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Solution: 5–16 Continuum™: Opening a New Learning Organization in the Twin Cities

The plan now is to initiate a community school grounded in learning, family engagement, and powerful outcomes. The origin of Rondo Academy: School of Communication Arts and Literature (RASCAL)....

Is this the year?

I had never traveled beyond the states that border Minnesota until 1968, when I joined the VISTA program...

Lake America Is Right Past Lundeen’s: The View from Up North

The President has ordered the federal government to call Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Around here, we’ve learned that...

Kevin Kiley Left the Republican Party. Congress Still Runs on Parties.

A Forward Party conversation gets most interesting when it reaches the rules, committee seats and campaign machinery that...

The Supreme Court Needs Reform…or Congress Could Just Do Its Job

Democrats want to change the court, Republicans want the status quo. Most Americans would be satisfied if Congress...

Teddy Roosevelt Spoke ‘Softly’ at State Fair Here 125 Years Ago

Four days after Roosevelt delivered his famous State Fair line, President William McKinley was shot. Twelve days after the speech, Roosevelt was president. One of...

When Speech Becomes Violence—and Violence Becomes Speech

Recent events in Minneapolis show how political loyalty can make offensive speech seem like violence—and actual violence seem like protest. A few months ago, I...

The Water Missed the Memo on Lake America

Welcome to our new Minneapolis Times political cartoon feature. Politics is serious business. Political theater is another matter. Have an idea we should draw...

If It’s a Rule, Put It on the Door: The View from Up North

Minneapolis cannot make every doorway fair with one ordinance. But if a business plans to turn people away over what they are wearing, putting...

Threats of violence over data centers: Council Member Michael Rainville

Hello to all my 3rd Ward neighbors, My office has received a lot of correspondence pertaining to the proposed data center on the Star Tribune...

Our Black News: Who Gets to Define Black Political Power?

Four Minnesota voices take on party loyalty, Lisa Demuth, public fraud, community leadership—and whether Black political power can be built without stronger institutions of...

Five Minneapolis Restaurants Guy Fieri Should Visit Next

Guy Fieri has already introduced national audiences to some of the city's most memorable kitchens. These five neighborhood institutions - from a Northeast diner...

Every Priority Cannot Be First

Minneapolis cannot preserve every service, absorb every rising cost and expect taxpayers to make up the difference indefinitely. Governing begins with an honest revenue...

Opinion: Minnesota lawmakers need to protect LGBTQ+ youth

"While HF 4138 does not explicitly censor words, its outright ban on “addictive interface features” for young people aged 15 and younger will effectively...

Construction’s Over, While Legacy Remains for Highway 55 Here

With roadwork finished along Highway 55, the route through North Minneapolis and Golden Valley still carries the name—and legacy—of Gov. Floyd B. Olson. Minnesota's fifth...

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