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Social Issues

In defense of choice

In defense of choice

A proposed ban on nearly all abortions in South Dakota and the Supreme Court's decision to take up the federal partial birth abortion ban seem have abortion rights groups on the defensive. Kate Michelman says both sides in the abortion battle have had to change with the times.

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Edelman identifies "weasels" in American democracy

Edelman identifies "weasels" in American democracy

Children's Defense Fund president and founder Marian Wright Edelman is fond of quoting Sojourner Truth, who once accused the U.S. Constitution of having "a little weasel in it."

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Breaking the chains

Breaking the chains

A new book chronicles one of the most important human rights cases in history, the 1772 trial that led to the end of human slavery in England.

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How women won the right to vote

A speech on the women's suffrage movement from University of Minnesota historian Sara Evans.

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Minnesota's child care costs among highest in the nation

Minnesota's child care costs among highest in the nation

A new national survey by an advocacy group lists Minnesota as one of the most expensive states in terms of child care. Child care costs are rising nationwide, becoming a family expense that's more and more difficult to meet.
by Art Hughes

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Big money already flowing into gay marriage fight

Big money already flowing into gay marriage fight

The group leading an effort to define marriage as a heterosexual institution in Minnesota raised $220,000 last year - more than half of it from just two donors who opened their wallets to the cause.
by Patrick Condon, Associated Press

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