Opinion Exchange

Thoughts from the Star Tribune's new community engagement director

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

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

Renewal is possible, but only if the state turns from a disastrous path. Here's the evidence.
Editorial

Taiwan policy must be a campaign issue

An expert panel will examine the U.S. approach to China on Thursday at the U.
Opinion Exchange

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

The cost of inaction far outweighs the immediate financial burden.
Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Anything but the news

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

Opinion Exchange

Cut down on electronic waste in Minnesota

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

Editorial

Systemic insecurity: Saving Twin Cities light rail

More Opinion

Opinion Exchange
April 23

Protect kids online

We’re putting out the call for new commentary writers.
Opinion
New Voices
updated 11 hours 59 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
April 23
Editorial cartoon: Sleepy Trump

Editorial cartoon: Sleepy Trump

Opinion Exchange
April 23
The teacher admitted choosing his words poorly, but denied threatening to have the boy deported.

Here's how I'd broadly frame the environment that led to my firing as a teacher

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 7 hours 51 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 23
"Imagine how exciting it would be for Minnesota to host a regular March primary election for statewide and local candidates," the writer says.

Get rid of Minnesota's precinct caucuses, go to primary elections up and down the ballot

Letters
April 23
Joe Blauert, of St. Paul, enjoys a cigar in the smoking lounge at Anthony's Pipe and Cigar Lounge in south Minneapolis last November. The Minneapolis

Readers Write: Smoking in Minneapolis, phones in schools, Trump's trial, theater, film

Editorial
April 23
Transparency leads to better government

Transparency leads to better government

Opinion Exchange
April 23

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

Opinion Exchange
April 23

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

Opinion Exchange
April 23
These samples were part of research into drinking water and PFAS at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Em

We regulate a tiny fraction of the 12,000 'forever chemicals'

Editorial
April 22
From left, U.S. Reps. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas; Tom Kean Jr, R-N.J.; Bill Keating, D-Mass.; and Madeleine Deane, D-Pa., speak to journalists during a

Aid votes show Congress can still work

Letters
April 22
Readers Write: Cellphones in schools, potholes, child abuse, good journalism

Readers Write: Cellphones in schools, potholes, child abuse, good journalism

Opinion
April 22
Editorial cartoon: Lessons on antisemitism

Editorial cartoon: Lessons on antisemitism

Opinion Exchange
April 22
Demonstrators hold an End Jewish Hatred protest outside  the campus of Columbia University in New York on April 17.

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

Opinion Exchange
April 22
New York City police officers in riot gear stand guard as demonstrators chant slogans outside the Columbia University campus, Thursday, April 18, 2024

Censorship is being censored at Columbia

Opinion Exchange

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