Peter DiamondOne protester, Andrew Russell said, “If they tell us answers, we will leave. Until you release the tape, we ain’t going nowhere.” Read more →
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MPR News StaffAmerican negotiators are buoyed by broad public support for stronger international and domestic actions that address climate change as they head into the United Nations climate change conference in Paris on Monday.
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University of Minnesota students debate the ethics of using aborted fetal tissue for medical research. Read more →
Today we ask how race shapes Americans’ reaction to the war on drugs. Read more →
Today students debate the arguments for and against affirmative action at college campuses, in lieu of the Supreme Court’s decision to reexamine the case of Fisher v. University of Texas. Read more →
Amid push by state lawmakers to allow more Syrian refugees into the country, we ask what obstacles incoming refugees may face. Read more →
A new policy by Amnesty International that endorses the human rights of sex workers has been criticized by many. Read more →
In the first half of 2015, around 137,000 people traveled across the Mediterranean Sea to seek refuge in Europe, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. Traveling through terrible conditions aboard unsafe boats and dinghies, approximately 800 people died last April in the largest refugee shipwreck on record. The majority are fleeing from war or persecution at Read more →
Today students from the U and St. Olaf debate the federal funding of Planned Parenthood. Read more →