Especially considering last week’s MPR story showing ‘structural racism’ as one reason for health disparities within Minnesota, this is a particular stunning map from Measure for America, the group that documents its ‘human development index.’ Read more →
Many Americans, this week’s news stories confirm, don’t have a clue what the First Amendment says or what it means.
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Vanishing icons, Dinkytown, and the low percentage of African Americans on campuses (5×8 – 11/15/13)Return of the weatherball, who owns Dinkytown, some people start life on thirdbase, birth of the bull run, and your moment of Minnesota zen. Read more →
Here’s why Indian mascots are a big deal. Read more →
The Redskins’ owner says the name represents “who we are.” That’s the problem. Read more →
An Asian cast member of the local production of “Miss Saigon” is stepping in to defend the production against allegations it’s a racist play. Read more →
Slate has posted a brutally intimate photo essay of the Ku Klux Klanby photographer Anthony Karen. Read more →
On the cover of the Rolling Stone, the rise of the baseball scorecard, why can’t a lemonade stand just be a lemonade stand, a step toward racial equality in Saint Paul, and the return of the bookmobile. Read more →
A question of race. Or not. What kids know that adults don’t. The electric Lindbergh. Tales of the Frankenstein rabbit. And the new bamboo menace in the Northland. Read more →
Minnesota DFLer Ryan Winkler followed a pretty predictable script today when he referred to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as… well, here: Winkler deleted his tweet, then provided a fine example of digging oneself deeper. First with the non-apology apology: And then with the “I didn’t know it was racist” tweet. Which stresses believability. Even Read more →
On Mark Weber. Going to an NFL game? Leave everything home.Postcard from a lynching. Prison the Sesame Street way. And the debut of the flying bike. Read more →
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