Social Issues

WNBA president wants teams to have community conversations
WNBA president Lisa Borders outlined a plan to have teams and players hold conversations in the community similar to what Carmelo Anthony and the U.S. Olympic basketball teams did in Los Angeles last month.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Adam Grant on 'Originals'
An Aspen Lecture by Adam Grant, author of "Originals." He shares the most important things he's learned about the people who come up with new ideas, speak up, and speak out of turn. And why there's danger in intuition and the lessons of experience. Some ideas on how to be original, and how to unleash it in others around you.
Two decades ago, Republicans and Democrats in Congress came together to make historic changes to our nation's welfare program. What are the lasting impact of those changes?
Update on Dakota Access Pipeline protests
Developers of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a pipeline that would move oil from the Bakken oil field past the southwestern tip of Minnesota to Illinois, have agreed to stop construction near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation until a court hearing next week. Tom Weber talked with Lauren Donovan, a reporter with The Bismarck Tribune, for an update on the controversy and the project.