Minneapolis

A new book explores how, for decades, businesses of all sizes have been burying hazardous waste all over cities.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The unique teaching model, piloted in Minneapolis, focuses on students' strengths and teachers' relationship with the classroom.

• By Tara García Mathewson

The Super Bowl is in Minneapolis this year. But is the sporting spectacle actually any good for the city? And is the game any good for the country?

• By David M. Perry

A small church in Minneapolis is working to stave off the effects of rising neighborhood housing costs by unifying communities through religion.

• By Serena Solomon

Ilhan Omar is fighting xenophobic politics to make Minneapolis—and her country—a better place.

• By Erica Berry

Not far.

• By Francie Diep

Music- and art-based outreach programs have been successful in combating extremism in cities like Minneapolis, but they're facing a roadblock. Stringent visa standards from the State Department are blocking many foreign artists from entering the country, and harming communities that need these programs the most.

• By Liana Simonds

Ethnic and racial diversity locked up in poor neighborhoods on Chicago's South Side does little good for the regional economy. So why do many blindly associate ethnic diversity with economic development?

• By Jim Russell