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Postwar Interracial Co-ops and the Struggle against Redlining

In the 1940s, the co-op principle of open membership came into direct conflict with federal pro-segregation housing policy, a story that is still relevant today.

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The Otto Bremer Foundation Faces the Music, and It Is Loud

The Otto Bremer Foundation is unusual in a number of ways, including the fact that it owns a bank holding company. The state AG is looking to unseat its three trustees.

Pandemic Startups: Survival of the Fitting

The Indigenous Food Lab, though new, has managed to fit itself perfectly into Minneapolis’s evolving new environment.

CZI as a Philanthropic Purveyor of a Culture of Exclusion

Can the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative rise above the self-reinforcing limits of Priscilla and Mark Zuckerberg themselves? Staff are willing to help make that happen.

As Schools Turn to Online Learning, the Impact of Digital Inequity Grows

Giving all children and families computers and internet access will not close the digital divide—but it might narrow the gap a bit.

Community Colleges Face a Challenging Environment that Promises Nothing

The complexity of this environment for low-income people could mean community colleges become more central…but maybe not.