Opinion Exchange

I attended the Trump trial

This is what I witnessed from Peasant Row.
Editorial

Kudos to St. Cloud's longtime mayor

Dave Kleis has built relationships and served the city well for nearly two decades.
Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Israel and Palestine

Opinion Exchange

Lyme disease: It only takes one bite

You've heard about it, of course, but do you take it seriously?
Opinion Exchange

How those who've protested can really help Palestinians

Raise money. Spend a summer in the West Bank. I'm sure we all agree that it's outcomes that matter.
Opinion Exchange

Counterpoint: Into American history without fear

Opinion Exchange

We should mitigate PFAS at the source

Editorial

Bolster safeguards after cyberattack

Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Campus protest and free speech

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Letters
May 2
The final presidential debate between then-President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, his Democratic challenger, was shown during a drive-up watch party in

Readers Write: Presidential debates, campus protests, reading

We’re putting out the call for new commentary writers.
Opinion
New Voices
updated 19 hours 57 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.
College admission “just shouldn’t be this hard,” writes Daniel Currell, a trustee of Gustavus Adolphus College.

A long look at the college admissions landscape today

Letters
May 1
Protesters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., demonstrate against the argument that former President Donald Trump has “absolute immunity

Readers Write: Presidential immunity, Sen. Nicole Mitchell

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 15 hours 49 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.
O'Shaughnessy Stadium was photographed at the University of St. Thomas' St. Paul campus on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. ] AARON LAVINSKY • aaron.lavinsky@s

Editorial counterpoint: St. Thomas does work with its neighbors

Troubling talk on campus protests

Demonstrators made their way to the Sandburg Education Center during A Youth for Unity rally and march before an Anoka-Hennepin school board meeting o

Counterpoint: Anoka-Hennepin's DEI policies actually do warrant a debate

Minnesota state trooper Ryan Londregan is greeted by supporters as he arrives with his wife Grace and his legal team April 29 at the Hennepin County G

Trooper case: Now, a new rush to prepare for trial

Opinion
May 1
Editorial cartoon: The puppies protest

Editorial cartoon: The puppies protest

Editorial
May 1
Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, listened on April 30 as GOP members spoke in favor of the motion to call for her resignation on her second day bac

In the cellar with Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell

Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on March 6.

Republican plans for cutting down the Fed's independence are bubbling up

Opinion
April 30
Editorial cartoon: Trump held in contempt

Editorial cartoon: Trump held in contempt

Editorial
April 30
Sixth-graders Isaac Firkus, left, and James Dalbacka-Hoogenboom relax and read books in the school library at Franklin STEAM Middle School in Minneapo

State wisely mulls banning book bans

Letters
April 30
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up tents on the lawn south of Northrop auditorium at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Monday. A few hun

Readers Write: Israel/Hamas war protests

Opinion Exchange
April 30

'Happy to debate'? We'll see.

Opinion Exchange
April 30
The boreal forest on display on the Blind Ash Bay Trail near the Ash River Visitor's Center at Voyageurs National Park.

We, as retired DNR staff members, support trail designation

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