Medical Assistance program confuses everybody

BY DIANE J. PETERSON AND JOHN KOLSTAD Our Minnesota Legislature keeps allowing ever-increasing billions of our tax funds to pay private corporations to manage the health care of people who cannot afford their own medical care. However, most legislators and patients do not comprehend how this government function operates. On…
Donald Trump, the racist

BY ED FELIEN The Star Tribune missed an opportunity to fully explain the extent of Donald Trump’s connection to the white supremacy movement when it published “Trump denial strikes familiar tone; Professing ignorance on Hitler similar to remarks about Klan, QAnon, Proud Boys” by Jill Colvin on Dec. 28. They…
Eater awards, great food writing, and a mini-review of Reverie Cafe + Bar
Spirits in the Coliseum
‘Where is your humanity?’
Is Smith Foundry killing us slowly with its pollution?

BY DANIEL COLTEN SCHMIDT Smith Foundry is an iron foundry in the residential East Phillips neighborhood. It has been in operation since 1923 and has been polluting the neighborhood since its inception. This past August, 100 years after the foundry opened, the EPA sent Smith Foundry a Notice of Violation…
Election reflection – moving on from here
Books make perfect last-minute (but thoughtful) gifts
Wars in a holy time, and holy days in a time of war
Supercharge your winter wellness
East Lake Street revisited and reimagined
Fear and loathing in Palestine and Israel
Don’t forget your lutefisk for Christmas

BY STEPHANIE FOX It’s nearly Christmas and here in the North, that means holiday lights, tinsel-covered trees, and lutefisk. For many, it isn’t Christmas without a traditional bite or two of this iconic Norwegian delicacy. What many people don’t realize is that most of the country’s lutefisk originates right here…