Opinion Exchange

For this Minnesota legislator, action targeting child abuse is intensely personal

"There were a lot of nights that I would pray for someone to come and save me. And no one came."
Editorial

Be a major player in film and TV game

A dedicated film office under Explore Minnesota would make the state more competitive.
Opinion

Editorial cartoon: U.S. House multi-step plan

Opinion Exchange

The little park that could … be better

Father Hennepin Bluff Park, with the right care and restoration, could be a destination.
Editorial

Systemic insecurity: Saving Twin Cities light rail

The network has developed public safety and perception problems that change its very nature. That can be fixed. A special report from the Star Tribune Editorial Board.
Opinion Exchange

Climate change looms large this election year

Opinion Exchange

Thomas L. Friedman: Is there a plausible outcome that's pro-Palestinian, pro-Israeli and pro-Iranian?

Editorial

An urgent call for long-term care advocates

Opinion Exchange

Minnesota's sports betting limits could be self-defeating

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Opinion Exchange
April 17

The 'Civility Caucus'

We’re putting out the call for new commentary writers.
Opinion
New Voices
updated 5 hours 10 mins. ago
Star Tribune Opinion's latest feature spotlights commentaries written by first-time contributors to our pages. These thinkers, readers and opinionated community members from across Minnesota have something to say and, we hope, inspire you to join the conversation, too.
Opinion Exchange
April 17
Mitch Banks, 28, drove a pacer named Whata Machete past a fence on the track at the new Running Aces Harness Track in Forest Lake. Banks is from Canon

Sports betting push at Legislature resorts to punitive leverage

Letters
April 17
Readers Write: $15 cigarettes, federal debt

Readers Write: $15 cigarettes, federal debt

Twin Metals underground mine location: Aerial view of the area that would be mined by Twin Metals.
Special report Mining and the BWCA: Not this location
updated 1 hours 2 mins. ago
The Star Tribune Editorial Board has taken the position that the Twin Metals copper-nickel mining project near the BWCA should not proceed. That editorial and others leading up to it are collected here. Responses will be added as they are published.
Opinion
April 17
Editorial cartoon: Presidential debate

Editorial cartoon: Presidential debate

Opinion Exchange
April 17
A view of the Minnesota State Capitol.

Why a state Voting Rights Act is needed now

Letters
April 16
Students pull books from the shelves in the school library at Gideon Pond Elementary School in Burnsville in 2023.

Readers Write: Politicized education, presidential debates, election strategies, small-town papers

Opinion Exchange
April 16
"While Americans have paid $1.1 trillion in individual income taxes in the first half of fiscal year 2024, we have spent $430 billion just in interest

Taxes increasingly paying for the past — not the future

Opinion Exchange
April 16
"Since the [Hennepin Healthcare System] Board took control in 2007, CEO pay increased by more than 142%. Meanwhile, that same board sunsetted employee

Counterpoint: Hennepin Healthcare deserves an accountable board

Opinion
April 16
Editorial cartoon: Trump's jury room wall

Editorial cartoon: Trump's jury room wall

Opinion Exchange
April 16

No sudden moves on Iran

Editorial
April 16
Mason and Allie Flack of White Bear Lake look out at the Northern Lights over Fall Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Nov. 30, 2023,

Minnesota tourism returns to form

Opinion Exchange
April 16
Empty School Hallway with Student Lockers

The Minnesota Principals Survey: Data worth having

Opinion Exchange
April 16
A scientist works in the media preparations lab at Eat Just in Alameda, Calif., in 2023.

Lab-grown beef is red meat for the conservative base

Opinion Exchange
April 15
A stethoscope sits on an examination table in an exam room at a Community Clinic health center in Takoma Park, Md. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by And

Counterpoint: The prior-authorization system is detrimental

Opinion Exchange
April 15

The federal deficit problem

Opinion Exchange

The Opinion section is an exchange of ideas produced by the Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom.