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Social Issues

Life Without Children

Life Without Children

Midmorning explores recent research that shows how the increasing absence of children in adult lives is changing everything from zoning policies to the entertainment industry to our current political landscape.

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Red Lake tribe faces water rights challenge

Red Lake tribe faces water rights challenge

Every few years, a white angler is caught on the wrong side of the Red Lake boundary. When that happens, the tribe confiscates equipment and charges the offender with trespassing. Now, some people are challenging the tribe's water rights within the reservation.
by Tom Robertson

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Tribal refinery plan draws national attention

Tribal refinery plan draws national attention

A proposed oil refinery on the Fort Berthold Indian reservation is seen as a solution to poverty by tribal leaders. But the plan has many critics and skeptics.

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Castro's Cuba

Castro's Cuba

A few weeks ago, thousands of Cuban-Americans celebrated news that Cuban President Fidel Castro was in the hospital. They eagerly awaited word of his death and the regime change they hoped would follow. But it seems they broke out the cigars a little prematurely.
by Nikki Tundel

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Minneapolis fire chief accused of civil rights violation

Minneapolis fire chief accused of civil rights violation

A civil rights investigation found probable cause that Fire Chief Bonnie Bleskachek retaliated against a male firefighter and denied him advancement opportunities. It also found evidence the department gave preferential treatment to women, especially lesbians.

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Hatch renews call for embryonic stem cell research

Hatch renews call for embryonic stem cell research

DFL candidate for governor Mike Hatch is trying to make embryonic stem cell research a key issue in this year's campaign. For the second time in a month, Hatch held a news conference to propose a $100 million state investment in stem cell research.
by Tim Pugmire

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The good and the bad of gentrification

The good and the bad of gentrification

When a neighborhood is gentrified it can be traumatic both for long-time residents, and the newcomers. A new movie called "Quinceanera" examines the struggles of a quickly changing neighborhood in Los Angeles where different cultures and generations grind against each other in unexpected ways.
by Euan Kerr

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Two Minnesota voices for human rights

Two Minnesota voices for human rights

Voices of Minnesota visits two activists: Dr. Steve Miles and Laura Waterman Wittstock. Miles is author of a new book about the role American physicians played in torture in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wittstock is the first American Indian to win the coveted Louis W. Hill Jr. fellowship in philanthropy at the University of Minnesota.

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Increasingly diverse demographics in the US

Increasingly diverse demographics in the US

The latest figures from the U.S. Census suggest parts of the U.S. are becoming diverse more rapidly than anticipated, including Minnesota.

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Katrina by the numbers

Katrina by the numbers

It's been nearly a year since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. How do you sum up the largest natural disaster in U.S. history?
by Nikki Tundel

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