For five days and nights following the death of George Floyd on May 25, the city of Minneapolis was the…
There are only hours to go before election day, and businesses in most major cities are boarding up in expectation…
Recently I attended my first actual social function since the Late Troubles began. We were careful; we wore masks as…
On May 29, 2020, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charged former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin with third-degree murder (later…
Minneapolis, Minn. Today marks three months since George Floyd was killed, and the Twin Cities are still reeling. The riots…
Epigraph of the Series “ … the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition their Government for redress…
One of my ancestors knew Abraham Lincoln. All right, that’s not strictly true. He was a collateral ancestor of mine,…
The right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. — First…
The very first time I saw the Derek Chauvin–George Floyd video I was disgusted. I yelled at my TV screen,…