Nobody’s saying exactly why Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot abruptly withdrew from a high profile virtual forum with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey scheduled for Friday. But the Chicago Tribune strongly hinted…
A new American Experiment report found troubling declines in academic achievement in Minnesota, zero progress in college readiness, and persistent racial disparities, despite a well-funded education system that accounts for…
American 'liberals', who claim to be so much more worldly than their 'conservative' countrymen and women, can be thoroughly parochial themselves. Blaming the Trump administration for the record economic collapse…
Fans of renewable energy are often against copper-nickel mining in Minnesota, even though Minnesota contains some of the largest undeveloped copper-nickel deposits in the world, and massive quantities of both…
Following the announcement by state officials that most students will not start the 2020 school year in classrooms full-time, Catrin Wigfall, policy fellow at Center of the American Experiment, released the following…
When schools closed, the demand for online school resources increased. A new study has however found that most of the increase in demand for online learning resources occurred in areas…
Good news for Minneapolis residents like Peter Hayes, whose first-hand account of trying to keep his family safe with “bullets flying” around his neighborhood recently made the pages of the…
Our economy has suffered terrible damage this year. When you shut large chunks of it down to combat a virus, that can only be expected. Other countries have experienced similar…
On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Micheal Shellenberger, a man who has spent thirty years of his life as an environmental activist, testified in front of the House Select Committee on…
The Minneapolis Board of Education voted against a resolution that called for starting the school year with distance learning, citing a "need for the governor to weigh in." Gov. Walz…
The 1850s produced a string of flashpoints that pushed slavery to the forefront of politics even in Minnesota' and its journey to statehood would be intertwined with the issue.
When Wisconsin's Supreme Court struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ “Safer at Home” order on May 13th, we in Minnesota were told that Sconnies would suffer. In fact, since then, Minnesota…
In June, American Experiment released a groundbreaking new report taking a look at the lack of affordable housing in Minnesota. One of the findings of that report found that government…
Using a preposterously flawed scientific model, Gov. Tim Walz waged a campaign of fear to shut down Minnesota’s economy.
Minnesota’s implacable opposition to slavery.
How government regulation strains families and our economy.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) has recently released its 2019 Sustainability Report, which sheds light on the Walz Administration’s desire to radically change the way Minnesotans drive. According to…
Since Memorial Day, the number of murders in Minneapolis is up 109% over the same period last year. The first six months of 2020 saw murders in St. Paul up…
The uncertainty around what school will look like this fall has sent parents scrambling and looking to innovative alternatives to meet the needs of their students and enhance their learning…
Turns out it is not so easy for small businesses to rebuild from scratch after losing everything. Who would have thought?
Within days of the launching of American Experiment’s Support MN Police public information campaign on behalf of law enforcement, leftist vandals have shown Minnesotans once again that the lawlessness and…
A legislative proposal would keep friendly arbitrators from reversing public employee reprimands.
The video of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on Memorial Day is sickening. There is no way that arresting a man for an alleged minor infraction should involve a police…
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) recently released it’s 2019 Sustainability Report. In the report, details how the government agency has signed two 25-year agreements to buy electricity from community…