After 184 years, a home for Dakota people and culture returns to wakan tipi
Funded by a host of different public agencies and nonprofits, the new Wakan Tipi Center is scheduled to open by 2023.
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After-action review critiques by Hodges and Knuth are revisionist, cynical and exemplify what’s wrong with this campaign season
The review of Minneapolis’ handling of the civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd is eight months into the year-long engagement and it would be irresponsible to force reviewers to end their analysis prematurely.
About the guy who ate two meals a day at an amusement park. For years.
In 2014, Six Flags offered a one-time deal: $150 for an annually renewable pass to the park, which included free parking and two meals any time you enter. A dude from Southern California decided to take advantage.
Another reason to support rent stabilization in St. Paul: students without homes
At the end of last school year, SPPS had 969 students supported by its Project Reach program. That is a heartbreaking number, and it’s already gone up almost 12% this year.
Rep. Adam Schiff is a little too rosy in his assessment of the state of U.S. democracy
I share Schiff’s concern about these recent transgressions by the Justice Department under Donald Trump, but he misses the larger and more permanent constitutional ways the United States falls short of full democracy.
Why didn’t Mayor Jacob Frey insist on an after-action report following the death of George Floyd? And why is it that Minneapolis voters still don’t have one?
The current mayor’s failure to provide voters a timely after-action report after George Floyd’s death and the ensuing unrest and destruction is not a small oversight.
Biden’s decision on the BWCA is right for Minnesota, its water and its economy
In a water-rich environment like northeastern Minnesota, the network of interconnected waterways would cause the acid mine drainage to spread hundreds of miles beyond the mine.
On World Polio Day, it’s good to notice that vaccines work
In 1946, the Minnesota State Fair was canceled because of a polio outbreak. Uncertainty was everywhere and no effective vaccine was yet available. Now, the world is on the verge of being polio-free.
Why the governor and the DFL should be nervous about 2022
Walz is in a purely defense mode, especially with crime and police reform.
The Twin Cities’ most important bicycle mapmaker is retiring
If you’ve been anywhere near a Twin Cities bike shop in the last forty years, you’ve likely seen Doug Shidell’s Twin Cities Bike Map.
Students behind bars have a lot to teach nonprofits and society
If we are people who are sincere in their intent to offer opportunities (sometimes more than one) for rehabilitation and participation — then every person should have the opportunity to live, work, learn, vote and serve.
A one-sentence obit for Colin Powell
The tone of all the obits and recaps I read about Powell ranged from respectful to celebratory, except for one, a single run-on sentence at the beginning of the latest weekly installment of the Harper’s Magazine feature called “Weekly Review.”
Letters: In favor of Minneapolis ballot question three, one
Our weekly roundup of letters from MinnPost readers.
When it comes to electric vehicles, Walz is on wrong side of the rural road
Biofuels cut carbon emissions, and are doing so right now.
With Big Tobacco coming after them, youth need to join prevention efforts
What has all this marketing and all these flavors caused? In 2020, 23.6% of Minnesota high school students used some kind of tobacco product, including e-cigarettes, vapes and combustible cigarettes.
Texas curriculum law and the perils of teaching ‘both sides’ of history
The law requires teachers to “present opposing views on controversial subjects.”
On child care and early ed, go bold
Age 0 to 5 is the most critical period for learning and growth, and yet it is the period most neglected by society.
The Taliban, Afghanistan and the Uyghurs
The value of Afghanistan’s rare earth elements is estimated at $3 trillion. The pullout has happened, and those minerals are up for grabs — and China is grabbing.
An increase in Pell Grants must be part of any final budget deal
Doubling Pell as part of the post-pandemic recovery will ensure this generation of young Americans receives the education and training they need to both move up the economic ladder and get the economy working again, while helping America compete in a global economy that demands educated workers.
Why Twin Cities housing prices might see some major increases in coming years
The Twin Cities metro has one of the lowest housing vacancy rates anywhere in the nation — worse than notoriously unaffordable San Jose.
