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Too many medical providers get involved only after people are sick. They should be offering help when people are healthy and want to stay that way.
Fifteen years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Wall Street is as predatory as ever. But a more democratic economy could be rising all around us.
Living in a compact city reduces vehicles miles traveled (VMT). This is because people can choose to walk, bike or take the bus rather than be forced by the built environment to drive. VMT is the primary cause of air pollution.
Our Climate Action Framework focuses on building a future where Minnesota communities are prepared for extreme weather and can thrive in the face of climate challenges from flooding to wildfires.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, has held up promotions of 300-plus military officers for six months.
When it comes to AI, we can’t afford the same wait-and-see approach many governments took to regulating social media.
Or not. On second thought, Biden reconsidering his decision to run for reelection is perhaps really just what this seemingly self-absorbed nation actually deserves.
Somewhere along the line the city of Minneapolis and reformers neglected to think about the environmental impact of densification.
Four otters, looking like mini Loch Ness monsters, shot past me during my daily lake swim. My heart was pounding, and my head reminded me that this was something that will only happen once.
For decades, U.S. foreign policy has hinged on the idea that nations with strong democratic values and civilian-led militaries will be good partners in the global war on terror. Now the strategy seems to be backfiring.
The city’s response is a clear smokescreen for what should be required transparency on the issue of police discipline.
Research has shown that students breathing in lower diesel bus emissions miss 8% fewer school days, their lungs function better and their academic test scores improve.
Can anyone say they haven’t seen any news about Donald Trump and the 2020 election?
While we’re back to normal in so many ways, normal never worked for too many of our neighbors. Minnesota’s food shelves saw 5.5 million visits last year, 2 million more than in 2021.
Sept. 11, 2001, created a change in how we saw the world and how we acted for the past two generations. We need to move past that outdated model.
Innovators are providing inspiration that could energize the teaching profession and transform our nation’s public schools.
As U.S. Sen. Tina Smith says, access to banking services for marginalized communities is both an economic driver and a civil rights issue. The bipartisan legislation she has introduced would drastically expand access to startup capital.
Getting enough books to the youngest nation in Africa involves a lot of cooperation between regional groups in Minnesota and Wisconsin and groups in South Sudan with a little help from the U.S. Department of Defense.
State attorneys general and other leaders should bring forward initiatives to indiscriminately alleviate the economic strain felt across our country.
Giving utilities free rein to undermine the state’s commitment to 100% clean energy is an affront to this banner achievement and to the many years of activism by countless Minnesotans that it took to secure it.
