Social Issues

January 25, 2008 1:14 PM

Letters from the trenches

A war-zone journalism finds her dispatches to a prominent European magazine don't quite capture what she's feeling as she's reporting. So Carolin Emcke wrote letters to her friends to give them a sense of what conflict really costs.

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January 25, 2008 3:00 AM

Families in limbo over adoptions from Guatemala

Many Minnesotans who adopt internationally choose children from Guatemala. But this year, would-be parents in Minnesota and every other state are finding their pending adoptions threatened, because of a new effort to prevent child trafficking in adoptions from Guatemala.

by Laurie Stern

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January 24, 2008 11:27 PM

St. Cloud State comes together to discuss racism

Hundreds of students and faculty at St. Cloud State University gathered at a forum to talk about racism Thursday. The event comes after several recent incidents of racist graffiti on campus.

by Tim Post

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January 24, 2008 2:58 PM

What is the Hague Convention?

The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption (HCICA) was established in the Netherlands in 1993 as part of an ongoing effort to standardize adoption laws among participating countries.

by Laurie Stern

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January 24, 2008 8:41 AM

Mankato man's death caused by alcohol

The coroner in Nicollet County says a 22-year-old man died last month because of alcohol poisoning.

by Tom Weber

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January 24, 2008 1:43 AM

American Indian products selling big on the Web

The Red Lake Band of Ojibwe in northern Minnesota has developed a booming business on the Internet. The band sells wild rice, jellies and traditional handmade crafts to customers worldwide.

by Tom Robertson

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January 22, 2008 3:14 PM

Loans to fight poverty

Nobel Peace prize winner and micro-lender Muhammad Yunus says the problem of poverty is one that can be solved. Yunus built a $6 billion business in large part by making small business loans, beginning with a $27 loan to Bangladeshi villagers.

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January 22, 2008 2:27 PM

State Patrol: BAC of killed Mankato student was 0.06 percent

Rissa Amen-Reif, the Mankato college student who was struck and killed by a car after attending a sorority party in November, had a blood alcohol level of .06 percent, below the legal level of intoxication, according to the State Patrol.

by Melanie Sommer

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January 22, 2008 2:00 AM

Mpls program promises housing for long-term homeless

Money from Minneapolis and other sources is being used to hire outreach workers who offer homeless people on the street a place to live.

by Dan Olson

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January 21, 2008 5:22 PM

MLK Day job fair draws thousands

Economists and politicians are worried about the economy. Minnesota's state economist said last week that the state is in a recession. Congress is debating a possible stimulus package. What do these uncertain economic times mean for African-Americans?

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