In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

A conversation with Justin Ellis about "The Cruelty of Nice Folks"

Short review of recent releases.

Harry Singh brought previously unheard of levels of spice to Minnesota when he opened his Caribbean restaurant in Minneapolis over 40 years ago, an...

In his book, 'The Cruelty of Nice Folks,' Ellis looks at how when it comes to race, Minneapolis is trapped in cycles of good intentions and failure to follow through.

The president promised to save “Black jobs,” but his policies have resulted in fresh pain for the Black middle class as the employment gap widens.

Explore Justin Ellis' debut, 'The Cruelty of Nice Folks,' exposing racial disparities in Minneapolis and the cost of 'Minnesota Nice.'

It feels like JD Vance has been everywhere in the last few weeks, and haven’t we suffered enough? As much as I’m enjoying the universal disdain he’s receiving from a diverse array of publications, …

The black-and-white booklet is meant to fit easily in a pocket or slip into the palm of a polite stranger, anyone whose willingness to make eye contact left them open to learning about race relatio…

George Floyd's murder put Minneapolis in the spotlight. Justin Ellis' new book, 'The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis is the Story of America,' says the city embodies a contradiction - liberal i...

McNally Jackson is an independent bookstore with five New York locations.

The skies have never been more blue over the city of New York, the sun never more warm, and the Knicks merch more profound and ubiquitous. The other day my daughter had her first basketball lesson on ...

The city has hired a consultant for up to $1.4 million to, among other things, help the leaders get along. They met privately last week and set ground rules.

If you’re the kind of reader who prefers some heft in your beach reads, than June is the month for you. This month’s picks feature natural histories of American megafauna, domestic memoirs of paren…

President Michael Kotlikoff backed his car into a student and drove over the foot of a recent graduate after what he called a "harassment and intimidation incident" in a Friday email blast to the...

After a remarkably difficult winter, the 51st Mayday parade in south Minneapolis was especially poignant. The festival of puppets, music and protest art has long highlighted immigrant communities and ...

It’s Los Angeles in the 1970s. Cars are as long as boats. Beachside tacos are practically free. The sun glares through chunky brown fog, but does nothing to prevent assorted bad acts from happening. A...

A report from the Minneapolis City Auditor released Wednesday is critical of the Minneapolis police department’s actions leading up to and following the death of Allison Lussier. It also said “slower ...

Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.

An understandably despairing view of race relations in the wake of racist murders in Minneapolis.

As we slowly recover from one belligerent winter, we can look to spring as a time of growth, renewal, abundance—and nothing could be more abundant than the season’s noteworthy books. Below, you’ll fin...

When will they learn? The party remains far too solicitous of an industry that’s rewarded their fealty with four years of Trump and untold damage to democracy.