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Artificial intelligence is here — and it’s powerful. From recommending what to watch to helping draft messages or organizing your calendar, AI is becoming part of everyday life. Used …
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By Dean Ridings
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5/16/25
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Dr. Meghan Swanson is a neuroscientist at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
She conducts research at the University of Minnesota's Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB), a …
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5/16/25
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Welcome back to a new gardening season, and a new season of City Gardener columns! As our gardens begin to wake up from their winter rest, it's a great time to think about an often-neglected …
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By Lauren Bethke
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5/16/25
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It is becoming important for me to ground myself before I write. At the end of the day, Stories and Journeys is me paying attention to my internal knowing, being still and true to myself. With this …
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By Donald L. Hammen
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4/25/25
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Challenges bring opportunity. So do connections.
The other day, I met a Minneapolis fire inspections field operations manager who told me the city's fire department is understaffed .
"I …
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By Eric Ortiz
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4/18/25
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With warmer weather coming, I have been able to get outside and walk more. Walking more is causing me to be aware that it is so easy for me to take my feet for granted. So, in this column, I am …
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By Donald L. Hammen
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3/28/25
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Our world is out of balance. It has been for a while.
In 1980, on Thanksgiving Day, John Trudell , one of the most respected and influential Indigenous rights defenders, delivered an empowering …
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By Eric Ortiz
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3/21/25
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Moving past the 2024 Presidential election results for me means that I have reached the following conclusion: There was dis-information and voter suppression. Especially voter suppression. My trusted …
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By Donald L. Hammen
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3/21/25
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We are coming up on five years since Mr. George Floyd was murdered at Cup Foods by a police officer. Memories of that time carry a strong emotional charge: the daily COVID-19 briefings from Governor …
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By Valerie Fitzgerald, Howe resident
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2/27/25
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Moving past the 2024 Presidential election results for me means that I have reached the following conclusion: There was dis-information and voter suppression. Especially voter suppression. My …
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By Donald L. Hammen
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2/27/25
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As I start to write, I am aware that the Trump inauguration is coming. When he leaves office, I will be 84 years old.
LOST AND SEARCHING I HAVE ADOPTED GUIDES
The holidays …
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By Donald L. Hammen
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2/19/25
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Shortly after initiating the acquisition of Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk posted, “For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far …
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By Chuck Peters, chuck@ambit.community
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1/31/25
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On Tuesday, Jan. 14 amid a tectonic start to Minnesota Legislature 2025-26 Session, one bright spot emerged: a resounding collective voice for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) echoed throughout the …
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By Betty Foilliard
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1/22/25
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Focus on what's strong. Not what's wrong.
This is the essence of asset-based community development . It's also what sustainable community building looks like and how we can create …
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By Eric Ortiz
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1/22/25
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Stories and Journeys is three years old. Happy Birthday! An amazing human being by the name of Amy once observed that writing is how I process my life. Others have claimed to have made the same …
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By Donald L. Hammen
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1/2/25
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Recently I spent two nights at Gigi’s, the café at the corner of 36th street and Bryant. In a way, nothing much happened. Yet these were some of the best moments I have had in …
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By Anna Bonavita
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12/11/24
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Guns kill more children in the United States than anything else.
It's a shocking statistic. But it's true.
In 2023, firearms killed 4,456 children and teens ages 1 to 19 (out of 46,728 gun …
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Eric Ortiz
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12/11/24
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As I start writing, it is as if my words are having to push through feelings of fear and a sense of something being lost. It feels like I am wanting to cry. I'm grieving as I write. It's Nov. 14. I'm …
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By Donald L. Hammen
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11/29/24
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This year, like most, the campaigning and voting in partisan offices like president, congress, and state legislature, was dominated by the two largest parties – the Democratic Farmer Labor and …
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By Cam Gordon
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11/20/24
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The recent decision by The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times to skip endorsing a presidential candidate has put the issue of media trust in the spotlight – and it underscores just how …
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By Dean Ridings
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11/20/24
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