Opinion Exchange

Do more to deter suicide at the Washington Avenue Bridge

My daughter was among those who have ended their lives there.
Editorial

Aid votes show Congress can still work

But it's unfortunate that four members of Minnesota's delegation failed to see the big picture.
Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Lessons on antisemitism

Opinion Exchange

Censorship is being censored at Columbia

Once a group accords itself the prerogative to regulate speech, it will eventually be weaponized in return.
Opinion Exchange

When is it antisemitism? Jewish people are in the best position to know.

It is not the place of non-Jews to explain it to one of the most persecuted ethnic groups in human history.
Editorial

Systemic insecurity: Saving Twin Cities light rail

Opinion Exchange

Government surveillance keeps us safe, and Congress just improved it

Opinion Exchange

CHIPS Act, good as it was, doesn't fully enable a domestic supply chain

Opinion Exchange

Counterpoint: Why University of Minnesota employees need the right to unionize — now

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Opinion Exchange
April 21

Let USC valedictorian give her speech

We’re putting out the call for new commentary writers.
Opinion
New Voices
updated 4 hours 58 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.
Letters
April 21
Donald Trump, left, and Joe Biden are pictured in separate shots during the first presidential debate in the 2020 election cycle. They may not debate

Readers Write: Presidential debates, mental health, copper wire theft, Hennepin County Board, films

Opinion Exchange
April 21
"I have the privilege of witnessing firsthand the ways in which Minnesota companies are inspiring generosity through many different strategies," Jerem

Counterpoint: Yes, corporate philanthropy has changed — and that's not necessarily a bad thing

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 50 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 21

Right, wrong ways to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters

Opinion Exchange
April 20

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

Opinion
April 20
Editorial cartoon: RFK Jr. left behind

Editorial cartoon: RFK Jr. left behind

Opinion Exchange
April 20
President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington Nov. 14, 2023, about climate change, as Ritika Shah,

A voter's guide to the climate crisis

Editorial
April 20
Minnesota is losing the race on mental health care

Minnesota is losing the race on mental health care

Letters
April 20
Kathy Ware takes a selfie with her son, Kylen, 29, at a bingo night for adults with developmental disabilities at First Presbyterian Church in St. Pau

Readers Write: Medical aid in dying, HCMC governance, spirituality

Opinion
April 19
Editorial cartoon: How does Marjorie Taylor Greene sleep at night?

Editorial cartoon: How does Marjorie Taylor Greene sleep at night?

Our Columnists
April 19

Ukraine aid vote is a domestic and geopolitical inflection point

Editorial
April 19
Three homes once standing on the 2500 block of 14th Avenue S. in Minneapolis have been demolished after fire destroyed them.

Mpls. must investigate suspicious fires

Letters
April 19
State Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, at the Legislature in 2019. He has introduced a bill that would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to prevent or discour

Readers Write: Child abuse, guns, justice system, deer hunting

Opinion Exchange
April 19
A song sparrow along the Mississippi River in 2020 in St. Paul.

A return to birding

Opinion Exchange
April 19
A demonstration for transgender rights and health care in Ohio in January.

The courage to follow the evidence on transgender care

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