Metro columnist
Rubén Rosario
From smoking crack in a Harlem drug den to covering mob trials, Rubén Rosario spent 11 years as a writer for the New York Daily News before joining the Pioneer Press in 1991. The incurable-cancer survivor launched his award-winning column in 1997 and "retired" in April 2020. "Deadline Minnesota," his collection of favorite columns over the years, is available on Amazon.
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Rubén Rosario: In a sea of purple, I’ll be the guy wearing 49ers red and gold at tonight’s game
A lifelong 49ers fan has empathy for long-suffering Vikings fans. But not tonight.
Rubén Rosario: So you say you want some inspiration … it’s gonna be all right
Once again, St. Paul's Optimist Club award-winners will inspire you.
Rubén Rosario: My journey with multiple myeloma continues
The word "relapse" heralds an unwelcome call to arms.
Rosario: The search is on for St. Paul and Minneapolis police chiefs. Will they come from inside or out?
“Mayors and city managers know this is the most important selection they can make,” said Chuck Wexler, the longtime executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum.
Rosario: A conversation with now ex-Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo
Rubén Rosario met with former Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo for an hourlong chat at the Golden Thyme Coffee & Cafe on Selby Avenue recently.
Rosario: Worried about the kids? Take heart from these
When I hear people complain about today’s youth, I counter with reality as well -- as with the stories of mostly unsung Saintly City kids.
Rosario: That milk? Those lemons and tomatoes? Essential workers got them to us. Don’t forget them.
This workforce -- historically the lowest paid and least protected of laborers in America -- may have been the most impacted by the pandemic this past year.
Rosario: Chauvin trial begins this week with jury selection — or, ‘jury rejection’
There’s never been a trial of this magnitude before in these parts. I’m talking here about the upcoming prosecution of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Unprecedented. Historic. Momentous. Pick...
Rosario: A father-son connection 60 years in the making
Here's a feel-good story to cling to during these turbulent, chaotic, trying times of isolation and separation from loved ones and others. Paul Schneider was born Sept. 13, 1960, at...