Social Issues

Helping transgender people find their voice
Speech therapist Wendy Chase helps transgender people make their voices sound like their gender identity. She says how people communicate affects how they are perceived.
Hakeem Rahim takes us on a personal journey in which he discovers as a student at Harvard University that his life was spinning out of his control.
In our on-going coverage of mental health issues MPR News host Tom Weber looks at the invisible support that contributes to mental health services.
Children lead peace march in Minneapolis
The young demonstrators, sweating in the day's heat, carried colorful signs that read Black Minds Matter, Equal Rights For All and Vote for My Future. Many of them wore red tape in the form of an X on the backs of their small shirts, so passing drivers could more easily see them.
MPR News host Tom Weber takes a look at how growing caseloads and undiagnosed mental health issues pose challenges in schools.
'How to Make White People Laugh': A crash course
Iranian-American comedian and filmmaker Negin Farsad said there's comedy that comes from "not being ashamed to talk about identity in a world where just the mere mention of the word 'Muslim' is considered political and heated."