Minnesota-based companies Securian and Starkey have cut ties with the NRA
Securian Financial Group, located in St. Paul, is the latest company to take a stand against the National Rifle Association: Securian, one of St. Paul's largest employers with 2,600 employees at their downtown headquarters,...
Catcalling in the Twin Cities, part II: Gender and inequality
What was interesting to hear, throughout the discussion that we began in part one, was how many people (men and women both) link the prevalence of street harassment to gender inequality elsewhere in society,...
School security changes on deck from Minnesota republicans
Florida might be on the very opposite end of the country from our northern-most Minnesota, but every last corner of the country has felt the tragedy that rocked Stoneman Douglas High School this past...
First contact with aliens is coming soon. But will the aliens care?
First contact with aliens is coming soon - but will the aliens care? Not according to famed physicist Michio Kaku who said, during a recent Reddit AMA ("Ask Me Anything") which focused...
Catcalling in the Twin Cities
Warehouse District, Minneapolis, Friday night. Taxis pull up to the curb, stopping alongside drunken bar hoppers, bachelor and bachelorette partiers, locals and late night revelers laughing and talking in groups, engaging in the long Minnesota goodbye,...
Cannabis might save your liver, according to a new study
Cannabis has been shown to have various health benefits: pain management, quelling nausea, and, of course, the calming effects of relaxation.
And now that legal weed for recreational use is becoming increasingly common (9 states...
Stars Hollow Co. latest Minnesota aquaponics startup
Minnesota is adding yet another aquaponics company to a rapidly-growing list: We now have 40 producers of indoor fish and vegetation, up from just 3 in 2010 (UofM).
The latest? Stars Hollow Co. joins the...
Here are the Recycling Zone policy changes you need to know
At the beginning of the year there was a change to what is accepted at the Recycling Zone in Eagan, MN located at 3365 Dodd Road (Hwy 149).
The Recycling Zone will no longer be taking...
MN Orchestra will be the first US professional orchestra to tour South Africa
The Minnesota Orchestra will be the first professional Orchestra from the United States ever to tour South Africa this August, part of the orchestra's Sommerfest 2018: "Music for Mandela."
Sommerfest celebrates Nobel Peace Prize-winning South...
A WWII-era radiator company expands in Hibbing
During WWII desert tank warfare, it was discovered that a single bullet to the radiator of a British tank would render it completely and utterly disabled. The solution was a simple one: A British-designed...
