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Commentary: Students may feel like successful careers hinge on getting into an elite school, but the evidence shows othe...
27/07/2024

Commentary: Students may feel like successful careers hinge on getting into an elite school, but the evidence shows otherwise.

Students may feel like successful careers hinge on getting into an elite school, but the evidence shows otherwise.

As a gold medalist, I know: The focus on mental health in sports has improved
27/07/2024

As a gold medalist, I know: The focus on mental health in sports has improved

The consequences of the relentless pursuit of excellence remain, but now are understood.

Readers Write: Biden's withdrawal from race, childfree voters and a ban on cows at the fair
27/07/2024

Readers Write: Biden's withdrawal from race, childfree voters and a ban on cows at the fair

Jurgens could have looked to his own party.

From John Rash: Amid ascendant nationalism, Olympics' internationalism endures
27/07/2024

From John Rash: Amid ascendant nationalism, Olympics' internationalism endures

Twelve athletes with Minnesota ties will compete for Team USA while 16 will join their home countries' squads as Paris welcomes the world.

Editorial: DEI efforts in Minnesota schools still matter
26/07/2024

Editorial: DEI efforts in Minnesota schools still matter

The plans are properly motivated, and some of the objections to them are simply distortions.

Readers Write: Unmooring of America, presidential election and disability awareness
26/07/2024

Readers Write: Unmooring of America, presidential election and disability awareness

Amid division, who works to find our moorings

Commentary: Compassion, not punishment, is key to ending homelessness
26/07/2024

Commentary: Compassion, not punishment, is key to ending homelessness

Yet the U.S. Supreme Court in its recently concluded term made it harder.

Commentary: How the exuberance of Kamala Harris is turning into a symbol of collective healing.
26/07/2024

Commentary: How the exuberance of Kamala Harris is turning into a symbol of collective healing.

How the exuberance of Kamala Harris is turning into a symbol of collective healing.

Editorial: War upends U.S., Israeli politics
25/07/2024

Editorial: War upends U.S., Israeli politics

Sharp partisan divide evident at Netanyahu's congressional address.

It's wrong to call Biden's withdrawal from the race heroic
25/07/2024

It's wrong to call Biden's withdrawal from the race heroic

How he and his closest supporters have handled his decline prevented the democratic process from working as it should.

From John Phelan and Bill Walsh: What America needs to know about Tim Walz of Minnesota
25/07/2024

From John Phelan and Bill Walsh: What America needs to know about Tim Walz of Minnesota

The many things not to celebrate.

Commentary: The most ruthless political operator in the country is a woman
25/07/2024

Commentary: The most ruthless political operator in the country is a woman

The supreme gratification of watching Nancy Pelosi go to work.

Readers Write: Healthy soil, 2024 elections and sheltering homeless people
25/07/2024

Readers Write: Healthy soil, 2024 elections and sheltering homeless people

Voters approved environmental funds.

Commentary: In America, we are unmoored
25/07/2024

Commentary: In America, we are unmoored

But what if politics is the symptom, not the cause?

Editorial: A return to VP visibility for Minnesota
24/07/2024

Editorial: A return to VP visibility for Minnesota

Democrats have neglected the Midwest in recent years, but Gov. Tim Walz is reportedly under vice presidential consideration. Without endorsing him prematurely, we value that attention.

Commentary: What polling tells us about a Kamala Harris candidacy
24/07/2024

Commentary: What polling tells us about a Kamala Harris candidacy

Sorting out whether she's an upgrade for Democrats.

Readers Write: The upended 2024 campaign, Trump's security, tech outages
24/07/2024

Readers Write: The upended 2024 campaign, Trump's security, tech outages

Commit to the high road.

Commentary: Secret Service has failed Americans since the Trump shooting
24/07/2024

Commentary: Secret Service has failed Americans since the Trump shooting

Conspiracy theorists have been able to fill the information void with their own versions of the truth.

Editorial: Cheatle right to resign from Secret Service
24/07/2024

Editorial: Cheatle right to resign from Secret Service

Failure to protect Trump — and answer questions — spurs welcome bipartisan congressional consensus.

How to help Minnesota drivers burdened by the price of auto insurance
24/07/2024

How to help Minnesota drivers burdened by the price of auto insurance

Factors that don't reflect their record on the roads can lead to rates they can't afford. There's a solution.

Editorial: Isn't it better to have this gun rule?
23/07/2024

Editorial: Isn't it better to have this gun rule?

The appeals courts so far disagree, but Minnesota's age limit on carrying handguns publicly is worth preserving.

State DFL chair: Omar is the choice in the Fifth District — literally, and with good reason
23/07/2024

State DFL chair: Omar is the choice in the Fifth District — literally, and with good reason

She won the endorsement because, unlike her opponent, she works tirelessly to unite the party.

Commentary: The pros and cons of Tim Walz as a potential vice presidential nominee
23/07/2024

Commentary: The pros and cons of Tim Walz as a potential vice presidential nominee

Though not the most charismatic of politicians, he's a proven vote-getter. But: The 2020 riots present opponents with a way to portray him.

Commentary: Why Yale Law is so good at producing reactionaries like JD Vance
23/07/2024

Commentary: Why Yale Law is so good at producing reactionaries like JD Vance

Though it's a mostly liberal school — or perhaps because of it — the conservatives it graduates are influential.

Readers Write: Biden's potential successors, apologies to Rep. Dean Phillips
23/07/2024

Readers Write: Biden's potential successors, apologies to Rep. Dean Phillips

Now for some inspiration. Please.

Commentary: Celebrating 34 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act
23/07/2024

Commentary: Celebrating 34 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Minnesota's progress has been significant, too, but there's more it can do.

Commentary: What Republicans ask you to consider this election season
23/07/2024

Commentary: What Republicans ask you to consider this election season

Our party believes in a nation of people who share commonalities. Our competitor does not.

Editorial: A hopeful step for Parkinson's patients
22/07/2024

Editorial: A hopeful step for Parkinson's patients

An inspiring show of bipartisan support led to passage recently of the National Plan to End Parkinson's Act, putting a spotlight on this common, debilitating disease.

Commentary: Fauci made mistakes, but prosecution isn't warranted
22/07/2024

Commentary: Fauci made mistakes, but prosecution isn't warranted

Here are his pandemic missteps and why trying to criminalize them is a bad way to go.

Readers Write: Republican National Convention, Congress, the Legislature, depression treatment
22/07/2024

Readers Write: Republican National Convention, Congress, the Legislature, depression treatment

Spectacle, not substance.

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