ANDREA BEATY: Discusses her new picture book, “Billie Jean Peet, Athlete,” latest in her Questioneers series. 6 p.m. Thursday, Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave., St. Paul. NIDHI CHANANI: Introduces “Super Boba Cafe: Home Sea Home,” latest in her graphic … Continued
In what’s become something of a ritual, members of Congress have lately been holding news conferences calling for stricter limits on their own stock trading. Americans love this idea, yet the bills have so far gone nowhere. Here’s hoping common … Continued
Over the past few months, 85 county fair gates have opened across Minnesota’s 87 counties. The only exceptions? Sparsely populated Cook County on the North Shore, whose fair faded away more than a decade ago, and Ramsey County. This county … Continued
With the federal government now the largest shareholder of Intel, an ostensibly private company, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wants you to know that “This is not socialism.” But if public ownership of the means of production isn’t socialism, what is? … Continued
Grace Harris found her calling in in-home caregiving through her Christian faith, which she says calls people to care for those who can’t care for themselves. Grace Harris at PA Day on the Hill at the Minnesota Capitol. (Courtesy of … Continued
After Damaris Hernández’s husband committed suicide, some of their acquaintances turned their back on her — for nearly a decade, in some cases. (Courtesy of author) They weren’t trying to be cruel. They were just terrified of saying the wrong … Continued