Social Issues

Women take fall in Nobel scandal for man's alleged misdeeds
The ugly internal feud has already reached the top levels of public life in the Scandinavian nation known for its promotion of gender equality, with the prime minister, the king and the Nobel board weighing in.
How does the BBC World Service cover the U.S. for the rest of the world?
In an age of social media, traditional news organizations must contend with the proliferation of fake news—and fact-based journalism is often denounced as fake.
Anguished families shoulder the biggest burdens of opioid addiction
Nationally, the economic toll of the opioid crisis is in the hundreds of billions. For families of addicts, the losses can include their life savings, peace of mind and a sense of hope.
St. Louis Park unanimously passes first-of-its-kind tenant protection
St. Louis Park's city council unanimously passed its first tenant protection ordinance on Monday night. The ordinance requires landlords to pay the moving expenses of low-income tenants if they decide to raise rents, not renew leases, or re-screen tenants within the first three months of owning a property.