By Paula Span, KFF Health News It started with a high school typing course. Wanda Woods enrolled because her father advised that typing proficiency would lead to jobs. Sure enough, the federal Environmental Protection Agency hired her as an after-school … Continued
I know the look of an armed patrol. I’ve seen it in Baghdad, in Syria — in streets where fear ruled and peace was fragile. I never expected to see that same look on the subway in our own capital. … Continued
This will take some getting used to. While some major names are coming to town this fall — Paul McCartney, the Jonas Brothers and Stevie Nicks among them — perhaps the biggest news is that the downtown St. Paul hockey … Continued
During the busy fall season, galleries are elevating art forms and artists you might not see elsewhere. At various spots across the city and metro area, you can find artworks from museums’ permanent collections that are rarely exhibited; works that … Continued
A purple rain will fall on the fall theater calendar. The highly anticipated “Purple Rain” musical will make its world premiere at the State Theatre in Minneapolis for a monthlong run before it heads to Broadway. Of course, there are … Continued
Something for everybody today. The return of a popular crime series, a first story collection, Ojibwe memoir, and flesh-eating as metaphor for female outrage. (Courtesy of Crooked Lane Books) “The Deepest Cut”: by P.J. Tracy (Crooked Lane Books, $29.99) She … Continued