It wasn’t just Trump: How the DFL harnessed a massive get-out-the-vote effort to win the ’burbs
The DFL spent $21 million on its ground game, which is the most it has ever doled out for such efforts. But the party also had help.
Good Jobs
Is there really a stigma against blue collar jobs in Minnesota? It’s complicated.
Arts & Culture
Walker Art Center names new executive director
Sports
Joe Mauer’s retirement press conference included a lot of thank yous — and a lot of tears
Artscape
Springboard wins a big Bush Prize; Jon Meacham to speak at Northrop
MinnPost Picks
MinnPost Picks: on wildfires, ballot initiatives and why you’re drinking your coffee too early
Second Opinion
New U.S. physical activity guidelines’ simple message: Sit less, move more
Community Voices
Frustrating or not, a free press is absolutely necessary for an informed citizenry
After a frustrating encounter, a veteran newsman counseled me: “Just because you don’t like the way some reporters act doesn’t mean they aren’t doing their work well.”
National
The same state — and party — sent Rep. Collin Peterson and Rep-elect Ilhan Omar to Congress. What does that mean for Democrats’ agenda?
The candidates who populate the new Democratic majority are hardly all the same kind of Democrat.
State Government
How the heads of the Minnesota GOP, DFL explain the election
It is hard to separate how GOP Chair Jennifer Carnahan and DFL head Ken Martin view the election from their own campaigns to continue to lead their parties.
Foreign Concept
Emmanuel Macron got it right
Hosting a ceremony Sunday that marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, Macron focused on the war’s ruinous nationalism, contrasting it with an idealistic patriotism that he declared to be the exact opposite.
Second Opinion
Vitamin D and fish oil supplements do not prevent heart disease or cancer, large clinical trial finds
Dietary supplements are a multibillion-dollar industry in the United States, and both vitamin D and fish oil have been hyped as preventive cures for a host of medical ailments.
MNopedia
The Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant created innovations in manufacturing technology and management — and an EPA Superfund site
The Army Ordnance Department authorized construction of the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant (TCOP) in the spring of 1941.
Community Voices
Minneapolis 2040 Plan will help create an economy that works for everyone
The City Council should support both the plan’s goal of reducing disparities and the implementation of policies and investments that proactively and measurably increase equity between whites and people of color in Minneapolis.
