Imagine saying – out loud – that you want to be able to starve a child because you don’t like that they have the ability to define their own selves. Now imagine that person being a United States Senator. Shameful.
Chicago police with extremist ties have troubling records
Author Max Brooks on how the world of Minecraft helps prepare kids for our world
Max Brooks has spent the past few years immersing himself in Minecraft. Here’s why.
Minnesota Now and Then: How the Green Giant became ‘Jolly’
Ho! Ho! Ho!
No, not *that* guy. The green one.
Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett’s Song “Monster Mash” Became a Graveyard Smash in 1962
A little backstory on a Halloween classsic.
Lawsuit against police for targeting journalists during Minneapolis protests heads toward trial
I learned the police had it out for me back when I was a brown teenage kid in Pasadena, TX. They absolutely *loved* to show up in force, shove our faces into the gravel and put a boot on our heads. Good times.
Turns out a few years ago, Minnesota learned this the hard way. At least this is going to court. I have low expectations but maybe this is the start of something changing.
Minnesota GOP pivots, pushes for early voting this cycle
Gee, after spending the past decade lying about early voting (not to mention public health, race, education, you name it), the GOP is trying to get people to early vote.
You can’t make it up folks.
DFL leaders, ACLU vow to step in after Mille Lacs County judge challenges felon vote law
Republican judges will do anything to restrict the right of certain people to vote, even – maybe especially – riding roughshod over the will of the voters.
Book ban attempts on the rise in Minnesota schools
The book burners are at it again. They cannot win.
Show up and vote against them whenever you can when they run for boards. Show up and let them know they are not welcome in your schools.
An art exhibition on ‘Deconstructing the Minnesota Flag’
We are debating changing the state flag up here. A local gent had already created one years ago but I guess they aren’t taking that one seriously. Here is a look at what may be coming.