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Kelly Ryan
June 20
A woman holding her 2-year-old son while waiting in the brush to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, on June 4.

Reconfirm values for the fates of refugees

Minnesota is a top U.S. destination for them and has benefited from that.
Opinion
June 19
Editorial cartoon: Nick Anderson on climate costs

Editorial cartoon: Nick Anderson on climate costs

Letters
June 19
Attendees held up "Slow the Grow" signs opposing a large-scale housing project in Lino Lakes during the city's Planning and Zoning Board meeting Monda

Readers Write: New housing delays, sports betting, health care coverage woes

Step in and prevent these housing slowdowns.
Tim Keane
June 19
"The city of Minneapolis passed the 2040 Comprehensive Plan in 2018 that went all in on gray environmentalism. It changed its zoning laws to accommoda

Planning for a livable, beautiful Minneapolis

There's green environmentalism, and there's the gray kind. Stubbornly, with the 2040 Plan, city leaders have chosen the latter.
Stephen B. Young
June 19
Smoke and explosion following an Israeli bombardment inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Feb. 11, 2024. The latest proposal for a

How to bring peace to the Holy Land

Mistrust there is rooted in religious convictions and the only workable solutions must be, too. Fortunately, the source material provides.
Editorial
June 19
Erik Grams stands with his damaged canoe June 13 at his home in Ham Lake. Grams was part of a fishing group that went over Curtain Falls in the Bounda

Yes, you need to wear a life jacket

Minnesota boating fatalities are off to a tragic start, and this year's wet weather has created high water and powerful currents.
Nicholas Kristof
June 19
Frank, a homeless man sits in his tent with a river view in Portland, Ore., June 5, 2021.

How liberals messed up the West Coast

The particular breed of the ideology there is too often performative, not substantive.
Bret Stephens
June 19
"Last year the Edelman Trust Barometer found that only 20% of people in the G7 countries thought that they and their families would be better off in f

How capitalism went off the rails

A compounding problem of easy money.
Opinion
June 18
Editorial cartoon: Walt Handelsman on social media dangers

Editorial cartoon: Walt Handelsman on social media dangers

Letters
June 18
Grays Bay on Lake Minnetonka, near Wayzata, in May 1963.

Readers Write: Wayzata, educational inequality, crime details, lack of state oversight, retirement

Some things change, and some things don't. (Grateful for Wayzata.)
Editorial
June 18
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is asking Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms that are similar to those that appear on cigar

Surgeon general right to urge social-media warning

To help kids, Congress should heed Vivek Murthy's call for a warning label.
Our Columnists
June 18
FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2017, file photo, a person uses a smart phone in Chicago. A new analysis suggests that increased social media use cou

From a recent high school grad: Cellphones in the classroom are disastrous

Recent Minnesota legislation has the potential to change that. Will education leaders rise to the task?
Danielle Ofri
June 18
Hospital outpatient departments, or HOPDs, "do some of the same outpatient care — colonoscopies, X-rays, medication injections — just as doctors�

Even doctors like me are falling into this medical bill trap

Hospital outpatient departments, or HOPDs, are encouraging a surprise scourge on medical costs. It's patients who bear the burden.
Editorial
June 17
Members of the State Legislative Audit Commission listen on June 13 as Special Reviews Director Katherine Theisen and Legislative Auditor Judy Randall

Tighten state oversight to prevent fraud

State departments need to get the basics down, as Feeding Our Future and front-line worker audits show.
Opinion
June 17

Bump stock ruling misses the point

Supreme Court focused on the technicalities, ignored the impact.

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