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The Education of David Carrnew
Before the New York Times, David Carr learned the journalism craft on Minneapolis streets.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
02-25-2015 |
Features
Former Minnesota Vikings Punter Calls for Firing of 'Bigot' Coachnew
In a Deadspin article, provocatively titled, "I Was An NFL Player Until I Was Fired By Two Cowards And A Bigot," Kluwe says he's "pretty confident" the Vikings let him go as punishment for his off-the-field activism in support of same-sex marriage. City Pages caught up with Kluwe Thursday afternoon to talk about his post, the response and what happens next.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
01-03-2014 |
LGBT
Tags: Chris Kluwe, mike Priefer
The CC Club: An Oral Historynew
Tales from the iconic bar in Minneapolis that served the likes of David Carr, Tom Arnold, and Tommy Stinson. Few establishments in the Twin Cities have seen more glasses emptied, cigarettes smoked, or strangers find each other.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Olivia LaVecchia and Andy Mannix |
05-06-2013 |
Features
Change of Heartnew
Patty Wetterling, whose eleven-year-old son was abducted at gunpoint in 1989, questions the sex-offender laws for which she once lobbied.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jennifer Bleyer |
03-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Behind Laos's Yellow Rain and Tearsnew
A controversial Radiolab episode opens old wounds and raises countless questions for Minnesota's Hmong.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Olivia LaVecchia |
11-13-2012 |
Features
Chris Kluwe Takes a Standnew
Minnesota Vikings punter pries open the last closet in America: major league sports.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
10-23-2012 |
LGBT
Highway Suicidenew
Why do people keep lying down in Minnesota traffic?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
03-30-2012 |
Health
Interview with Marilyn Hagerty, Genius Olive Garden Reviewernew
Marilyn Hagerty's Olive Garden review has been tweeted over 6,800 times, and Liked on Facebook 4,477 times. The editors at the Grand Forks Herald are scrambling to assemble an article on the outsized reaction for tomorrow's paper, but in the meantime, we called Marilyn Hagerty to get her response to the sudden internet fame.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
03-08-2012 |
Media
Tags: Marilyn Hagerty, Olive Garden
Doctor Against Birth Control for Employeesnew
A Twin Cities-based dermatologist may close down his business rather than offer his employees contraception.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Aaron Rupar |
02-03-2012 |
Health
The Suicide Filesnew
A sheriff's deputy kills himself and leaves behind a box of files with a reporter's name on it: mine.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jessica Lussenhop |
11-30-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Weird Sciencenew
How a bogus child sex trafficking study fooled some of the most respected media outlets in the country.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Nick Pinto |
03-25-2011 |
Media
Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Essay-Scoring Businessnew
Behind the scenes of standardized testing.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jessica Lussenhop |
02-23-2011 |
Education
This Couple Wants You to Vote on Their Abortionnew
Pete and Alisha Arnold launched a website called birthornot.com, where they post news about the pregnancy and ultrasound photos of the fetus. They also posted a polldaddy.com poll asking, "Should We Give Birth or Have an Abortion?"
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
11-18-2010 |
Children & Families
Boy, Interrupted: Remembering Jeremy Gillitzernew
On June 1, Jeremy Gillitzer died after a long struggle with anorexia. At the time of his death, he weighed just 66 pounds.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-27-2010 |
Science
Tags: Jeremy Gillitzer
Paul Koenig, the One-Man Housing Crisisnew
On the 1500 block of Hillside Avenue in north Minneapolis, a brown and white handrail leads to a vinyl-sided beige duplex. Inside, a bowing chimney has split a crack in the drywall beginning at the floor and disappearing into the upper unit. An occasional mouse scurries through.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
02-24-2010 |
Housing & Development
