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Stephen Marche
April 12
Cailee Spaeny, left, and Kirsten Dunst in a scene from "Civil War."

New movie 'Civil War' is not a provocation but a warning

The first step in prevention is imagining how it could come to pass.
Tressie McMillan Cottom
April 12
O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and actor who was acquitted of double murder in the 1990s, died on April 10, 2024, according to his family.

O.J. Simpson's legacy won't be the one he may have imagined

He wanted to be above the rules not because of what he was but because of who he was. And yet.
Opinion
April 11
Editorial cartoon: Enlightenment in an election year?

Editorial cartoon: Enlightenment in an election year?

Janie S. Mayeron, Douglas A. Huebsch and Mike O. Kenyanya
April 11
"The U has served Minnesotans for more than 170 years, but this has not been done alone. For many decades, state investments recognized the significan

Why we, as regents, approved the U's funding request

In 1990, Minnesota ranked among the nation's Top 10 for per capita support of higher education. Since then, investment in students, operations and facilities has fallen drastically.
Steve Yaeger
April 11
The moon passes in front of the sun for a total solar eclipse April 8, visible from Farmington, Mo.

What I saw at the eclipse

What happens in the sky is magical. So is what happens on the ground.
Letters
April 11
The final edition of the Warroad Pioneer sits on a table at the Daisy Gardens restaurant, where a customer was reading it over breakfast, in Warroad,

Readers Write: The future of news, Donald Trump's trustworthiness, electric vehicles

Treasuring my printed paper.
Editorial
April 11
A Ukrainian serviceman kneels and prays in a church damaged in a Russian air raid in the town of Orikhiv, Ukraine, on April 5.

Minnesota group rallies to stand with Ukraine

The state's congressional delegation should listen to Stand With Ukraine MN, not reckless rhetoric from representatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Ross Douthat
April 11
Former President Donald Trump gestures during an interview at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Fla., on March 4, 2024.

How the pro-life movement's deal with Trump made America more pro-choice

You can point to other causes, but the shift seems to accelerate right around 2016.
Editorial
April 10
The Minneapolis Police Third Precinct building, photographed April 18, 2023, in Minneapolis.

Move ahead with Third Precinct plan

Minneapolis City Council can aid healing by embracing new uses for fire-damaged police station.
Opinion
April 10
Editorial cartoon: The juror search for Trump's trial

Editorial cartoon: The juror search for Trump's trial

Sue Zumberge
April 10
St. Paul Downtown Skyline and the Mississippi River Riverfront

Counterpoint: We need to dream bigger for our downtowns

And we need to keep perspective about what we have.
Carolyn Ogland, Katie Vogt and Todd Gengerke
April 10
North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale.

A plea from North Memorial Health to the Legislature

North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale serves as a "safety net" hospital without the benefit of any official designation that brings additional funding.
Letters
April 10
Mourners attend a funeral outside Kabul, Afghanistan, for a victim of the ISIS-K attack at the international airport in the city in 2021.

Readers Write: Foreign policy, war, abortion in Arizona, ethanol

We haven't figured this out, all right.
Trevor Turner
April 10
"Minnesotans who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids have literally and figuratively been left out in the cold," the writer says.

Uber and Lyft mislead with talk of serving people with disabilities

If they really care about such Minnesotans, they must show it in ways they aren't now.
the Editorial Board of the Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 10

Americans aren't that divided

There's widespread consensus on the country's core values.
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