Recent content from John Rash
Osterholm: As politics infect science, new tactics critical
The widening partisan divide may make responding to the inevitable next pandemic even more difficult.
Photo flap a tempest in a (royal) teapot compared to coming AI era
Photoshop fails are more easily detectable than the insidious artificial-intelligence images that may threaten society and democracy itself.
The complexities of age and ethics in the presidential race
The numbers voters may mostly focus on aren't economic metrics, but Biden's age and Trump's indictments.
Film shows what doing 'whatever the hell they want' looks like
Oscar-nominated documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" depicts the results of an unrestrained Russia and Vladimir Putin.
The global impact from local human-rights activism
New U exhibit explores how Minnesota-based organizations often have had a worldwide influence in the enduring struggle for human rights.
Higher education takes a tough test
The University of Minnesota and other institutions face campus controversies, concern over cost and value from an increasingly skeptical public.
Why Dean Phillips continues against-the-odds quest
The Minnesota Democrat, who acknowledges a "steep slope ahead," has focused more on politics than policy while largely being ignored by the national news media.
Presidential candidates should run everywhere, for everyone
Biden, by bypassing Iowa and New Hampshire, reinforced Democratic drift from rural America.
The link between global connectedness and geopolitical outlook
Two new Pew Research Center reports reflect the value of international travel.
In war-torn world, the Peace Corps endures
"Do whatever is in your sphere of influence," Peace Corps director Carol Spahn tells attendees at a summit of internationally involved Minnesotans.