Dave Hage

Team leader
Health care, the environment, social issues
Hage has written or co-written three books, including "No Retreat, No Surrender,'' a chronicle of American labor in the 1980s, and "Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work,'' a book about poverty and welfare reform in the 1990s. He lives with his wife, Therese, in St. Paul, with grown children in New York, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. He got his start in journalism as a jazz critic and eagerly awaits the next new Coltrane record.

Latest from Dave Hage

Books

Review: What happens when a celebrity doc eats junk food for 30 days? (Nothing good)

"Ultra-Processed People" investigates how the products of food science are harming consumers.
June 23, 2023
Commentaries

How great a killer is COVID?

Some comparisons show what we face.
September 2, 2020
Variety

Winona LaDuke turns to hemp farming, solar power to jump-start the 'next economy'

"I wanted to have goats, too, but the kids sort of drew the line at that," she laughs. "I'd say the jury is still out on goats."
June 22, 2020
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission met to consider alternative routes on the proposed Sandpiper pipeline across northern Minnesota to carry Bakken oilThursday, Aug. 7, 2014, in St. Paul. Here, anti-pipeline activists are reflected n the glasses of Winona LaDuke, an Anishinaabe environmentalist and activist, during a rally outside before the start of the commission meeting.] (DAVID JOLES/STARTRIBUNE) djoles@startribune The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission met to consider alternative r
Commentaries

Albert Camus helps us understand our responses during this crisis

In his short novel "The Plague," his characters have their courage and moral principles tested, much like we're experiencing now.
April 3, 2020
Food for the taking and an invitation to leave food is in front of a south Minneapolis home Monday, March 23, 2020 as Minnesotans care for others during the effort to slow down the coronavirus in the state. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Travel

Tips for making the most of the Edinburgh International Festival and the larger Fringe that it spawned

How to bring order to the chaos of the Edinburgh International Festival and its concurrent Fringe.
February 21, 2020
A street entertainer just off the Royal Mile during the 70th edition of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Aug. 13, 2017. Edinburgh’s Fringe festival has become the world’s biggest arts extravaganza. Some say it is too big, too costly and maybe even too funny. (Jane Stockdale/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT144
Variety

Discovering the Baroque beauty of a revived Naples

Cleaner and safer than it was 20 years ago, the city is a storehouse of art and history.
December 13, 2019
The working class Sanita neighborhood, once considered too dangerous to visit, now attracts tourists to its stunning churches and catacombs.
Galleries
December 13, 2019
Variety

Walking through the Yorkshire countryside on a very British vacation

On the path of cozy pubs and classic landscapes in Yorkshire.
April 16, 2019
A high Yorkshire fell rises behind the River Wharfe and the five-arch bridge, a well-known landmark in Burnsall. Photo by Dave Hage * dave.hage@startribune.com
Travel

Tips for making the most of the Edinburgh International Festival and the larger Fringe that it spawned

How to bring order to the chaos of the Edinburgh International Festival and its concurrent Fringe.
February 21, 2020
A street entertainer just off the Royal Mile during the 70th edition of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Aug. 13, 2017. Edinburgh’s Fringe festival has become the world’s biggest arts extravaganza. Some say it is too big, too costly and maybe even too funny. (Jane Stockdale/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT144
Variety

Discovering the Baroque beauty of a revived Naples

Cleaner and safer than it was 20 years ago, the city is a storehouse of art and history.
December 13, 2019
The working class Sanita neighborhood, once considered too dangerous to visit, now attracts tourists to its stunning churches and catacombs.
Galleries
December 13, 2019
Variety

Walking through the Yorkshire countryside on a very British vacation

On the path of cozy pubs and classic landscapes in Yorkshire.
April 16, 2019
A high Yorkshire fell rises behind the River Wharfe and the five-arch bridge, a well-known landmark in Burnsall. Photo by Dave Hage * dave.hage@startribune.com
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