Scholars and activists say the latest demonstrations in Missouri, aren't just about another police shooting. They reflect unaddressed racial disparities going back generations.
Russell Lehmann, who has autism, suffered a major meltdown at the airport in June. An airline employee saw him and tried to help. That "meant the world," Russell says, and changed his life.
Lauren Hughes and Alex Junge are friends who both work at Midwest Special Services in the Twin Cities. They recently sat down in the StoryCorps Airstream trailer for a conversation about life with autism.
The executive director of Jewish Social Services of Madison said the graffiti was particularly disturbing because Wednesday was the start of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. The graffiti has since been cleaned off.
Direct support professionals play vital roles helping people with disabilities live as independently as possible. It's not easy work. MPR News spent some time recently with caregivers and clients at one Minnesota group home. Here's what we found.
The tech investor dives into the lawsuit that thrust her into the national spotlight and the workplace conditions that prompted it. She says firms are largely applying "tepid diversity solutions."
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talked to Melisande Short-Colomb, whose family was once enslaved by Georgetown University. Now, at 63, Short-Colomb has enrolled as a freshman there.