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The Gospel According to Paul Dorrnew
A little-known political consultant from Iowa is beating back the menace of public education in Minnesota, one school referendum at a time.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Molly Priesmeyer |
07-11-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Shenzhen Surprisenew
General Mills got a crash course in global spin when an obscure newspaper in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen announced that Häagen-Dazs had been busted for running an ice-cream sweatshop in a three-bedroom apartment.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Adam Minter |
07-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Gagging Dr. Deannew
So much for reinventing the Democratic Party: Dems join Republicans in ganging up on Howard Dean and the party's grassroots funders.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
06-22-2005 |
Commentary
Fixing a Leaknew
Former Minneapolis City Councilmember Dan Cohen talks about being outed as the source of a leak about a political candidate's shoplifting conviction, and the subsequent legal battle against two Twin Cities dailies that ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
06-17-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Minnesota's 50 Greatest Hitsnew
From the Castaways and the Trashmen, through The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Prince, Soul Asylum and Atmosphere, City Pages counts down the Top 50 hit singles made in Minnesota.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
City Pages staff |
06-08-2005 |
Music
Real Estate: Bubbly or Frothy?new
Economic signs indicate that rising house prices can't go on much longer. Is Alan Greenspan finally ready to admit that the housing market is clinically insane?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Michael Tortorello |
06-02-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Senator Who Came Out from the Coldnew
Republican state Senator Paul Koering never hid the fact he was gay. He never cared to announce it, either, until a floor vote forced his hand. Two months after coming out, he talks about his decision and the fallout.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
06-02-2005 |
Politics
A Whole Different Ballgamenew
Why are so many Latino players among those testing positive for steroids under baseball's new policy? One culprit is Major League Baseball itself.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
05-26-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Dark Lord Speaksnew
George Lucas discusses how Sith compares to Vietnam-era foreign policy in a story filed by film critic Rob Nelson from the Cannes Film Festival.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
05-18-2005 |
Movies
Painting Outside the Linesnew
Jazz pianist Jason Moran talks about Milestone, a piece commissioned by the Walker Art Center and inspired by works by Adrian Piper, Louise Nevelson, Ellsworth Kelly, and others, that he performs this weekend.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Dylan Hicks |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jason Moran
Same Country, Different Nationnew
Writer Mike Mosedale visited the Red Lake Indian Reservation, site of the March 21 school shooting that left 10 people dead, and spoke to tribe members about the problems of poverty and substance abuse that plague the youth of Red Lake.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
05-04-2005 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Backwards and Forwardsnew
City Pages interviews Palindromes writer-director Todd Solondz about sexuality, disability and narcissism.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Laura Sinagra |
04-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Palindromes, Todd Solondz
When Pigs Flynew
Remember those aircraft maintenance jobs Northwest Airlines promised Minnesota over a decade ago? They never materialized -- and much of that work is now outsourced to seldom-inspected overseas firms.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
04-21-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Linger Awhilenew
Larry Malmberg, the dean of Minnesota's accordionists, started playing in his teens after his parents died and has never really quit.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rod Smith |
04-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Larry Malmberg
Blows Against the Empirenew
A former Playboy model and card shark plays on our collective lust for all things confessional in her new book, which dishes premium dirt on Hugh Hefner's messianic goatishness.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Diablo Cody |
04-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
