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Peter J. Nelson and Dale Kurschner
May 25, 2016
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Counterpoint: Minnesota is, in fact, losing the ultrarich

And with 2013 tax hike, fewer affluent folks are moving here.
Myron Orfield and Will Stancil
May 24, 2016
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Race and housing in the Twin Cities: Further context from the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity report

The cost per unit for predominantly white subsidized housing is typically far higher than that for traditional subsidized housing.
Kelley Lindquist
May 24, 2016
Exterior of the Northern Warehouse Artists Cooperative in St. Paul. This is a story about the Mpls-St. Paul Home Tour, which begins May 1. We're going

Race and housing in the Twin Cities: Don't underestimate the value of building spaces for artists

A recent report did not truly reflect the work we do at Artspace — including our efforts on behalf of artists of color and their families.
Jamie Grant
May 24, 2016
Charlotte Greenblatt, cq, performed a hand balance act with the Cirque Mechanics' Gantry Bike performance during the 14th Annual Flint Hills Internati

State of the arts: Minnesotans don't brag — but I'm new here

From afar, and now as leader of the Ordway Center in St. Paul, I've seen so much that impresses. One example: the Flint Hills International Children's Festival, which opens next week.
Paula Dwyer, Bloomberg View
May 24, 2016

How to bring back labor without relying on unions

We need acknowledgment, we need innovation and, yes, we need government activism.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
May 24, 2016
In a Saturday, May 14, 2016 photo, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas delivers the commencement address to the 2016 Hillsdale Colleg

The Clarence Thomas dissent that broke my heart

Let me begin by praising this justice as a man of principle — but one who, in a case involving the racial makeup of a Georgia jury pool, bent over too far to seem fair.
Richard Greelis
May 23, 2016
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen showed a video of a 25-year-old man who was "locked in a violent struggle for three minutes with a Brookly

Brooklyn Park police video: Shift from civility to survival mode can be needed in an instant

If police officers have learned anything, it's that they can never count on their adversaries to act logically.
Charlie Auspos
May 23, 2016
This 1982 photo shows Wheelock Whitney, Jr., speaking to a crowd in New Ulm, Minn. The Minnesota businessman and former Vikings co-owner has died. He

Wheelock Whitney had influence, all right – the best kind

Businessman cared most about people, and that was what I learned as a young recruit.
Editorial
May 23, 2016

Getting more travelers into PreCheck program

That's one way to address growing airport security system overload.
Don Wright
May 23, 2016
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Treatment costs: Don't jeopardize my health to fix health care

Because life, even with a serious illness like multiple myeloma, is a marathon worth running.
Lawrence R. Jacobs
May 23, 2016
Donald Trump

Wake up and see the Trump card: He can win

The chattering classes have been predicting the candidate's demise for months. Here are 5 reasons why these pundits are still wrong.
Mark Ostrem
May 20, 2016

There's still time for Legislature to fix sentencing reform

We need to get it right: more help for low-level drug offenders and tougher penalties for big dealers.
John Rash
May 20, 2016
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Rash Report: How propaganda propped up China's Cultural Revolution

Posters from a chaotic era depict China's descent into political, cultural calamity.
Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact.com
May 20, 2016
Workers march through downtown Los Angeles on April 14 to demand a nationwide $15-an-hour minimum wage. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ORG X

PolitiFact: Facts few, worries plentiful on $15 minimum wage

It's uncharted, even in terms of estimates about job losses vs. livability gains.
D.J. Tice
May 20, 2016
Theodore Roosevelt delivering another fiery address to a crowd of 50,000 on July 21, 1915. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: APHS199

A political party crack-up? Change is a constant in politics, too

The rugs on which political parties stand have been pulled repeatedly throughout American history.
Lori Sturdevant
May 20, 2016

Watch that turnover in the Minnesota Legislature

Experience matters, and thus, so does legislator pay.
Ron Way
May 20, 2016
What's the matter with golf today?

What's the matter with golf today?

The game's governing body and traditionalists have stuck with rules and procedures that make it difficult, expensive, time-consuming — unapproachable. There are ways to change that.
Editorial
May 20, 2016

Satellites could aid efforts to address global warming

Space agencies could monitor if countries are honoring Paris accord.
Anne Applebaum, The Washington Post
May 20, 2016
200 dpi 52p x 37p George Migash color illustration of crossed fingers behind the back of a pair of jeans the seat of which is burning symbolic of the

A world without facts

The boom in fact-checking is more a symptom than a cure for an era that doesn't believe in truth, or care about it.
K.B. Brown, Lynn Hoffman and Nyijaah Williams
May 19, 2016

Editorial counterpoint: Paid sick time will serve Minneapolis workers — and businesses

Rehashed downtown talking points ignore the comprehensive process for the ordinance.
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