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Social Issues

Explaining the Iron Range character

The new Warner Brothers movie, "North Country," being released in October, is based on a legal battle which took place in a Minnesota iron mine in the mid-'70s. Parts of the movie were filmed on the Iron Range. Range native Sally Mayasich gives a tour of her hometown to help explain the area's unique character.

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Hunting season looms after Vang verdict

Publicity over Chai Vang's trial isn't deterring some Hmong immigrants from their hunting plans this season. Vang was found guilty of killing six members of a hunting party in a northern Wisconsin woods last November. Vang's trial put tensions between white hunters and Hmong hunters into sharp focus.

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Katrina puts spotlight on poverty

President Bush has pledged to rebuild the area of the Gulf Coast devastated by Hurricane Katrina. But many say meaningful long-term recovery will only happen if the country addresses the region's poverty in the process.

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Listeners to react to the debate over 'refugee'

People who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina are now scattered across the country, many of them in evacuee camps. Since the start of the disaster, there's been some discussion about whether to describe those people as refugees. Local actor and singer T. Mychael Rambo argues the term "refugee" has negative connotations and racial overtones. Several listeners called MPR with their comments about the subject.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Working for orchestral equality

Marin Alsop made history this summer when she became the first female music director of a major American orchestra. Her appointment reflects the changes in gender balance which have occurred in classical music over the past few decades, including in Minnesota.

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Adopting scrutiny

Minnesotans adopt more children from overseas per capita than any other state in the nation. The question is, why? Some adoption scholars say Minnesotans should examine the trend.

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Amid images of black victims, many ask: Was race a factor?

While Hurricane Katrina had no deliberate target as it ravaged the Gulf Coast, in the aftermath it's clear that the victims are mostly black and mostly poor. So many photographs from the devastation of New Orleans show the same faces: Desperate. Grief-stricken. Black.

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An African-American history lesson from August Wilson

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and one-time St. Paulite August Wilson has revealed that he is dying of liver cancer and may only have months to live. Wilson left Minnesota in 1990 after living here for 12 years, but he made a short homecoming in 1991 to address the University of Minnesota Alumni Association.

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What to donate

Food shelf organizers have some suggestions for how to make your food donations do the most good.

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