Social Issues

How the Myers-Briggs personality test began in a living room laboratory
"The language of type can be immensely clarifying," says author Merve Emre. In The Personality Brokers she describes how a mother-daughter duo started a multi-million dollar "people sorting" industry.
Red Lake Nation, Frey offer surprise option for homeless camp in Minneapolis
The Red Lake Nation and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday announced a new site to build a temporary shelter for residents of a homeless encampment that's swelled to an estimated 300 people near Hiawatha and Franklin avenues.
MN Rep. Jim Knoblach ends campaign ahead of MPR abuse allegations story
Republican state Rep. Jim Knoblach abruptly ended his re-election campaign Friday as MPR News prepared to publish detailed accusations from his daughter of inappropriate behavior toward her since childhood. Jim Knoblach says the accusations by his daughter are false.
Mpls. council grapples with where to move homeless encampment
The Minneapolis City Council is struggling to decide where to relocate residents of a homeless encampment that now resides in south Minneapolis. In a divided vote, council members recommended the site near the schools, a city-owned 1.5-acre lot at East 26th Street and Minnehaha Avenue.
Trump's immigrant roundups increasingly net noncriminals
A daughter who never returned home, a son gunned down point-blank, a mom who was brutally attacked — all deaths at the hands of immigrants in the country illegally, all gripping stories the White House has been eager to share.
Judge: 'Disinformation' from nurse led to child being separated from mother
A Morrison County judge said "disinformation" from a nurse in St. Cloud led a county social worker to suspect Amanda Weber of medical neglect. But evidence at a trial showed that Weber had taken proper care of her boy.