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The NIL Era

Young athletes profit Larry McKenzie, the Minneapolis North boys basketball coach, spent 42 years training high school athletes. Over his lengthy career-which included several games against the Minnehaha Academy Redhawks-McKenzie secured a record six state...

The importance of truth in a time of uncertainty

What it means to navigate a "post-truth" world "What is a woman?" "I don't know, I'm not a biologist."  This is the scene that played out between Senator Marsha Blackburn and Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Judge Jackson's response -- "I don't know, I'm...

Criminal trial exposes larger problem of human trafficking

Human trafficking and its global impact 50% of US trafficking victims are girls under the age of 18 Girls as young as 5 are trafficked into sexual slavery -- sometimes sold by their own economically-vulnerable mothers and fathers According to The International Labour...

China: the rise & power of Xi Jinping

As Xi Jinping's influence grows, China is elevated to a whole new political and economic stage "There have been a lot of changes in China since I grew up there as a kid," said Jing Li, Chinese teacher. "The home, food, entertainment, and consumerism have changed the...
Gardening as therapy

Gardening as therapy

Green-thumbed individuals are seeing the effects of "horticulture therapy," whether they see it as therapy or not...

Humans of ‘Haha’

[Added Aug. 4, 2017: Listen to an audio recording of Emma Melling's interview with John Carlson from March 26, 2016.]...