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Israeli officials believe about 130 captives — some of them dead — remain in Gaza. Six Americans are still there.
The best direction for gender care after the Cass Review
Clinical care should be guided by neither legislation nor ideology; it should be guided by evidence.
The tale of two cities' assessed property values
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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.
the Editorial Board of the Mankato Free Press
Cut down on electronic waste in Minnesota
Bill being debated at the Legislature would aim to do just that.
Jim Schultz
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.
John Fox
Pass $120 million in emergency funding for rural EMS in Minnesota now
The cost of inaction far outweighs the immediate financial burden.
Mary Lewis Grow
We're paying today for Trump's international incompetence while in office
Nuclear capability wasn't the only implication of the deal with Iran that he pulled out of.
Mara Gay
How 'the Squad' and like-minded progressives have changed their party
"People want a Democratic Party that fights."
the Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times
Protect kids online
Efforts underway in a number of states to protect young users of social media deserve support.
Becka Thompson
Here's how I'd broadly frame the environment that led to my firing as a teacher
Children deserve our best, and we are not giving it.
Annette Meeks
Get rid of Minnesota's precinct caucuses, go to primary elections up and down the ballot
What is perceived as a grassroots engagement of average citizens actually isn't in practice.
D.J. Tice
D.J. Tice: For this Minnesota legislator, action targeting child abuse is intensely personal
"There were a lot of nights that I would pray for someone to come and save me. And no one came."
Lori Sturdevant
Kathleen Blackburn
We regulate a tiny fraction of the 12,000 'forever chemicals'
We need far more comprehensive mandates that test, monitor and limit the entire class of PFAS.
MJ Weiss
Do more to deter suicide at the Washington Avenue Bridge
My daughter was among those who have ended their lives there.
Naomi Breazeale
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.
Abdulrahman Bindamnan
Censorship is being censored at Columbia
Once a group accords itself the prerogative to regulate speech, it will eventually be weaponized in return.
Matthew Waxman and Adam Klein
Government surveillance keeps us safe, and Congress just improved it
There are ways to prevent abuses without compromising national security value. Over the weekend, a bipartisan Congress voted for numerous helpful reforms.
the Editorial Board of the New York Daily News
Let USC valedictorian give her speech
Though it's understandable that her anti-Israel stances are controversial on Southern California campus.
Jeremy Wells
Counterpoint: Yes, corporate philanthropy has changed — and that's not necessarily a bad thing
Here's what can be gained when people are open to the evolution.
Melanie Bera Anderson, John Hauschild and Travis Kelly
CHIPS Act, good as it was, doesn't fully enable a domestic supply chain
Companies in Minnesota and Wisconsin illustrate the situation.
multiple authors
Counterpoint: Why University of Minnesota employees need the right to unionize — now
PELRA reform is not merely a "nice gesture."
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