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Editorial
May 25, 2022
Men pray outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday morning. Harrowing details began to emerge Wednesday of the massacre inside a T

Burden of proof is on gun law resistance

The need for action has been demonstrated over and over.
Steph Cha
May 25, 2022
Amid a worsening nationwide shortage of baby formula, commentary writer Steph Cha reflects on her necessary change of plans regarding breastfeeding fo

I didn't plan to feed my baby formula — but I'm so glad I did

When you drill down on the effects of breastfeeding, the known benefits are modest.
Steve Sack
May 24, 2022
The Star Tribune’s Steve Sack, who recently announced his retirement, drew this cartoon after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School

Sack cartoon: Mass shootings

The Star Tribune's Steve Sack, who recently announced his retirement, drew this cartoon after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. We offer it again following the events Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.
Editorial
May 24, 2022

Year-end turmoil at Minneapolis North High

School district officials need to explain what's going on with principal Mauri Friestleben.
Letters
May 24, 2022
Emergency personnel gather near Robb Elementary School after a shooting on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.

Readers Write: Texas shooting, Anti-Semitism in the state GOP, North High principal

Cue thoughts, prayers and absolutely nothing else.
Editorial
May 24, 2022
A law enforcement officer helps people cross the street at Uvalde Memorial Hospital on Tuesday after a shooting was reported at Robb Elementary School

A school shooting. Yeah. Again.

The nation can continue to tally its frequent mass shootings or it can find its resolve.
Charles M. Blow
May 24, 2022
A shattered block at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, May 14, 2022. Two years after George Floyd's murder, the street art created during that summe

Floyd anniversary: The Great Erasure

Two years after George Floyd's murder, the art created amid the protests is fading away, along with society's support.
Michelle Goldberg
May 24, 2022
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in April. “They — the progressive left — tell us what is the truth and what is not, what is right and what

Cultural power won't save progressives

It's little match for the brute force of politics.
Matthew Yglesias
May 24, 2022
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman campaigned in early May in advance of that state’s U.S. Senate primary, which he won on the Democratic side.

Could Democrats do better by saying less about what they'd do?

Consider John Fetterman's vaguely encouraging politics in Pennsylvania.
Patti Davis
May 23, 2022
President Ronald Reagan poses for photographers in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 11, 1989 after delivering a televised farewell address to

Patti Davis: How my father, Ronald Reagan, grappled with abortion

Even as his beliefs shaped global policy, he was never entirely at peace with the issue.
Letters
May 23, 2022
A critical care nurse with North Memorial Health Hospital leans down to speak to a COVID-19 patient in Robbinsdale in December 2020.

Readers Write: COVID deaths, the Legislature, church sex abuse, some hope

Minnesota did well during the pandemic. But why?
Editorial
May 23, 2022
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., has joined Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in questioning Fidelity’s proposal to add bitcoin as an investment option to 40

Your 401(k) and the bitcoin boogie

Fidelity's interest in crypto ups the seriousness of the game.
Mitt Romney
May 23, 2022
A woman pulls her bags past houses damaged during fighting in eastern Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, April 8, 2022. Ukraine says it is investigating a cla

Mitt Romney: We must prepare for Putin's worst weapons

We can't back off from principle based on the threat, but we must know how we might respond.
Opinion
May 23, 2022

Equal pay in soccer

U.S. will finally offer the same pay for men's, women's national teams.
Opinion
May 23, 2022
Editorial cartoon: Jeff Koterba on too many bears

Editorial cartoon: Jeff Koterba on too many bears

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