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Minneapolis Housing Costs: Beyond Today’s Numbers

A longer look reveals two distinct histories: a rental premium that disappeared and a home-value gap that narrowed...

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Public Safety

Fact Check: Does Minneapolis Have One of the Lowest Crime Rates Among Major Cities?

Minneapolis ranks eighth highest for violent crime and fifth highest for combined violent and property crime in an...

Research Desk -

City Hall

Socrates Has Some Questions for the City Council

Before requiring drivers in driverless cars, Minneapolis council members might explain their reasoning on jobs, safety and consumer choice. Socrates, like most philosophers over the millennia, spent his life searching...

David J. Therkelsen -

Education

Sixteen Buildings, One Machine: Minneapolis Needs a New Structure, Not Another Shuffle

Time does not take part in strategic planning. Just because an institution is moving does not mean it is succeeding. This editorial opinion asks Minneapolis Public Schools for six...

Don Allen -

Commentary

There Is No Free Speech Right to Sexual Exploitation

Minnesota’s fight with xAI asks whether a company’s claim to free expression outweighs a person’s right not to...

David Schultz -

Sports

Vikings–Saints Game This Sunday Recalls Historic Past Clashes

From playoff heartbreak to the Minneapolis Miracle, Minnesota and New Orleans have given Vikings fans plenty to remember—and...

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Commentary

Counterpoint: Equal Standards Shouldn’t Depend on Who’s Accused

Women’s historical mistreatment is a reason to take workplace complaints seriously. It does not justify a different standard...

DeWayne Thielen -

State of MN

Data Centers Need Minnesotans. NDAs Won’t Win Their Trust.

Developers have legitimate business interests to protect. Minnesotans deserve a meaningful say in projects that could reshape their...

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Local Business

Paris Couture: The Runway Comes to Mia in New Exhibit

Forget the runway! This fall, some of Paris’ most spectacular fashion lands at the Minneapolis Institute of Art...

Becky Fillinger -

Independent Ink

What Does It Mean to Be Independent?

More Americans are choosing the label—even when they favor one party. That distance deserves a closer look. When Americans...

David Tinjum -

City Hall

Three Cities, Three Bets on a Comeback: A Tale of Four Cities, Pt 4

San Francisco has wealth and a sustained strategy. Seattle has signs of recovery. Portland has ideas—and the hardest...

David J. Therkelsen -

City Hall

The Waymo-Cat-tastrophe and a “yeah, but” gift for MPD: A Message from Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer

The most newsworthy item council voted on this week was the so-called Waymo ordinance, which would require a...

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The Work of Governing

The Other Side Isn’t the Only Tribe

Rejecting someone else’s prejudice does not make us immune to our own. Better politics requires standards that apply...

David Tinjum -

Housing

Minneapolis Housing Costs vs. the Metro Area

Recent estimates put Minneapolis rents 4.8% below the metro level and typical home values 15.5% lower. Minneapolis’s estimated median...

Research Desk -

Housing

Minneapolis Housing Costs: Beyond Today’s Numbers

A longer look reveals two distinct histories: a rental premium that disappeared and a home-value gap that narrowed...

Public Safety

Fact Check: Does Minneapolis Have One of the Lowest Crime Rates Among Major Cities?

Minneapolis ranks eighth highest for violent crime and fifth highest for combined violent and property crime in an...

Commentary

There Is No Free Speech Right to Sexual Exploitation

Minnesota’s fight with xAI asks whether a company’s claim to free expression outweighs a person’s right not to...

Sports

Vikings–Saints Game This Sunday Recalls Historic Past Clashes

From playoff heartbreak to the Minneapolis Miracle, Minnesota and New Orleans have given Vikings fans plenty to remember—and...

Commentary

Counterpoint: Equal Standards Shouldn’t Depend on Who’s Accused

Women’s historical mistreatment is a reason to take workplace complaints seriously. It does not justify a different standard...

State of MN

Data Centers Need Minnesotans. NDAs Won’t Win Their Trust.

Developers have legitimate business interests to protect. Minnesotans deserve a meaningful say in projects that could reshape their...

Local Business

Paris Couture: The Runway Comes to Mia in New Exhibit

Forget the runway! This fall, some of Paris’ most spectacular fashion lands at the Minneapolis Institute of Art...

Independent Ink

What Does It Mean to Be Independent?

More Americans are choosing the label—even when they favor one party. That distance deserves a closer look. When Americans...

City Hall

Three Cities, Three Bets on a Comeback: A Tale of Four Cities, Pt 4

San Francisco has wealth and a sustained strategy. Seattle has signs of recovery. Portland has ideas—and the hardest...

City Hall

The Waymo-Cat-tastrophe and a “yeah, but” gift for MPD: A Message from Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer

The most newsworthy item council voted on this week was the so-called Waymo ordinance, which would require a...

The Work of Governing

The Other Side Isn’t the Only Tribe

Rejecting someone else’s prejudice does not make us immune to our own. Better politics requires standards that apply...

Housing

Minneapolis Housing Costs vs. the Metro Area

Recent estimates put Minneapolis rents 4.8% below the metro level and typical home values 15.5% lower. Minneapolis’s estimated median...

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Legal

Chief Justice Roberts Rulings in Minnesota Cases

From Osseo classrooms to northern Minnesota wetlands, five cases reveal the breadth of Chief Justice John Roberts’ judicial...

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Satire

Who’s Protecting Whom?

Politics is serious business. Political theater is another matter. Have an idea we should draw next? Leave it...

David Tinjum -

Satire

Waymo Has a Plan B: Toonces the Driving Cat

His trips end over a cliff, but his credentials could be just what the Minneapolis City Council is...

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Sports

Quarterback McCarthy, a Vikings Bust, Recalls Other QB Flops

The J.J. McCarthy era as quarterback with the Minnesota Vikings has ended before he stepped onto the field...

Marshall H. Tanick -

State of MN

Retiring State Supreme Court Chief Justice Hudson’s Diverse Rulings Had Broad Impact Here

From school segregation to voting rights, a baker’s dozen of decisions reveals the range of Natalie Hudson’s work...

Marshall H. Tanick -

Sports

A 2026 Season Retrospective: How I learned to stop worrying about the Twins and love Baseball

Another disappointing season offers a familiar lesson: the surest pleasure at Target Field is the game itself. Since their...

Steven Schier -

Satire

Stopping the advancement of civilization

Requiring drivers in driverless cars is only the beginning. There are centuries of labor-saving inventions left to undo. Author’s...

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Local Business

175 Years Old and Getting Better Every Year: First Congregational Church of Minnesota

A Discussion with Jane McBride, Principal Minister The First Congregational Church of Minnesota is celebrating its 175th anniversary this...

Becky Fillinger -

Education

School of the Absurd

Minneapolis Public Schools has no shortage of visions for tomorrow. Its future depends on fixing what is failing...

DeWayne Thielen -

The Empty Seats at the Defense Table: Why City Council Belongs in the MPD Staffing Lawsuit

DeWayne Thielen - June 26, 2026

Watch: Municipal revenue sources (City Income Tax)

David Tinjum - July 13, 2025

Dumpster fire: Uptown 2040 Pt 2

Terry White - September 27, 2024

Koski Drops Out of Mayor’s Race

David Tinjum - April 14, 2025

Socrates Has Some Questions for the City Council

Sixteen Buildings, One Machine: Minneapolis Needs a New Structure, Not Another Shuffle

Minneapolis Housing Costs: Beyond Today’s Numbers

Fact Check: Does Minneapolis Have One of the Lowest Crime Rates Among Major Cities?

There Is No Free Speech Right to Sexual Exploitation

Vikings–Saints Game This Sunday Recalls Historic Past Clashes

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Socrates Has Some Questions for the City Council

City Hall

David J. Therkelsen - October 9, 2026

Before requiring drivers in driverless cars, Minneapolis council members might explain their reasoning on jobs, safety and consumer choice. Socrates, like most philosophers over the...

Sixteen Buildings, One Machine: Minneapolis Needs a New Structure, Not Another Shuffle

Education

Don Allen - October 9, 2026

Time does not take part in strategic planning. Just because an institution is moving does not mean it is succeeding. This editorial opinion asks...

Minneapolis Housing Costs: Beyond Today’s Numbers

Housing

Research Desk - October 9, 2026

A longer look reveals two distinct histories: a rental premium that disappeared and a home-value gap that narrowed before widening again. Last week’s housing comparison...

Fact Check: Does Minneapolis Have One of the Lowest Crime Rates Among Major Cities?

Public Safety

Research Desk - October 8, 2026

Minneapolis ranks eighth highest for violent crime and fifth highest for combined violent and property crime in an analysis of the nation’s 50 largest...

There Is No Free Speech Right to Sexual Exploitation

Commentary

David Schultz - October 7, 2026

Minnesota’s fight with xAI asks whether a company’s claim to free expression outweighs a person’s right not to be sexually exploited. Americans have a right...

Vikings–Saints Game This Sunday Recalls Historic Past Clashes

Sports

Marshall H. Tanick - October 7, 2026

From playoff heartbreak to the Minneapolis Miracle, Minnesota and New Orleans have given Vikings fans plenty to remember—and a few things they’d rather forget. As...

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