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The sorry state of 'One Minnesota' needs attention from Walz

He'll need broad support in order to lead effectively, and in November 2022.
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Oust Trump. Disappoint the left. Just right.

America needed to jettison this president, but happily it did it without empowering the leftist fanaticism threatening to stampede.
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A COVID survivor's long, uncertain journey

It's impossible to know if we'll feel long-term effects.
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With Biden, economic wreckage or salvage?

A look at competing views on the impact of his plans.
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Amid pandemic and digital upheavals, Charlie Brown and British ads endear, endure

PBS picks up the "Peanuts" Thanksgiving and Christmas specials while the Walker Art Center's Arrows Awards go virtual this year.
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Biden White House will face black swans

The post-vote turmoil is itself an example of a geopolitically risky event that may test his foreign-policy and national-security teams.
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Minnesota voters still cross party lines

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Remembering Sid

Just lucky, I guess

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Country could use a 'James Baker-like' figure

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April 23

D.J. Tice: For this Minnesota legislator, action targeting child abuse is intensely personal

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April 23

How women kept the Twin Cities on the big-deal sports event map

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April 19

Ukraine aid vote is a domestic and geopolitical inflection point

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April 12

Film festival shows the transformative power of art

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April 5

NATO's strength in numbers makes U.S. more secure

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March 29

McDaniel mess suggests a more profound pundit problem

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March 22

Osterholm: As politics infect science, new tactics critical

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March 21

As a topic among policymakers, housing is hotter than it once was

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March 15

Photo flap a tempest in a (royal) teapot compared to coming AI era

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March 5

Worries about the U faded in search for new president

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March 1

The complexities of age and ethics in the presidential race

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February 16

Film shows what doing 'whatever the hell they want' looks like

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February 9

The global impact from local human-rights activism

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February 3

D.J. Tice: No room for debate — it's been a great career

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February 2

Higher education takes a tough test

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