Public spaces: How to consider removing a statue
I propose we reconsider our public spaces every 40 years.
Jeff Kolnick
Generals die in bed: Exploring the issue of who’s taking the risks in reopening
When it comes to reopening in the fall, it can be easy to ask people to risk their lives if those making the decisions don’t face the same risk.
Let’s come out of this crisis building a future that works for everyone
I hope people dust off the New Deal and consider those ideas as a pathway out.
Malignant ideas must be forced underground by an empowered citizenry
When those among us who embrace racism, nativism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, sexism, and homophobia are empowered, their forces grow and become stronger.
What if Trump, like FDR, called for freedom from fear instead of selling fear?
The president has recently ratcheted up his divisive rhetoric on immigration, reproductive choice, climate change, the integrity of our elections, and the place of racial, religious, and sexual minorities in this nation.
On Mandela, freedom and our concept of democracy
Why is it that in the U.S. we can recognize Nelson Mandela’s contributions to creating South African democracy, but too often fail to see our own as genuinely established by people who were rejected as citizens at the founding?
Real populism seeks social and economic justice for all
It will emerge when we elect candidates from the American working class.
‘Chaos or community’? Let’s choose community
After the events of the last week and a half, we can either come together as a people or move further apart.
When workers exercise power together, wealth is shared more evenly
More than anything else, organized labor, collective bargaining, and the willingness to go out on strike created the American middle class.
Black Lives Matter: A little historical context seems in order
The necessity of insisting that black lives matter is tied very closely to private property and commerce.
Given what’s happening to U.S. weapons abroad, maybe we should reconsider the Neutrality Acts
It seems to me that since World War II, the vast bulk of wars that the U.S. has been directly involved in have either ended indecisively or have not been decided at all by a preponderance of military power.
Dual-credit is an excellent option to improve high school instruction
This semester the four post-secondary enrollment options (PSEO) students in my classes are among my best. I encourage a massive expansion of this excellent program.
MnSCU: Start the reform effort over, this time in full partnership with faculty, students and others
Chancellor Steven Rosenstone has a chance to slow down and go back to the drawing board.
The achievement gap cannot be resolved by isolating it
Minnesota is coasting on a reputation for racial justice that was established by Hubert H. Humphrey in the 1940s.
Colleges, universities should show less caution, more courage and challenges
Colleges and universities, as institutions, used to challenge authority with facts and reason. This is less common today.
Make Minnesota civilized again: Generate progressive revenues
After working for 21 years and seeing only lower income taxes, I am prepared to pay more, but I also want fairness.
If we learn from the past, we can shore up the middle class and protect the vulnerable
When we were much poorer as a nation, mired in the Great Depression, we taxed ourselves to build parks and schools and to provide security for our elders.
Americans can afford to educate everyone, and three new papers show us how
We can afford to educate our people, all of them. And we can do it in a liberal arts setting with small classes and full-time faculty.
Redistribution of wealth has gone upward, not down, since early ’80s
A Center on Budget and Policy Priorities study indicates that we are more unequal as a nation today than at any time since before the Great Depression.
Low-wage, high-tuition model for higher ed is a disaster for teachers, students
Higher-education institutions are too often waiting until the last minute to hire low-wage adjuncts and fixed-term faculty.
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