Policy choices cut poverty nearly in half
from Minnesota Budget Bites by Clark Biegler
Public policies like Social Security, refundable tax credits and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cut poverty in the U.S. nearly in half in 2013.
Flexibility, focus ease strain of midlife career shifts
from The Middle Stages by Amy Gage
This so-called “hidden job market” — in which a matrix of personal and professional connections opens doors — accounts for up to 80 percent of new hires, according to Forbes magazine.
Confessions of an unaffiliated Jew
from TC Jewfolk by Galit Breen
And the third, probably most important, part of this decision-making is that our past experiences with Minnesota Nice and the Minnesota Jewish community leads us to wonder if joining a synagogue will necessarily lead us to the community we crave.
Franconia, up close: A visit to a rural Minnesota sculpture park
and
Touring Franconia Sculpture Park, Part II
Audrey Kletscher Helbling takes you on a photographic tour of the 25-acre Franconia Sculpture Park in rural Shafer, Minnesota.
Tools of the trade: Jeremy Warden
from Stubble by Tom Johnson
Jeremy Ward is a Minneapolis-based musician whose new EP is entiteld “& Loneliness” it’s released on cassette on Suntanman Records and is available at jeremywarden.bandcamp.com and some local record stores.
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