Paul TostoThe Museum of English Rural Life had a little fun on Twitter Monday, and followers rewarded the museum with a collective hug for some comic relief in a social media season where fun is really hard to find. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for April 2018
Billet families are the bright lights in what can be an unforgiving existence in western Canada’s junior hockey leagues. Their pain is surfacing now in the the days since a semitrailer ripped into a Canadian junior hockey league team bus, killing 15 people. Read more →
Bob Collins
Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
I don’t know if I’ve ever read a story that has so haunted me like today’s Star Tribune story of Jon Markle and his wife Mandy Markle, whose daughter drowned in Lake Minnetonka when Jon, who’d had a few drinks, decided it would be fun to drive on the ice. The girl was just 9 months old. Read more →
He was known as the ‘butterfly child’ because his skin was as fragile as a butterfly’s wings. Read more →
If not for Rowland Fowler, the people of Embarrass, Minn., might not have much of a reason to be so darned proud of their little slice of paradise.
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The book was born from the work of a dozen women who had met at a women’s liberation conference at Emmanuel College in 1969, the Boston Globe’s Stephanie Ebbert writes today. It began as a 35 cent pamphlet but became one of the most influential books of the century.
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A black bear in northern Minnesota couldn’t stop John Liepa. Neither did a hospital stay. Or a tornado. Or a blizzard. Or any number of things that keep the rest of us indoors in the fetal position. Read more →
Many women who spoke out against sexual harassment at work didn’t want their names used for fear of retaliation and having their careers ruined. What happened to many of those who put their names behind their stories? Their careers were ruined. Read more →
Friday April 6, 2018 (Subject to change as events dictate) Until 9 a.m. – Morning Edition Best Buy’s former CEO says he does not support anti-Muslim ads made by a conservative group he’d given money to; reaction to Pawlenty candidacy; the Twins opener; Hungary election preview; a Facebook exec responds; a StoryCorps segment from brothers Read more →
You’d think that after what Minnesota sports fans learned about anything having to do with Eagles last January, they’d have steered clear of the species and their human offspring at the opening day of Target Field. Read more →
The Minnesota Daily, operated by journalism students at the University of Minnesota, told a story that needed be told — excessive drinking at parties run by fraternities and sororities, specifically the February death of Mitchell Hoenig. Read more →
It started Monday morning when the city’s police chief, acting under orders from the mayor, shut down the sale of chicks at Strand Hardware, according to owner Matt Strand’s Facebook post. Read more →
If there’s one TV show in history that has not held up well over the years, it’s ‘All in the Family’, perhaps the most groundbreaking television show of my generation. It, of course, confronted things — racism, for example — that TV steadfastly avoided.
There hasn’t been anything like it on TV since, really. Read more →
Unquestionably, there is a right to free speech; that’s not the issue. This is: Does journalism have a responsibility to give it a megaphone? Read more →