Taylor Schlitz: When Trump’s birthday matters more than Black freedom
Visitors may now enter National Parks for free on the president’s birthday ― but not Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth.
AuthoredHaley Taylor Schlitz
AuthoredHaley Taylor SchlitzDecember 17, 2025
Dabney: Minnesota’s open-container rules for cannabis need work
The government hasn’t clearly communicated the law, making it feel like a “gotcha” for Minnesotans trying to follow the rules.
AuthoredClemon Dabney
AuthoredClemon DabneyDecember 17, 2025
Washington: This painting by an unknown artist may hold secrets to a Green Book hotel’s past
It was purchased from a stranger in 1973 and will soon hang in the former Avalon Hotel, which for years sheltered Black and Jewish travelers turned away elsewhere.
AuthoredRobin Washington
AuthoredRobin WashingtonDecember 13, 2025
Brehm: No one is ‘garbage’ in the eyes of God
President Trump’s incendiary remarks about Minnesota’s Somali community were wrong.
AuthoredAndy Brehm
AuthoredAndy BrehmDecember 11, 2025
Vang: Somalis don’t contribute anything? How about $8 billion to the Minnesota economy.
Somali Minnesotans have a higher labor participation rate than the general population. They work as truck drivers, nurses, manufacturing workers and entrepreneurs.
AuthoredKa Vang
AuthoredKa VangDecember 9, 2025
Taylor Schlitz: Want the Gen Z vote? Make adult life affordable.
Rather than being loyal to parties, young people are showing up for candidates who offer concrete plans to lower the cost of living.AuthoredHaley Taylor Schlitz
AuthoredHaley Taylor SchlitzDecember 9, 2025
Brehm: Amid mounting fraud, it’s clear Walz doesn’t deserve a third term
The loss of more than a billion dollars that’s occurred on the governor’s watch makes him unfit for further service to the state.AuthoredAndy Brehm
AuthoredAndy BrehmDecember 4, 2025
Taylor Schlitz: The voices that stuck with me after the St. Paul ICE raid
A daughter’s frantic call to her mother. A father who promised to tell his children about what happened.AuthoredHaley Taylor Schlitz
AuthoredHaley Taylor SchlitzDecember 2, 2025
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
Antisemitism exists across the political spectrum, but the Nazi sentiment seeping into mainstream conservatism is especially troubling.
AuthoredDavid M. Perry
AuthoredDavid M. PerryNovember 29, 2025
Taylor Schlitz: Trump’s 50-year mortgage idea isn’t sitting right with Gen Z
Thanksgiving is all about “home.” But homes and homeownership continue to slip away from Gen Z ― and a half-century loan with massive interest isn’t likely to fix that.AuthoredHaley Taylor Schlitz
AuthoredHaley Taylor SchlitzNovember 26, 2025
Washington: Will AI replace journalists? Ask a bat librarian.
From imaginary experts to garbled graphics, AI still needs humans to keep it from going off the rails.AuthoredRobin Washington
AuthoredRobin WashingtonNovember 25, 2025
Garrison: Hormone therapy isn’t so risky after all. I tried it and it changed my life.
The FDA’s decision to remove the “black box warning” on hormone replacement therapy is welcome news for menopausal women who had been scared off from it.
AuthoredNicole Garrison
AuthoredNicole GarrisonNovember 21, 2025
