Bio·phil·ia: A new grant for our new program on nature, design, and connection to the living world
Thanks to a grant from Arts Midwest, Project Optimist will feature essays, visual art, and design about connecting with the natural world in 2024.
Nora Hertel
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How do you get a rural doc? Launch a rural med school
The Medical College of Wisconsin launched a central Wisconsin campus 10 years ago. The effort offers lessons for University of Minnesota officials to consider as they prepare to open a new medical school campus in St. Cloud in 2025.
Another year on the books: Here's how Project Optimist grew in Year 2
Where we've been in 2023 and where we're growing in 2024.
The U.S. is moving away from coal. We toured a central Minnesota plant in transition
It’s the beginning of the end for the coal-fired units at Sherco power plant as the first of three units powers down.
It's Give to the Max Day! Support our fact-checking fund
We're hoping to raise $2,000 today
What does it take to bridge divides among family and friends? Listening, and then some
St. Cloud will host a free workshop Saturday morning on Skills for Bridging the Divide from depolarization group Braver Angels.
Healthy soil, clean water are central to environmentally-friendly agriculture, but the challenges in the field go deep
The future of agriculture lies at the intersection of economic, environmental, political, and familial forces
Explore the grey areas through our series: Nuclear at a Crossroads
A comic to illustrate the ambivalence toward nuclear power that's common in Minnesota politics and beyond.
Book excerpt: 'Working Across Lines: Resisting extreme energy extraction'
What does it take to bridge political divides? Lessons from organizers in western Idaho