SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Americans used to think of China as a place to do business, and Latin America as a place to vacation. More recently, our neighbors to the south are seen as the source of desperate migrants. … Continued
Last week, Susanne DeWitt, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor who later became a molecular biologist, spoke before the Berkeley, California, City Council to request a Holocaust Remembrance Day proclamation. After taking note of a “horrendous surge in antisemitism,” she was then … Continued
Tom Warth once visited a school library in Jinja, Uganda, that had nearly everything a library needs — except books. There was a librarian, a card catalog, tables, bookcases and students, but the shelves were nearly bare. What few books … Continued
Minnesota lawmakers are weighing a variety of gun-control proposals this year, but only a handful have a good chance of passing. Bills calling for a safe storage requirement, a requirement to report lost and stolen guns in a timely manner, … Continued
Alexandra Pennig loved and trusted Matthew Ecker — but he “ultimately scared her,” Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Ambrosia Mosby-Velasco said Wednesday in a downtown St. Paul courtroom. While Pennig knew to run from Ecker in the early morning hours of … Continued
In a throwback to some of Minnesota’s victories from two years ago, Wednesday’s blowout of Toronto quickly turned into a funfest for Timberwolves fans at Target Center. Numerous laps of the wave were completed in the second half of Minnesota’s … Continued