Social Issues

How do news organizations make the decision to receive and publish comments about their stories online? MPR's Tom Crann talked to media analyst David Brauer about that topic.
The Shakopee City Council voted unanimously Monday to appeal a Bureau of Indian Affairs ruling that says the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community can transfer about 750 acres it owns into a tax-exempt trust.
Indian leaders win concessions from KQRS
Indian leaders called for the firing of KQRS Morning Show hosts Tom Barnard and Terri Traen They say last month Barnard and Traen made offensive remarks about members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa and the Shakopee Mdewakanton band.
State picks up bill for butchering, if hunters donate their game
The gun deer hunting season begins on Nov. 3 in Minnesota. The venison donation program, in which hunters give deer meat to food shelves, has been around for three years. But this year, for the first time, the state is picking up the cost of butchering the animals.
'Black Radical' remembers his days as a Minnesota Communist
Nelson Peery grew up in the only black family in Wabasha, Minnsota. It was as an Army soldier during World World II that he learned what racial discrimination meant. When he returned to Minnnesota, he joined the Comunist Party, which he says was the only racially integrated organization a person could join.
A tribute to Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson, the black player who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, died 35 years ago this week. The Kennedy Library in Boston hosted a recent forum on Robinson's life and historical significance.
The challenge of affordable housing
As the Metropolitan Council requires Twin Cities communities to build thousands of units of affordable housing, cities and residents raise concerns about sharing the burden and the opportunity.