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Social Issues

Rainbow reverses course on food donations

The company that owns Rainbow Foods says Rainbow will resume its donations to area food shelves. Rainbow had stopped allowing food banks and others to pick up baked goods and produce it was clearing off its shelves. The chain's owner, Roundy's, now says baked goods will be available again starting Friday, and produce donations should resume within a few weeks. CEO Rob Mariano spoke with MPR's Jeff Horwich.

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Community leaders discouraged by immigrant study

A panel of Twin Cities community leaders say they're discouraged by the attitudes of Minnesotans who are fed up with immigrants. The panelists were brought together by the Minnesota Community Project to debunk misperceptions about immigrants.

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Rainbow curbs food shelf donations

This month, food shelves around the Twin Cities find themselves short thousands of pounds of fruits, vegetables, and bread they had expected. Rainbow Foods, one of the state's largest grocery chains, abruptly stopped donating its leftover produce and day-old baked goods.

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Thurgood Marshall Before the Court

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. But Marshall had already earned a place in history as the leader of an extraordinary legal campaign against racial segregation in America, culminating in the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education. This American RadioWorks documentary tells the story of the first Black Supreme Court Justice before he donned his judicial robes.

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Critical attitudes about immigrants not 'Minnesota Nice'

Minnesotans' attitudes about the role of government, community and immigration are changing for the worse, say the authors of a report. The Minnesota Community Project expressed dismay over data which show a streak of hostility toward immigrants, especially by people living in the outer-ring suburbs.

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Vikings legend Carl Eller

When former Minnesota Viking Carl Eller was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this summer, he vowed to use the honor to lead young African-American males "toward the great colleges and universities of our nation, not to prisons and jail cells." Eller will be honored during the half-time ceremony at Sunday's Vikings game.

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First African World AIDS Day takes place Saturday

On Saturday, hundreds of African immigrants will converge on a Minneapolis community center for the state's first ever African World AIDS Day. It's part of an ongoing effort to educate the African-born community about HIV and AIDS. It's a population that's been especially hard hit by the disease.

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Keeping the food shelves stocked

Midmorning takes a look at the business of food banks. The chief executive of America's largest hunger relief organization talks about the process of supplying local food shelves and helping the hungry.

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Imagination and memory on stage in new show

Everyone experiences the world differently -- some more differently than others. It's those differences that make understanding one another so difficult sometimes.

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