Washington: This painting by an unknown artist may hold secrets to a Green Book hotel’s past
It was purchased from a stranger in 1973 and will soon hang in the former Avalon Hotel, which for years sheltered Black and Jewish travelers turned away elsewhere.
AuthoredRobin Washington
AuthoredRobin WashingtonDecember 13, 2025
Brehm: No one is ‘garbage’ in the eyes of God
President Trump’s incendiary remarks about Minnesota’s Somali community were wrong.
AuthoredAndy Brehm
AuthoredAndy BrehmDecember 11, 2025
Vang: Somalis don’t contribute anything? How about $8 billion to the Minnesota economy.
Somali Minnesotans have a higher labor participation rate than the general population. They work as truck drivers, nurses, manufacturing workers and entrepreneurs.
AuthoredKa Vang
AuthoredKa VangDecember 9, 2025
Taylor Schlitz: Want the Gen Z vote? Make adult life affordable.
Rather than being loyal to parties, young people are showing up for candidates who offer concrete plans to lower the cost of living.
AuthoredHaley Taylor Schlitz
AuthoredHaley Taylor SchlitzDecember 9, 2025
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
