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Greece's team goes down the Seine River in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 26.
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Amid ascendant nationalism, Olympics' internationalism endures

Twelve athletes with Minnesota ties will compete for Team USA while 16 will join their home countries' squads as Paris welcomes the world.
Editorial

DEI efforts in Minnesota schools still matter

The plans are properly motivated, and some of the objections to them are simply distortions.
Editorial cartoon: Bill Day on JD Vance
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Editorial cartoon: Bill Day on JD Vance

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Readers Write: Biden's withdrawal from race, childfree voters and a ban on cows at the fair

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Simone Biles is introduced as a member of the USA Olympic team during the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials at Target Center in Minneapolis on June 30.
Opinion Exchange

As a gold medalist, I know: The focus on mental health in sports has improved

The consequences of the relentless pursuit of excellence remain, but now are understood.
"People who make their lives count treat college as the start line, not the finish line. What they do in their formative years matters more than where
Opinion Exchange

Where did Minnesota's top CEOs go to college? Hint: not the Ivy League.

Students may feel like successful careers hinge on getting into an elite school, but the evidence shows otherwise.
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'Make America Laugh Again'

Editorial

War upends U.S., Israeli politics

Letters

Readers Write: Unmooring of America, presidential election and disability awareness

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Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Olympic events for every person

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Opinion Exchange
July 25
The Minnesota Department of Transportation clears and vacates the homeless encampment at E. Lake St and Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis on Feb. 7, 2023

Compassion, not punishment, is key to ending homelessness

We’re putting out the call for new commentary writers.
Opinion
 New Voices
updated 17 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 Exchange
July 25
Gov. Tim Walz took the first questions on speculation that he is under consideration as vice presidential running mate for Kamala Harris July 23.

What America needs to know about Tim Walz of Minnesota

Opinion Exchange
July 25
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the former speaker of the House, arrives at a House Democratic Caucus meeting in Washington, on July 9.

The most ruthless political operator in the country is a woman

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 20 hours 9 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
July 24
Editorial cartoon: Bill Bramhall on the Democratic Party's revival

Editorial cartoon: Bill Bramhall on the Democratic Party's revival

Letters
July 24
Crops show signs of damage on July 2 in Northfield, Minn., due to flooding.

Readers Write: Healthy soil, 2024 elections and sheltering homeless people

Opinion Exchange
July 24
"The social contract may be broken, but we aren’t," the writer says.

In America, we are unmoored

Opinion Exchange
July 24
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., July 23.

It's wrong to call Biden's withdrawal from the race heroic

Editorial
July 24
Gov. Tim Walz takes questions on speculation that he is under consideration as vice presidential running mate for Kamala Harris on July 23 in New Hope

A return to VP visibility for Minnesota

Opinion Exchange
July 24
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle responds to questions as she testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the

Secret Service has failed Americans since the Trump shooting

Opinion Exchange
July 23
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at her presidential campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., on July 22. On her first full day in the race, Harr

What polling tells us about a Kamala Harris candidacy

Letters
July 23
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on July 17 in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Readers Write: The upended 2024 campaign, Trump's security, tech outages

Opinion
July 23
Editorial cartoon: Dave Granlund on Delta outages

Editorial cartoon: Dave Granlund on Delta outages

Editorial
July 23
A handgun and a portable case with biometric fingerprint access in Louisburg, Kan.

Isn't it better to have this gun rule?

Editorial
July 23
United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle departs after testifying before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on July 22 in

Cheatle right to resign from Secret Service

Opinion Exchange
July 23
Gov. Tim Walz is interviewed remotely by a cable news channel July 17. "The Harris campaign reportedly is doing a background check of only a few possi

The pros and cons of Tim Walz as a potential vice presidential nominee

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