A bachelor at 34, I may not be the best example to speak up around Valentine’s Day. But through my search[…]
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Black Lives Matter: Both Sides of the Coin
In 2015, I researched a story about inner-city struggle: the conditions and the residents who suffer within, the organizations that help[…]
Read moreMy Article About Black Struggle Will Be Featured in This Sunday’s Star Tribune
Last winter I observed the actions and heard the message of Black Lives Matter (pictured above at the Mall of America December[…]
Read morePackaging Meals for Hungry People Around the World
On Monday I documented (and helped) students from my school as they volunteered a shift packaging meals for the organization Feed[…]
Read moreA Sunny Visit to the Costa del Sol in Spain
This week’s reader-contributed story keeps us in the same country as we were last week. But there are two significant[…]
Read moreTo Plan or Not to Plan
“It is the dichotomy of surrender and pure intention. To get out of the way and let the creation flow[…]
Read moreFive Fun Differences Between the US and Spain (from a Minnesotan Millenial)
This week’s reader-contributed story comes in the form of a “Top Five.” Last summer, student Olivia Iverson visited Spain, and[…]
Read moreInside the Isolate: A Minnesota Man Visits North Korea
Week 3 of reader-contributed travel stories takes us to an unlikely location–perhaps THE unlikeliest. North Korea: For this story, I interviewed[…]
Read moreHeart Attack at 36
A couple of Sundays ago, I drove my friend Summer to deliver a meal to a housebound colleague of hers.[…]
Read moreArriving In Port-au-Prince (from a Croatian woman visiting Haiti)
We continue our series of travel stories sent in from friends and readers of The Periphery. We’re seeing the world[…]
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