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Brehm: Why electing Omar Fateh mayor of Minneapolis would be a bad idea — and could help Trump

While recent attacks on his Muslim faith are wrong, his radical platform is also the wrong direction for Minnesota’s largest city.
AuthoredAndy Brehm
July 22, 2025
Mayoral candidate Omar Fateh speaks during the Minneapolis DFL convention at Target Center on July 19.

Vang: Deporting these Hmong men isn’t justice — it’s a failure of America’s promise

A couple dozen Hmong men in Minnesota are facing deportation for crimes that are, in many cases, more than a decade old. Many of them have served time and since rebuilt their lives.
AuthoredKa Vang
July 17, 2025
A homeland security officer drives past the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Brehm: Minnesota’s new flag is ugly and divisive. It deserves another do-over.

The 2023 process was flawed and its end result unpopular. We can do better.
AuthoredAndy Brehm
July 14, 2025

Treuer: A response to Ann Coulter and her pro-genocide social media post

Her comment was not a mistake. It was a shameless endorsement of the darkest chapters of American history.
Ann Coulter gestures while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington in 2012.

Denker: Partisan politics are so 2024. Now we’re facing something much worse.

Today’s political landscape calls for a unified resistance to creeping authoritarianism.
Demonstrators carry cardboard caskets in front of the U.S. Capitol in protest of President Donald Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts package on June 30 in Washington, D.C.

Koerth: What goes on behind the scenes to make a good fishing hole in the city

The Twin Cities stands out for the number of places people can fish in an urban area. Here’s what state workers do to make sure the fish are diverse and safe to eat.

Vang: How Wisconsin voters reclaimed abortion rights

The Wisconsin Supreme Court decision this week striking down the state’s 1849 abortion ban was a win for democracy.
AuthoredKa Vang
July 4, 2025

Vang: Saving the world one D20 at a time

A look inside the Dragons, Dungeons & Drinks network in Minneapolis that’s creating spaces where everyone — especially those historically excluded — can belong.
AuthoredKa Vang
June 28, 2025

Opinion: From ditch weed to dispensaries, Minnesota’s cannabis roots run deep

The plant has been here all along, and not infrequently was considered useful.
Young cannabis plants in Otsego, Minn., greenhouses in 2015.

Vang: The viral Lululemon 2-in-1 dress and what it says about today’s expectations for working women

The versatile dress/skirt is the Swiss Army knife of fashion. But what is it really?
AuthoredKa Vang
June 23, 2025
There was a line outside lululemon before the 8 a.m. opening in Ridgedale Mall during Black Friday in Minnetonka.
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