Social Issues

June 16, 2015 8:00 AM

'I identify as black,' Rachel Dolezal says in TV interview

"The timing of it was a shock," the former NAACP official said of her white parents' speaking to the media. "Wow. The timing was completely unexpected."

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June 16, 2015 8:00 AM

New Americans: Finding refuge in Fargo-Moorhead

Families from Iraqi Kurdistan, Nepal, Vietnam, Bosnia, Albania and handful of African nations — Somalia, Sudan, Liberia, Congo, Burundi and others — have discovered an unlikely haven in the Red River Valley.

by Ann Arbor Miller

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June 16, 2015 5:53 AM

Pope's missive on environment, poverty could affect habits of millions

He has said he believes global warming is a moral, and man-made, issue -- angering climate change skeptics.

by Sylvia Poggioli

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June 15, 2015 11:11 AM

Rachel Dolezal resigns as president of Spokane NAACP

Dolezal made news after it emerged that she had been presenting herself as being of mixed race, when she was born to white parents.

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June 12, 2015 2:00 PM

As LGBT activists celebrate Pride, other gay-rights challenges loom

Even as gay-rights activists acknowledge recent victories, they say other challenges remain.

by Nancy Yang

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June 12, 2015 12:02 PM

Counter Stories: Transgender pride

Counter Stories is celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month with special guest Andrea Jenkins.

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June 10, 2015 1:29 PM

Why millennials aren't getting married

The number of adults 25 or older who have never been married is at a record high: 20 percent. What are the implications of this shift?

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June 10, 2015 10:02 AM

Migrants crossing Mediterranean top 100,000 this year

MPR News' Tom Crann looked at why the number of migrants willing to take life-threatening journeys are rising in both Europe and Asia and what the international community is trying to do to stem the tide.

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June 9, 2015 8:30 AM

Who gets to hang out at the pool?

An ugly incident at a Texas pool party in which a police officer drew his gun on several unarmed black teenagers sits against a long history of racialized conflict over who can swim where.

by Gene Demby

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June 7, 2015 5:08 AM

EEOC files lawsuit on behalf of transgender employee

A federal lawsuit alleges a Minnesota company subjected a transgender employee to sex discrimination.

by The Associated Press

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