Nicollet Ave. project: a zombie streetcar and pot of Minneapolis money that nobody wants to talk about
If you talk to people off the record, nobody likes the Nicollet streetcar proposal, at least not as it’s currently drafted.
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Reopening elementary schools: How it’s done matters
Elementary school settings are not somehow naturally COVID-proof. These schools still represent a real transmission risk with broad impacts.
On the anniversary of Roe, we fight for control of our bodies
As we face the real possibility of losing federal protections for safe, legal abortion, we must take action at the state level.
Poli Sci 101: The course Trumpers didn’t take
Despite their many flaws, the Founders of our republic were working to build a future with fewer tyrants and more freedom, rather than one full of tyrants in which everyone is afraid.
Was Trump our worst president ever? This scholar thinks so.
Tim Naftali of New York University reviewed the likeliest candidates and concluded that Trump indeed takes the crown from them all.
Voter turnout in 2020 set a record. Will it continue to be high?
The United States, despite liking to think of itself as the leader of democracy in the world, has long had embarrassingly low voter participation.
Human rights depend on democracy: Protect it
Disability is a bipartisan human-rights issue, and the stakes for people with disabilities are huge if democracy is compromised in any way.
Walz’s budget proposal should include significant investments in transit
This would curb climate pollution and support much-needed economic recovery by expanding access to opportunities. It would save Minnesotans money and bring federal dollars to the state.
Biden hits all the right notes in his inaugural address
He kept his remarks short, nonpartisan, aimed at unity and full of hope and promise, but not full of promises except that “We will get through this together.”
Republican Party’s dilemma: Selling its soul paid dividends, but debts have come due
Many Republican leaders understood Donald Trump was a dangerous narcissist who was unfit for the presidency but in their own Faustian bargains decided to ride his coattails in pursuit of shared goals or their own lofty ambitions.
COVID-19 vaccine: Minnesota’s ’splaining won’t do
As someone in the highest risk group for COVID-19, I find the state’s response has been inadequate, misguided, and dangerously secretive.
Biden’s life story is well told in ‘Frontline’ documentary
It’s easy to think of Joe Biden as boring. The story of his life is not boring. It’s full of drama, tragedy, ambition, liberalism and a long, slow climb up the slippery pole to his lifelong ambition, the presidency.
U.S. needs the impetus, leadership, and commitment for positive peace
Positive peace is defined by The Institute for Economics and Peace as true, lasting, and sustainable peace built on justice for all.
The pandemic is still sorting us out
We have seen unmistakably heroic acts of kindness and compassion. And we’ve seen superspreader events where people have been so unwilling to work together for the common good that they won’t even wear a mask.
No, Minneapolis should not preserve the car-centric 21 North Washington building
One difficulty with modernist preservation is that so much of the architecture is deeply anti-urban.
Burning garbage: Every bit as dirty as it sounds
State and local officials all over the country will be facing tough, important decisions about waste disposal in 2021.
U.S. Grant on ‘patriotism and intelligence’ vs. ‘superstition, ambition and ignorance’
A hauntingly prescient statement from the 18th president.
Trump’s approval rating drops sharply
He has been bleeding approvers since Election Day and the pace of the hemorrhage has only accelerated since he encouraged a group of thugs to storm the Capitol.
Medical students keeping COVID at bay, even in a congregate-living setting
Our house highlights an important notion: A collective effort for the greater good is obtainable.
Impeachment and removal? Yes: Trump chose the precise moment to release the hounds
He keeps going unchecked and it continues to spiral over and over again, and always in a downward direction.
