Cody NelsonUnicorn Riot, a nonprofit media collective, lets us peer inside the extreme-right’s corners of the internet thanks to a trove of documents it was leaked. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
In resigning his post as the State Department’s science envoy, David Kammen made a little acrostic, apparently giving a one-word instruction for Congress.
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Much of the Midwest has has grave inequality issues between black and white people, according to a study from 24/7 Wall St. Read more →
Nancy YangESPN says the decision was made “collectively.” Read more →
Jon Dingwall likely saved his sister Taylor’s life in a fatal UTV accident last weekend. Read more →
Protip: It’s usually not a good idea to brag on social media about how wealthy you are and then mock someone for not being as rich as you. Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, found that out the hard way after being criticized for an Instagram post in which she hashtagged basically Read more →
The lawyer is out of a job now. Read more →
So there’s this total solar eclipse thing happening across the United States today but we don’t care anymore — a dog just casually went grocery shopping over the weekend and we can’t stop watching the video. I'm still shook pic.twitter.com/TPYLRNHDP0 — ashleen🌺 (@ashleenn_) August 20, 2017 This is going to be the real distraction today.
Today’s the day the total solar eclipse distracts America from, well, everything. The better-enjoy-it-now spectacle will cost the United States almost $700 million in lost productivity during the “roughly 20 minutes that outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimates workers will take out of their workday on Monday to stretch their legs, head outside the office and Read more →
Steve Bannon says he will return to the helm of Breitbart now that his tenure in the White House is over. Read more →
Given the recent discussions on removing controversial or offensive statues across the U.S., we wanted to ask what statues people actually like here in Minnesota. Take a look. Read more →
Bob Collins
Maine’s governor says the effort by communities to remove Confederate monuments is like taking down a 9/11 memorial. No it’s not.
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My 45th high school reunion is in October and it seems like a good time to show up, if only to brush up on my small-talk ability to avoid actually saying, ‘man, you got old.’ Read more →
Being a photographer is hard work. Just ask Tony Capobianco, a newspaper photographer, who was out of the line of fire for the ceremonial first pitch at Boston’s Fenway Park last night. Until he wasn’t. Read more →
The aftermath of the terrorism in Charlottesville has presented the greatest challenge to support for the breadth of the concept of free speech in years, and it appears to be softening.
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