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Social Issues

One woman's illegal journey

One woman's illegal journey

For many undocumented immigrants from Mexico, crossing the border into the United States is a carefully orchestrated event -- and so is the process of remaining here. One woman now living in Minnesota shares the details of her journey.
by Sanden Totten and Ambar Espinoza

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Immigrants old and new are side by side on Lake St.

Immigrants old and new are side by side on Lake St.

If you're looking for a decent tortilla in Minneapolis, it's hard to go wrong on E. Lake St. That's where you'll find many recent Latino immigrants, and a whole neighborhood of Latino shops. But if you scratch the surface of the Latino culture, you'll find the remnant of another wave of immigration underneath.
by Julie Siple

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Crossing culinary borders

Crossing culinary borders

As the saying goes, you are what you eat. Commentator Nikki Tundel says that makes Americans voracious multiculturalists.
by Nikki Tundel

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Twenty-first century slavery

Highlights from an April 21 University of Minnesota Human Rights Program conference on combatting human trafficking.

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Exploring a changing China

Exploring a changing China

An American writer explores the social and economic transformation of 21st century China.

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Immigration from a labor perspective

Immigration from a labor perspective

The granddaughter of one of the founding members of the U.S. labor movement discusses worker rights and her fight for immigrant rights today.

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Is welfare to work working?

Is welfare to work working?

For the past decade or so, Minnesota has been focused on getting people off welfare and back to work. Experts say the idea worked well initially, but subsequent budget cuts are now forcing people back on public assistance.
by Dan Gunderson

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After Welfare

After Welfare

In August 1996, President Bill Clinton signed a landmark law that fulfilled his promise to "end welfare as we know it." Ten years later, what impact have those reforms had?

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