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2 weeks ago | 
startribune.com | Dane Smith
Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of guest commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. The Star Tribune's March 30 front-page overview of fraud in pandemic programs ( "Fraud flourished amid torrent of COVID aid") offered some overdue perspective, putting our $266 million in fraud convictions and allegations in the context of an estimated $200 billion stolen nationally, out of $4.5 trillion in total relief over the last five years.
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2 weeks ago | 
minnpost.com | Dane Smith
Minnesotans should be proud of our history as a state that has stood up when necessary to wealth and privilege, using the tools of democracy to seek common good and greater equality.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
ssga.com | Lori Heinel |Altaf Kassam |Dane Smith |Desmond Lawrence
Lori Heinel, Global Chief Investment Officer, shares our views on the key trends and
developments that will shape the global market landscape in 2025.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Mary Hartnett |Dane Smith
Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of guest commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Monique LaCroix for many years donned a clown costume to do a “Magic of Reading” show for kids at local public libraries in the Carver County area. Her other services to her community include both paid and volunteer work at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and at a 12-step addiction-recovery center near her home in Chaska. Amelious N.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Dane Smith
We have too often fallen far short of these ideals, and this DNA is not exclusive to us. Every state has at least some history of heroic social justice activism. But Minnesota truly has stood out in our preference for human rights when in conflict with states’ rights, capitalist orthodoxy, and the eternal conservative resistance to sharing wealth and privilege.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
minnpost.com | Dane Smith
“Reappraising Minnesota” is a commentary series that seeks to re-evaluate Minnesota’s basic condition today and its evolution since 1973, when a Time magazine cover story praised it as “A State That Works.’’ The author is Dane Smith, who wrote about politics and government as a reporter from 1977 to 2007 for both the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
hbr.org | Darrell Rigby |Dane Smith |Zach First |Anna Cochemé
Sadly, purpose statements at all too many organizations are just empty words. The companies that issue them don’t live up to their lofty promises. But research by Bain & Company identified some companies that are the exceptions. They employ four methods to turn their statements into reality. Most large companies like to have purpose statements.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
hudl.com | Dane Smith
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
minnpost.com | Dane Smith
“Reappraising Minnesota” is a commentary series that seeks to re-evaluate Minnesota’s basic condition today and its evolution since 1973, when a Time magazine cover story praised it as “A State That Works.’’ The author is Dane Smith, who wrote about politics and government as a reporter from 1977 to 2007 for both the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
minnpost.com | Dane Smith
Each fall for the past two decades in the sparsely populated reaches of the upper Minnesota River Valley, local artisans and crafters have staged an award-winning arts crawl they call “The Meander.” The free, self-guided tour of 30 studios and shops in small towns and farmsteads celebrates local culture and heritage, offering such items for sale as abstract landscape paintings inspired by Native American imagery, Scandinavian pottery and knitwear, and fine art photography capturing rural life...
