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Social Issues

The growth of "green fashion"

The growth of "green fashion"

Midmorning looks at the environmental and social costs of disposable clothing, and how that's leading some consumers to purchase more ecologically friendly threads.

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Identifying with a gender

Identifying with a gender

More options are now available to individuals who identify themselves as transgender. Midmorning discusses the unique challenges that transgender people face in society.

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Legal aid's biggest activist is moving on

He is known as the Happy Warrior of Legal Aid. Bruce Beneke is stepping down after 30 years as the head of the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services. It is the state's oldest and second-largest legal aid organization.

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Ministry to all

Ministry to all

Archbishop Harry Flynn has forbidden communion at a symposium on ministering to gay Roman Catholics. Midmorning discusses the challenge of ministering to homosexuals within the church.

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Youth on the streets

Youth on the streets

A report on homelessness in Minnesota finds the number of kids alone, on the streets and in shelters, is growing, and an increasing number of young people are being turned away from shelter for lack of beds. Midmorning talks with two guests about how the system is failing, and about the culture of homeless youth.

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Minnesota's invisible homeless youth

Minnesota's invisible homeless youth

On any given night in Minnesota, nearly 650 kids under 18 are on the streets and on their own. Street outreach workers talk about why these young people are so hard to see.
by Larissa Anderson

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