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Social Issues

Art by the homeless

For many, the holiday season is a time spent like any other -- looking for a job and a place to sleep. A new exhibit at the Mall of America is attempting to raise awareness of the plight of artists who are currently or have been recently homeless.

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Hmong outraged at grave digging

Human rights advocates in Minnesota are getting involved in the fight to try to stop graves from being dug up near a Buddhist temple in Thailand where thousands of Hmong refugees lived before resettling in the United States.

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Singing in the shadow of AIDS

In the developed world, much has changed in those 18 years since AIDS was discovered. Large numbers of HIV-positive people are able to keep the disease in check for years using a cocktail of drugs. In the developing world, those treatments are hard to come by. But journalist Jonah Eller-Isaacs discovered that people in sub-Saharan Africa are using an unlikely tool to fight the dread disease -- music.

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How many jobs lost due to smoking ban?

Some opponents of the county's current ban on smoking in restaurants, bars and private clubs say the law is responsible for lost revenues and a loss of more than 2,000 jobs. State unemployment numbers don't necessarily support that claim.

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Music, civil rights and the human condition

A performance by Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of the Grammy Award-winning singing group Sweet Honey in the Rock. Reagon addressed the Westminster Town Hall Forum in October.

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Community seeks answers to binge drinking

A series of tragic events in northwestern Minnesota has refocused attention on underage binge drinking. Excessive alcohol is blamed for the recent deaths of two college students. Everyone agrees there is a problem, but finding a solution is difficult.

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Lappe says democracy is wearing thin

Frances Moore Lappe, the author and activist best known for her 1971 book "Diet for a Small Planet," says Americans have let their democracy grow "thin" in favor of consumerism. She spoke about her vision for a "living democracy" on Friday in Minneapolis.

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Hard choices for small communities

Rural cities and towns want to define their future, but the challenges in creating sustainable economic development can be great. How communities look ahead is at the center of many of today's debates.

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Same-sex marriage debate could boost GOP '06 hopes

If a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage makes it on the ballot next year, it could give a big boost to Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate.

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