Harvard Law School

Jammie Thomas-Rasset: The download martyr

RIAA fines Brainerd woman $220,000 for 24 songs

Al Franken gavels Elena Kagan's Supreme Court vote to a close

Image Via YouTubeAl Franken does the honors during Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation vote.​Solicitor General Elena Kagan was confirmed for the Supreme Court this afternoon and Minnesota freshman Sen. Al Franken gaveled the vote to a close by declaring "the nomination is confirmed." The vote wa ... More >>

Chris Barden challenges Lori Swanson for Attorney General post

​R. Christopher Barden, an Republican lawyer from Edina, formally announced his candidacy for Attorney General today.In a statement posted on the True North blog last night, Barden laid out his platform, which includes a lot of red meat for the GOP base: lock up more criminals, be more business-fr ... More >>

TwinCitiesTwitter keeps it local

Finding local Twitter tweeps with something useful to say can be a challenge, but to locals have a new tool that solves the problem.

Minneapolis photographer captures Obama as a young man

Lisa Jack didn't know she was photographing the first black president

Westlaw rises to legal publishing fame by selling free information

St. Paul company outprofits Gannett, McGraw Hill, New York Times

Awkward Obama inauguration moment: Oath of Office

Wide-Open Spaces

Director Sean Penn Delivers a Soulful Road Movie About a Young Man's Tragic Adventure Into the Alaskan Wilderness

Blows Against the Death Penalty

Local attorney Sandra Babcock recently won a major international court decision

Sweet Smell of Cosmopolis

The new 'People I Know' is so old-fashioned it's already gone

Class Action

With 'Justice,' a pair of Twin Cities civil rights lawyers raise the bar for African American filmmaking

Justice is Blond

With 'Justice,' a pair of Twin Cities civil rights lawyers raise the bar for African American filmmaking

Y Tu Película También

'Hollywood Shuffle' in shades of brown; Sanity's loss is theater's gain

Left Field

Joan Campbell's surprising loss leaves two candidates fighting for the Second Ward's liberal base

Who Wants to be a Senator?

Forget free trade with China, privatizing Social Security, and that pesky debate about campaign-finance reform. Here’s everything you really need to know about that gaggle of Minnesotans who are vying for a six-year stint in Washington.

Magic Bus

The NAACP's education lawsuit promised to be a watershed case for poor and minority kids. So when exactly did the wheels come off?

Once in Love With Amy

The surprise hit Judging Amy is a kind of woman's standard, in the key of melodrama

Everyone an Author

Third Voice's backers say the software is the last best hope for a people's Web. Critics call it cybergraffiti.

High Stakes

When Minnesota and Wisconsin tribes gave $500,000 to the Democrats, a lobbyist testified, the Democrats listened.

The Trials of David Lillehaug

In the wake of Najarian and Shabazz, the U.S. attorney and former DFL prodigy finds his once-bright political future in question.