The sound of bagpipes still makes Butch Inks feel sick to his stomach. It brings him back to seven funerals of active-duty firefighters when he was St. Paul’s assistant fire chief and then fire chief. Those were the worst days … Continued
American sports leagues treated global expansion as an aspiration for decades, but it was something to pursue only when convenient — and often without much strategic forethought. The calculus changed in 2025, as evidenced by the organizations that signaled that … Continued
It was hard to know what to believe this past year. In the old days, there were conspiracies about the moon landing. These days, it feels like there’s a conspiracy about everything — that the truth is up for grabs, … Continued
On a recent Friday in late November, Eric Hauge spotted a wave of new eviction filings across Minnesota, many but not all of them related to public housing authorities in the Twin Cities. “We saw 246 cases filed in a … Continued
Filmmaker David Lynch (Sara Hirakawa/The New York Times) However their lives began, the creative figures who died this year soon enough made their way to our stages, our galleries, our cinemas, our book shelves. Their ideas and personalities helped shape … Continued
Beyond the state of the economy and the cost of housing, it’s unclear the degree to which a notable uptick in statewide housing evictions can be linked to a drop in state funding for social service providers amid sweeping allegations … Continued