Brehm: Amid mounting fraud, it’s clear Walz doesn’t deserve a third term
The loss of more than a billion dollars that’s occurred on the governor’s watch makes him unfit for further service to the state.
AuthoredAndy Brehm
AuthoredAndy BrehmDecember 4, 2025
Taylor Schlitz: The voices that stuck with me after the St. Paul ICE raid
A daughter’s frantic call to her mother. A father who promised to tell his children about what happened.
AuthoredHaley Taylor Schlitz
AuthoredHaley Taylor SchlitzDecember 2, 2025
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
Antisemitism exists across the political spectrum, but the Nazi sentiment seeping into mainstream conservatism is especially troubling.
AuthoredDavid M. Perry
AuthoredDavid M. PerryNovember 29, 2025
Taylor Schlitz: Trump’s 50-year mortgage idea isn’t sitting right with Gen Z
Thanksgiving is all about “home.” But homes and homeownership continue to slip away from Gen Z ― and a half-century loan with massive interest isn’t likely to fix that.AuthoredHaley Taylor Schlitz
AuthoredHaley Taylor SchlitzNovember 26, 2025
Washington: Will AI replace journalists? Ask a bat librarian.
From imaginary experts to garbled graphics, AI still needs humans to keep it from going off the rails.
AuthoredRobin Washington
AuthoredRobin WashingtonNovember 25, 2025
Garrison: Hormone therapy isn’t so risky after all. I tried it and it changed my life.
The FDA’s decision to remove the “black box warning” on hormone replacement therapy is welcome news for menopausal women who had been scared off from it.
AuthoredNicole Garrison
AuthoredNicole GarrisonNovember 21, 2025
Koerth: The link between racial covenants and the development of Minneapolis parks
It’s no coincidence many of these parks came to be during a time of racially exclusive housing policies, according to a University of Minnesota researcher.
AuthoredMaggie Koerth
AuthoredMaggie KoerthNovember 16, 2025
Perry: Federal firings leave oversight of disabled kids’ education in limbo
The Trump administration gutted the Education Department’s Office of Special Education Programs last month. Its fate remains uncertain.AuthoredDavid M. Perry
AuthoredDavid M. PerryNovember 14, 2025
Dabney: Instead of crushing the THC market, Congress should follow Minnesota’s model in regulating hemp
That includes banning synthetics, setting 21+ age limits, batch testing and clear labeling.
AuthoredClemon Dabney
AuthoredClemon DabneyNovember 13, 2025
Washington: 50 years after Edmund Fitzgerald wreck, story endures despite ballad’s myths
A Michigan documentarian reflects on how Gordon Lightfoot’s song both preserved and distorted the doomed ship’s history.AuthoredRobin Washington
AuthoredRobin WashingtonNovember 10, 2025
Taylor Schlitz: Would you go on a date for free food? Gen Z just might.
While opinions vary on the ethics of it, the issue shows how the rising costs of adulthood have seeped into how young people navigate love and relationships.AuthoredHaley Taylor Schlitz
AuthoredHaley Taylor SchlitzNovember 9, 2025
Vang: From fighting for survival to leading out in the open
Hmong American women have come a long way over the last 50 years, and achieved another historic milestone with Kaohly Her’s election as mayor of St. Paul.
AuthoredKa Vang
AuthoredKa VangNovember 8, 2025
