Minnesota’s suicide rate continues to rise, and it’s higher in Greater Minnesota than the metro
Minnesota’s suicide rate has been on a slow, steady rise for nearly two decades.
Sports
Huskers’ experience makes you wonder: Has Gophers volleyball outgrown the Pav?
Community Voices
The case for decriminalizing marijuana in Minnesota — and what it means to do so
Inside MinnPost
The stakes are too high, we can’t let up now
National
With a new House membership comes a Green New Deal — and new attention to climate change on Capitol Hill
Politics & Policy
Navigation center begins welcoming people from Hiawatha Ave. tent encampment
D.C. Memo
D.C. Memo: Where’s wall, though?
Artscape
Soap Factory faces sheriff’s sale; Roy Hargrove tribute at the Dakota
ALSO: “Snaildartha” at the Turf Club; Readings by Writers at the University Club of St. Paul; and more.
Second Opinion
Intellectual engagement is linked to higher cognitive skills in older age (but not to slower decline)
People who remain intellectually active and curious their entire lives tend to start their decline from “a higher cognitive point,” the study’s authors conclude.
Politics & Policy
Momentum building to fill in Grand Rounds’ missing link
It’s an idea more than a century in the making: Minneapolis could one day have a massive trail system for bicyclists and pedestrians that encircles the whole city.
Community Sketchbook
To better address homelessness, Hennepin County looks to better understand racial disparities
Hennepin County is making the first steps to address some of the racial disparities in homelessness head-on, through a national program that will allow the county to benefit from other cities’ approaches to the issue.
Second Opinion
Minnesota drops — again — in annual national health rankings
Minnesota dropped in the 2018 rankings for the second time in two years, from sixth to seventh place.
Artscape
SPCO reports a strong 2017-18; ‘Home for the Holidays’ at Orchestra Hall
ALSO: “Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story” at the History Theatre; SPCO to perform Bach’s “Brandenburg” Concertos; and more.
Inside MinnPost
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