A new Twin Cities nonprofit began pushing to get more girls of color involved in local soccer. It found a groundswell of girls who were already embracing the game and looking to play.
Lawmakers thought the immigration debate was over, but a group of House Republicans are agitating for a floor showdown later this month. The House GOP Conference will meet Thursday to strategize.
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A report by Save the Children finds the U.S. ranks 36 out of 175 nations when it comes to child poverty. Within the U.S., nearly a quarter of children growing up in rural America were poor in 2016.
Women are at high risk for getting concussions from domestic violence. A neurologist and a social worker have paired up to try to get women the specific medical help and counseling that they need.
Two guys named Carl walked onto a bus last month in Duluth, one black, one white. They had never met, but bonded over being fathers, transplants to Duluth and a love of barbecue during an emotional journey facing lynchings in America.
A tweet by actress Roseanne Barr, that was widely seen as hateful and racist, led to the cancelation of her show and the start of a social media storm. The public outcry raises questions about free speech.
Roseanne Barr is partly blaming Ambien for the tweet that led to her show's cancellation, but the maker of the insomnia drug quickly retorted that "racism is not a known side effect."
Starbucks closed thousands of stores across the country Tuesday for racial bias training. The sessions were closed to the public, but the company hosted an event for reporters in New York.