See the whole ICEberg: Minnesota students need resources to cope • Minnesota Reformer
Researchers estimated that over 40% of students in post-Katrina New Orleans met the criteria for a mental health referral.
Commentary: Psychologists now know that adverse childhood experiences, like the sort experienced by students in New Orleans and in Minnesota now, increase the risk of a variety of negative outcomes later in life, ranging from unemployment to chronic disease. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/06/s...
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The Minneapolis council member on the front lines of the resistance to ICE • Minnesota Reformer
When heavily-armed federal agents and Minneapolis police officers surrounded a Lake Street taco shop in June, Minneapolis City Council Member Jason Chavez was incensed. “This is completely wrong,” Ch...
I profiled Jason Chavez, the Minneapolis city council member who has been embedded in community efforts to combat ICE.
“To leave your constituents to face off with a racist fascist regime on their own, without having someone that has some power…I could not let my constituents be out there alone.”
05.03.2026 13:20
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Post Modern Times' owner seeks a new way forward • Minnesota Reformer
When George Floyd was murdered in 2020, the café had temporarily adopted a similar donation model to show solidarity with the Southside community.
Commentary: The resilience of spaces like the Post Modern Times café serves as a powerful testament: The official occupation may be winding down, but the duty to protect and provide for one another remains woven into the soul of the Southside. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/03/p...
03.03.2026 15:14
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Minnesota senator wants cursive to make a comeback • Minnesota Reformer
It makes documents poetic. It strengthens hand-eye coordination. And, hundreds of years ago, “it was a mark of an educated person.” That’s how Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, described cursive handwritin...
It makes documents poetic. It strengthens hand-eye coordination. And, hundreds of years ago, “it was a mark of an educated person.”
That’s how DFL Sen. Ann Rest described cursive, arguing that all Minnesota elementary students should learn it.
02.03.2026 21:40
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Measuring the economic damage of Minnesota’s ICE surge is hard • Minnesota Reformer
Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge to Minnesota — $203.1 million in damage in Minneapolis, $106 million in lost wages in the Twin Cities — are based on limited data an...
Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge are based on limited data and back-of-the-envelope calculations.
Researcher Aaron Rosenthal said rough early estimates are still valuable, because businesses, families and policymakers “can’t wait a year for proper data.”
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Nick Shirley, U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber's guest at State of the Union, shows who he is • Minnesota Reformer
The ignorant lies change, but the sentiment stays the same.
Commentary: "The problem with a political philosophy based on racial hierarchies — aside from being morally repugnant — is that they’ll come for you eventually."
Nick Shirley, U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber’s guest at State of the Union, shows who he is minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/02/n...
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Ramsey County Attorney John Choi is the competent reformer we need right now • Minnesota Reformer
Repeatedly, Choi sees a problem, seeks out data-backed solutions, finds partners, and often gathers the money himself, be it private or public sector money.
Commentary: Repeatedly, Choi sees a problem, seeks out data-backed solutions, finds partners, and often gathers the resources himself, be it private or public sector money.
And then, as if by magic, the problem is less of a problem than it was. minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/26/r...
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Ramsey County Attorney John Choi is the competent reformer we need right now • Minnesota Reformer
Repeatedly, Choi sees a problem, seeks out data-backed solutions, finds partners, and often gathers the money himself, be it private or public sector money.
Commentary: "Repeatedly, Choi sees a problem, seeks out data-backed solutions, finds partners, and often gathers the money himself, be it private or public sector money.
And then, as if by magic, the problem is less of a problem than it was."
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Trump administration halts some Medicaid funding to Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the one-time TV doctor and now administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said Walz would have 60 days to respond.
Trump, who paid $25 million to settle lawsuits over Trump University, has at times viewed scammers with mercy, like when he commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, a health care executive convicted in 2019 of a $1.3 billion Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme.
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