Bob Collins
Secret plans and stadiums, a brother’s gift to a sister who took her own life, Minnesota’s declining voter participation, the absence of passion, and the most startling videos you’ll see today.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
The arc of the media hero
Improv Everywhere posed as city workers providing a solution to the “texting and walking” epidemic.
Joshua Jones, the young man in this video, doesn’t say anything. He can’t speak, a result of cancer.
Baseball and the struggle for redemption
Playing politics, beemageddon, Jablonski goes pro, stories that make you want to call your mom, and pro athletes as role models redux.
Rain is heading toward Boston. It will bring out the flowers, turn the grass green, and tell us it’s time to move on.
Photos of ‘the invisible,’ alive in Cleveland, burying a bomber, the unprofessionals in the cockpit, and the Arboretum in May.