Jay Walljasper, author of the Great Neighborhood Book, is a Minneapolis-based writer, speaker, and community consultant.
How a historic Chicago neighborhood became a national model for community revitalization.
On the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, when some manipulate memory, a scholar calls for a new look at the past—and our common humanity.
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And why Trump’s ballroom will some day double as a community center for kids.
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A state-by-state breakdown of the Senate primaries shows Democrats have largely, but not completely, averted a debilitating ideological civil war in the midterm elections.
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It’s great that Democrats are blasting “The Epstein Class” but their House candidate in New Jersey needs to avoid “Israeli genocide” and “Abolish ICE.”
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Everyone expected the end of affirmative action to reduce Black and Hispanic enrollment at top colleges. That’s not exactly how it worked out.
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Teens’ distrust in news is a crisis. Better “news literacy” can help.
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