Opinion Exchange

What does Anoka-Hennepin really teach about DEI?

A budget impasse triggered by a revolt of three school board members appears to have been averted, but the issue remains. So, see for yourself what it means.
Editorial

What's lost when newspapers die

Eight Minnesota papers will stop publishing this month in a blow to their communities.
Opinion Exchange

Editorial counterpoint: Embrace the shift in public notices

Posting them on school websites is fast becoming the best way to inform.
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Thoughts from the Star Tribune's new community engagement director

We aim to invite more people to be part of the conversation.
Opinion

Editorial cartoon: New campus mascot

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Should Metro Mobility even be thought of as supplemental?

Editorial

Systemic insecurity: Saving Twin Cities light rail

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Imagine a U.S. with a parliamentary system …

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The best direction for gender care after the Cass Review

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Letters
April 25
A voter marks a ballot during Minnesota's presidential primary in Andover on March 5.

Readers Write: Caucus system, state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, voting for RFK Jr.

We’re putting out the call for new commentary writers.
Opinion
New Voices
updated 13 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.
Editorial
April 25
Students check their phones between classes at Carlton High School.

Turn off cellphones in state's classrooms

Opinion
April 25
Editorial cartoon: Supreme Court's medical expertise

Editorial cartoon: Supreme Court's medical expertise

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 9 hours 1 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 Exchange
April 25

How many hostages are still alive? Hamas doesn't seem to know

Opinion Exchange
April 25
Home values in North Minneapolis have been depressed due to the high numbers of foreclosed homes on the market.

The tale of two cities' assessed property values

Opinion Exchange
April 24

Cut down on electronic waste in Minnesota

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April 24
"From the economy, to education, to crime, to folks relocating beyond our borders, Minnesota is going the wrong direction and needs a new path forward

In Minnesota, statistical gloom amid the hope of a progressive-led boom

Opinion Exchange
April 24
"In every corner of our state, rural ambulance services are grappling with dwindling resources, mounting costs and an uncertain future," John Fox writ

Pass $120 million in emergency funding for rural EMS in Minnesota now

Opinion
April 24
Editorial cartoon: Anything but the news

Editorial cartoon: Anything but the news

Editorial
April 24
People go to the market to shop in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 31.

Taiwan policy must be a campaign issue

Letters
April 24
Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, right, from Woodbury, speaks with Sen. Robert D. Farnsworth, R-Hibbing, on the floor of the Senate on April 2 i

Readers Write: State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, pro-Palestine protests, Third Precinct

Opinion Exchange
April 24
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after announcing that he is pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room of the White House

We're paying today for Trump's international incompetence while in office

Opinion Exchange
April 24
“The Squad” — U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Alexa­ndria Ocasi­o-Cor­tez, D-N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., in 2

How 'the Squad' and like-minded progressives have changed their party

Opinion Exchange
April 23

Protect kids online

Opinion
April 23
Editorial cartoon: Sleepy Trump

Editorial cartoon: Sleepy Trump

Opinion Exchange

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