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Social Issues

After Orlando, Twin Cities Pride will boost security

After Orlando, Twin Cities Pride will boost security

Twin Cities Pride organizers say this year's festivities will have an increased security presence following Sunday's massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub that killed 50 people and injured dozens more.
by Jon Collins

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A reprieve for Lowry Grove: 11th-hour bid might save mobile home park

A reprieve for Lowry Grove: 11th-hour bid might save mobile home park

The Lowry Grove mobile home park in St. Anthony was set to be sold to a developer. But some of the park's residents rallied to save it. With the help of an affordable-housing nonprofit, they just might have done it.
by Tracy Mumford

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New memorial to honor Hmong and Lao veterans

This weekend a new memorial will be unveiled on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. The Minnesota Memorial to Special Forces in Laos honors the tens of thousands of Hmong and other southeast Asian people who fought for the United States in Laos. MPR's Marianne Combs talked with Minnesota Senator Foung Hawj and Ly Vang, who served as a young nurse during the war.

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Refinancing student debt

Minnesota ranks fifth in the nation for student debt, and fourth for its proportion of students shouldering college debt loads.

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One resident's $6 million, Hail Mary plan to save her mobile home park

One resident's $6 million, Hail Mary plan to save her mobile home park

Antonia Alvarez has spent a decade advocating for immigration, transportation and housing rights. Now, with the impending closure of St. Anthony's Lowry Grove mobile home park, the fight has become personal. She has until Saturday to raise $6 million to save the neighborhood.
by Tracy Mumford

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The evolution of LGBT rights under Obama

The evolution of LGBT rights under Obama

Much has changed during the Obama administration -- including the legalization of same-sex marriage. The president praised that Supreme Court decision, but activists have not always applauded him.
by Scott Horsley

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How artist lofts became white segregated subsidised housing

A University of Minnesota research paper, "White Segregated Subsidized Housing ," has sparked a debate about why artists' lofts are predominately occupied by white artists. Marianne Combs will explore why 82 percent of people living in the artist housing in Minnesota were white.

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