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Thomas Gavin might be America's most prolific artifact thief — but the jig is up

Thomas Gavin might be America's most prolific artifact thief — but the jig is up

Thomas Gavin went on a tear in the 1960s and '70s, hitting nearly a dozen museums on the East Coast. He mostly stole antique firearms and stashed them in his hideout — a barn in rural Pennsylvania.
by Gabe O'Connor and Sarah Handel

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Answering today's problems with yesterday's fairy tales

Answering today's problems with yesterday's fairy tales

Jack Zipes thinks that answers to the major cultural and political quandaries of today can be found in the fairy tales of the past. Host Cathy Wurzer spoke with the celebrated University of Minnesota professor and “cultural excavator” about the history of fairy tales and his new press, Little Mole and Honey Bear.
by Cathy Wurzer and Kelly Gordon

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Museum exhibit documents human toll of freeway construction in Minneapolis

Museum exhibit documents human toll of freeway construction in Minneapolis

A museum exhibit that opened this fall in Minneapolis explores how the cost of building Interstate 35W a half-century ago was much more than just financial. It also cut through the heart of vibrant neighborhoods — displacing residents, and communities of color in particular.
by Sonja Kleven

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Why a St. Paul church is making reparations for racial inequality

Why a St. Paul church is making reparations for racial inequality

A century ago, Pilgrim Lutheran Church was founded in Mac-Groveland, a white neighborhood of St. Paul, less than a mile from the home of a Black couple facing racist harassment and threats for moving to the neighborhood. Today, Pilgrim Lutheran is undertaking a reparations project. A parishioner told Cathy Wurzer why.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alex Cheng

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Split Rock ceremony to remember Edmund Fitzgerald, crew on 46th anniversary of wreck

Split Rock ceremony to remember Edmund Fitzgerald, crew on 46th anniversary of wreck

A crowd is set to gather under forecast moody, gloomy skies along Minnesota’s North Shore on Wednesday afternoon for a memorial ceremony marking the 46th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
by Andrew Krueger

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