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Judith Yates Borger

Judith Yates Borger, who has written for The New York Times, Star Tribune and Pioneer Press, reports on legal affairs, science and other subjects. She has earned numerous awards for reporting and writing. Her journalistic career includes magazine reporting, and she has two published works of nonfiction. She also writes fiction, and a summary of her work can be found at JudithYatesBorger.com.

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Politics & Policy

Volunteering at Peace House, with its inquiring, tech-savvy students

By Judith Yates Borger | 03/09/11
When I was arranging our late February trip to Tanzania I told our Borton Travel agent that I wanted to include some time to get to know the people more intimately than through the car windshield.
Politics & Policy

Peace House Africa teaches Tanzania's poorest of the poor

By Judith Yates Borger | 03/09/11
ARUSHA, Tanzania — Three years into operation with about 280 students, Peace House is mostly funded by the Scott and Susan Augustine Foundation in Eden Prairie. Related: <
Politics & Policy

Travels with iPad: Making connections across the pond

By Judith Yates Borger | 05/29/10
In the UK, the Wi-fi version proved handy in checking on Icelandic ash, converting pounds to dollars, starting conversations and keeping in touch with the folks back home.
Politics & Policy

DFL ball in Washington: sparkling gowns and plaid shirts

By Judith Yates Borger | 01/21/09
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Politics & Policy

So near inauguration, but forced to listen by phone

By Judith Yates Borger | 01/20/09
The first test of the new government's ability to include all people failed this morning when hundreds of thousands, who had tickets, met closed gates to the inauguration.
Politics & Policy

‘I thank God for being here’

By Judith Yates Borger | 01/20/09
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The line outside the Hart Building just down from the Capitol, where Sen.
Election Blog

Knocking on doors and looking for voters

By Judith Yates Borger | 11/04/08
I spent a couple hours door knocking yesterday in the neighborhood near Plymouth and Newton North, behind the 4th Precinct police station. About a third of the houses were boarded up, some were in disrepair, and a few were beautifully maintained.
Politics & Policy

Contributions a factor in Monday vote? Don't bank on it in Minnesota's case

By Judith Yates Borger | 09/30/08
By Judith Yates Borger | Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008 Minnesota's congressional delegation bucked a national pattern Monday when its eight House members voted on the bailout bill.
Politics & Policy

State's House delegation splits 4-4 across party lines on financial rescue plan

By Judith Yates Borger and Marisa Helms | 09/29/08
By Judith Yates Borger, Marisa Helms and Catharine Richert Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008 Reps. Jim Ramstad, Collin Peterson and Tim Walz voted against the financial rescue plan, but when the U.S.
Politics & Policy

Coen family intrigue might be worthy of a movie plot

By Judith Yates Borger | 09/29/08
By Judith Yates Borger Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 The Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel, may be working well together, but the Coen brothers of an earlier generation — their father, Ed, and uncle, Lou — not so much.