Laura Yuen
Columnist
Food & CultureBefore joining the Star Tribune, Yuen spent 13 years at MPR News, most recently as editor of a team of reporters who covered race, class, communities and education. She also reported for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader. Laura lives with her husband and two young sons. But if you met her over an icebreaker, she'd probably tell you about the time her car was struck by lightning.
Latest from Laura Yuen
Culture
Yuen: Vile texts received by Black Minnesotans after the election reveal a bolder brand of racism
A Rochester community member and middle-schoolers at Hopkins Public Schools were among the targets.
November 8, 2024
Culture
Yuen: After this election, our country needs to heal
We have a lot of work to do, from picking ourselves back up to mending the nation’s divides.
November 7, 2024
Food & Culture
Yuen: Fresh off Paris gold, Paralympic swimming champ Mallory Weggemann fights for IVF access
The Minnesota disability advocate, “Watershed” filmmaker and mom says how a couple choose to start a family shouldn’t be up for public debate.
November 1, 2024
Food & Culture
Yuen: ‘Westopolis,’ the rebranding effort for St. Louis Park and Golden Valley, is a whopper of a head-scratcher
A good brand should roll off the tongue and make you want to feel part of something bigger.
October 28, 2024
Culture
Yuen: Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan opens up about her childhood experiences with domestic violence
Flanagan has referred to herself as a “survivor and child witness of domestic violence.” Now she’s starting to shed more light on that painful history.
October 24, 2024
Culture
Yuen: Even for an experienced dog owner, nothing humbles you like a new puppy
To take in a young, un-housetrained dog is a mystery of the heart.
October 22, 2024
Food & Culture![The aurora borealis could be seen on the North horizon in the night sky over Wolf Lake in the Cloquet State Forrest around midnight on Saturday morning.]
ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com The KP index was high in the early morning hours of Saturday September 28, 2019 which meant the aurora borealis aka "the Northern lights" were visible from Northern Minnesota.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/XM55Q72A27QMKBFEHWDUOQMPRA.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Yuen: Are the northern lights even northern anymore?
A sacred spectacle in Minnesota and other cold-weather states has decided to take its show on the road to Southern states. I’m not bitter.
October 19, 2024
Culture
Yuen: Tim Walz’s trips to China should not be demonized
The student tours of China that Walz led as a high school teacher exposed kids to a world beyond their Midwestern towns. That’s a gift, not a scandal.
October 10, 2024
Culture
Yuen: Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan opens up about her childhood experiences with domestic violence
Flanagan has referred to herself as a “survivor and child witness of domestic violence.” Now she’s starting to shed more light on that painful history.
October 24, 2024
Culture
Yuen: Even for an experienced dog owner, nothing humbles you like a new puppy
To take in a young, un-housetrained dog is a mystery of the heart.
October 22, 2024
Food & Culture
Yuen: Are the northern lights even northern anymore?
A sacred spectacle in Minnesota and other cold-weather states has decided to take its show on the road to Southern states. I’m not bitter.
October 19, 2024
Culture
Yuen: Tim Walz’s trips to China should not be demonized
The student tours of China that Walz led as a high school teacher exposed kids to a world beyond their Midwestern towns. That’s a gift, not a scandal.
October 10, 2024