Social Issues

We're talking about funerals—planning ahead for your own and being prepared for others. How can we make the process less stressful, and what do you need to do now to prepare for later?
Past U leaders' racist, anti-Semitic acts stir campus debate
After more than a year of debate, the Board of Regents will hold a special meeting Friday where it will discuss and potentially vote on renaming buildings named for Lotus Delta Coffman, Edward Nicholson, William Middlebrook and Walter Coffey.
A Minneapolis school is immersing students in both Dakota and Ojibwe
There are several native groups that call Minnesota home, including Dakota and Ojibwe. But fewer and fewer people can speak the languages of those groups fluently. Bdote charter school in Minneapolis is trying to change that.
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents will hold a special meeting on Friday to discuss a proposal to rename Coffman Memorial Union and three other buildings on campus. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Regent Abdul Omari about the issue.
Noor trial: Questions resurface over BCA's cop-friendly approach
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents have acknowledged treating cops differently than other people involved in shootings. That deference is a key issue in the trial of ex-Minneapolis officer Mohamed Noor, charged in the shooting death of 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk.