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Carl P. Leubsdorf
October 8, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) walks with President Joe Biden to a House Democratic Caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 1. Pres

Reality-time for Democrats

Their narrow congressional majorities just aren't enough.
Kris Potter
October 7, 2021
“Let our ideas mix, not stratify,” Kris Potter writes, like the colors blending at sunrise and sunset on the lake.

Let ours be the land of 'purple' waters

We work best when our ideas blend together.
Jeremiah Ellison
October 7, 2021
A child’s tricycle inside the police tape at the scene of a shooting in north Minneapolis in August 2020, in which multiple people were reported sho

No one is proposing less public safety

But we need to break our patterns of accepting tragedy.
Opinion
October 7, 2021
Editorial cartoon: Dana Summers on anti-vax teachers

Editorial cartoon: Dana Summers on anti-vax teachers

Parmy Olson, Tae Kim
October 7, 2021
Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen prepares to leave after a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing o

Four fixes for Facebook

Congress needs to step in, and Frances Haugen gave them a path.
Opinion
October 7, 2021

Not all pink is equal

Spend and contribute wisely during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Editorial
October 7, 2021
Masked first-grade students in a summer school program at Vista View Elementary School in Burnsville.

OK, lawmakers: Step up on COVID

Republicans, in particular, need to prove they want to keep schools safe.
Letters
October 7, 2021
City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins spoke to community members in June 2020 in Powderhorn Park, where nine council members pledged to defund th

Readers Write: 'Strong mayor' question, climate change, Walz's pandemic response

Now, and previously, a big mess.
Bret Stephens
October 7, 2021
President Joe Biden walks from the West Wing to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on June 25.

Untruths and corruption, Biden-style

He campaigned for office by insisting that he stood "for honor and telling the truth," and yet.
Opinion
October 6, 2021
Editorial cartoon: Walt Handelsman on the Facebook outage

Editorial cartoon: Walt Handelsman on the Facebook outage

Lynnell Mickelsen
October 6, 2021
The Minneapolis City skyline, including City Hall, as seen from the back of the U.S. District Court.

Editorial Counterpoint: 'Strong mayor' plan mainly strengthens white elite

Affluent white people can feel the demographic changes looming. City Question 1 is the defense.
Editorial
October 6, 2021
People harvest wild rice on Hole-in-the-Day Lake, south of Nisswa, Minn., in August 2015. Wild rice is especially sensitive to a changing climate.

New U climate center is a win for region

It will shine a light on challenges specific to Minnesota and the Midwest.
Thomas L. Friedman
October 6, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin, prior to a Cabinet meeting in Moscow on Jan. 15, 2020.

Winter could bring a green energy crisis

If it does, Vladimir Putin will be there to take advantage of most of Europe.
Letters
October 6, 2021
People hold signs during a Tuesday news conference announcing the launch of a coalition against the rent control ballot measures in St. Paul and Minne

Readers Write: Rent control, Minneapolis police, Twin Cities Marathon

It doesn't do what it purports to do.
Opinion
October 6, 2021

Biden's China challenge

Beijing respects no declared boundary with anti-communist Taiwan.

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