan Kerr

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January 30, 2009 5:15 PM

Duluth braces for LGA cuts

Duluth officials are trying to come to terms with their most recent budget crisis -- cuts in Local Government Aid announced this week by Governor Pawlenty. Even though the cuts are not as big as once anticipated, city officials say they have little left to cut after struggling to fix the budget last year.

by Bob Kelleher

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January 30, 2009 8:47 AM

Gwen Ifill analyzes the Obama 'breakthrough'

Gwen Ifill, host of PBS' "Washington Week," discusses her new book, "The Breakthrough: Politics in the Age of Obama," with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert. Ifill appeared at the JFK Library last week.

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January 29, 2009 6:10 PM

Twin Cities restaurateur raises money for food shelves at Super Bowl

Superbowl Sunday is almost here. It's a day for sports, sure, but also for snacks. But none of us will be eating as well this weekend as Wayne Kostroski. For the last 16 years, Kostroski has organized a superbowl feast featuring top chefs from all 31 NFL cities. He's the co-founder of Cuisine Concepts, based in Edina, which owns Bar Abaline, Tejas and the Franklin Street Bakery.

by Tom Crann

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January 28, 2009 3:15 PM

From Bhutan to Minnesota, their journey is not over

A little-known group of refugees is quietly settling in the Twin Cities. They're from Bhutan, a tiny country between India and China.

by Laura Yuen

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January 28, 2009 11:58 AM

Indian tribes could get almost $3B in stimulus

The money includes hundreds of millions of dollars for schools, health clinics, roads, law enforcement and water projects on reservation lands throughout the country.

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January 28, 2009 12:00 AM

Dying a good death

Medical advances and new medications have the power to save and prolong lives, but also can make death a slow and painful process. Two local doctors say the medical community, and society at large, need to have a renewed discussion about the way we die.

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January 27, 2009 3:02 PM

Slideshow: A Bhutanese Community in St. Paul

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