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The choice of “gunmen” to describe the perpetrators is accurate – all of the mass school shootings in our database were carried out by men or boys. And the average age of those involved in carrying out the attacks was 18.
Alcindor is now the moderator of “Washington Week” on PBS and a Washington correspondent for NBC News. Minneapolis-native Norris currently writes a Washington Post column and was, of course, the long-time host of NPR’s, “All Things Considered.”
The East Phillips neighborhood, a majority BIPOC population, is overburdened with pollution, and residents experience disproportionate rates of asthma and other health issues.
In response to what it called recent “hostile actions taken by Washington,” Russia has banned almost a thousand Americans, some of whom are actually still alive.
Historism went out of fashion in Germany in the early 20th century. Given the longevity of Supreme Court appointments, it is safe to assume that originalism in American legal thought will not go away anytime soon.
The United Nations, the United States, and the European states should … seriously consider the problems the ongoing movement of weapons to Ukraine will likely lead to in the future.
If the governor and legislature can’t agree on a surplus spending plan by midnight, May 22, the state will be failing tens of thousands of kids who can’t wait another year to get a head start in education – and in life.
The money allowed Ramsey County, like many local governments, to sign temporary leases for single-room occupancy shelters — making a huge difference for folks who had been out on the street.
Today feels like a moment when some especially brave staff have chosen to set aside their comfort and speak out in the face of inequities.
David Rieff, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Barbara F. Walter and Michael Tomasky sounded off.
With targeted and sustained investments, we can strengthen Minnesota’s small and micro businesses that have been kept in the margins of our economy.
A survey of small businesses found that nearly half of Asian Minnesotan small business owners were unable to pay bills during the pandemic.
Given the many issues besetting Minnesotans, abortion seems be just one in a large crowd of concerns.
While we ask schools to do more to catch our children up, we cannot stand idly by without solutions.
There is an urgent need to address the low staff COVID-19 vaccination rates as data suggests a strong correlation between COVID-19 incidence among LTC facilities staff and residents.
You can call complaining about the Electoral College partisan sour grapes. What I don’t think you can do is make a fair, rational or intellectually honest case that it is a net-positive feature of our system.
The market coming back to the light rail stop marks a return to, if not normalcy, something that puts public space at the center of everyday life.
It is about time we update the outdated boater education program that only focuses on youth operators.
How we address income inequality depends on how well we support our small business communities.
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