Realm, reach and influence of Brandeis was reflected in important Minnesota...
A century ago, on June 1, 1916, the United States Senate voted to confirm President Woodrow Wilson’s appointment of Louis Dembitz Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court by a 47-22 vote.Library of...
View ArticleCrossroads to Philadelphia — 1948
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical SocietyHubert Humphrey in 1949The Democratic Party is holding its convention in Philadelphia for the first time since 1948. At that convention, Minneapolis Mayor...
View ArticleAnd now it can be told: How two fans helped inspire the Gophers to beat UCLA...
Steve HunegsREUTERSUniversity of Minnesota Golden Gophers Bobby Jackson (R) drives past UCLA Bruins Kris Johnson during their NCAA Midwest Regional Championship game on March 22 in San Antonio.Twenty...
View ArticleNostra Aetate: For 50 years, a touchstone of interfaith engagement
Andy TixSteve HunegsSteve HunegsSupreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously wrote: “The life of the law is not logic but experience.”So it is too for the unfolding of Catholic-Jewish relations...
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