Featured Interviews
Our interviews offer deep insights into Minnesota public-policy issues
T. Williams Twin Cities community leader The early Urban Coalition was a forum to deal with issues of race, poverty, violence. We must learn from the past to face today's challenges. April 09, 2021
John Brandl University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute professor We're not angels; we need constraints. We think of politics only as a clash of interest groups. If that's all politics is, the government won't work. We need virtue. Placing virtue into the process becomes possible when nongovernmental entities that depend on good will are given an opportunity to provide services. September 14, 2005
David Durenberger Former U.S. senator from Minnesota Minnesota has lost its appetite for rebuilding civic infrastructure and developing creative policy ideas. We need to reinvigorate that legacy of community engagement for the collective good. October 09, 2015
Paul Ostrow Former City Council President Minneapolis voters must be given right to choose more effective, accountable, transparent form of city government January 8, 2021