The Violence Project illuminates culture of mass shootings

By Margaret KinneyOur country is in the grip of a mass shootings epidemic. It is unique to our country and to our times. The USA experiences mass shootings at a level…
Schmidt Art Crawl returns this fall

By Lark GilmerArt Lives at Schmidt Artist Lofts. For the last several years, we have not only created art but also produced unique events to display and sell local artworks. This…
Conservancy aims to make St. Paul a global destination with proposed river projects

St. Paul may soon have a smattering of new river-oriented projects that span the city’s 17 miles of the Mississippi River thanks to the efforts of the Great River Passage…
White Squirrel Bar hits one-year milestone

Wife and husband, Dani and Jarret Oulman, were channeling this inside joke while naming White Squirrel Bar, 974 West 7th St. In case you get lost while searching for the…
Juneteenth renews push for reparations

By Casey EkJuneteenth, the holiday on June 19 commemorating the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas learned two years after the Emancipation Proclamation that they were free, was a…
We remember Scott McClure: 1968-2022

by Jerry RothsteinScott Andrew McClure was born on June 25, 1968, to Georgann Warren McClure and Norman Donald McClure (d. 2019). He was the “little brother” to sister Christine Susan McClure,…
All hands on decks

by Casey EkZachary Rassett picked up his first skateboard when he was 5 years old, and since then he hasn’t looked back. Now, the 26-year-old has launched his own company and…
St. Paul’s unhoused grapple with drying federal COVID dollars

By Casey EkGean, one of St. Paul’s unhoused residents took cover under a bridget near Shepard Road as nickel-sized hail pelted the city on May 19. An encampment along the roadway…
Meet the newest Fort Road Federation board members

by Casey EkApril 26 marked the Fort Road Federation’s first in-person meeting of its type since the pandemic. The meeting, held at Summit Brewing, celebrated a year’s worth of efforts from…