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Legislature must act — properly — on Uber and Lyft before adjourning
Letting the companies leave will damage our economy and regional reputation. That requires repairing, not aggravating, the damage done by the Minneapolis City Council.
Pass guardrails for HCMC governance changes
Legislators are weighing legislation to require solid reasons, due diligence before any sweeping overhaul of Hennepin County Medical Center oversight. That's just common sense.
Editorial cartoon: Stormy testimony
Readers Write: Nicollet Mall and Hennepin Avenue, teaching history, state parks, waterfalls, seniors
We can still create a lively streetscape.
Minnesota needs an ERA that includes gender and reproductive freedom
Look at all of the anti-freedom efforts, here and elsewhere. You'll see the urgency.
BLOGS + COLUMNISTS
David Banks
David Banks: What Ecclesiastes said, approximately
Nothing new under the sun except to realize it.
Kavita Kumar
Thoughts from the Star Tribune's new community engagement director
We aim to invite more people to be part of the conversation.
Editorial
State of Minneapolis: hope and hurdles
Pass guardrails for HCMC governance changes
As Capitol clock ticks, focus on priorities
Overcome objections, keep DEI on track
Opinion Exchange
Minnesota needs an ERA that includes gender and reproductive freedom
Legislature must clarify sex, gender before putting an ERA before Minnesota voters
Legislature must act — properly — on Uber and Lyft before adjourning
The 10 civic commitments
Letters
Readers Write: Minnesota Republican leaders on vaccine prioritization; University of Minnesota and alcohol
Readers Write: COVID deaths, death penalty, Enbridge Line 3, automation, the glass ceiling
Readers Write: Minneapolis police reform, the Chosin Few
Readers Write: GOP's Texas lawsuit, the Electoral College
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Legislature must clarify sex, gender before putting an ERA before Minnesota voters
The proposed amendment does not specify what happens when those two concerns are at odds.
The 10 civic commitments
A democracy without civic virtue is destined to come apart at the seams.
For Mother's Day, I don't want brunch. We need a cease-fire.
I believe that we all face these moments, when we are confronted by a moral horror and our own small sense of complicity in it.
Counterpoint: No reason to rue caucuses, as long as you exercise your rights
The rest of us aren't helpless. We can vote. Promote candidacies. Or even run ourselves. It's not even too late for this year.
State of Minneapolis: hope and hurdles
On Mayor Jacob Frey's annual address.
Editorial cartoon: RFK Jr.'s worm
Seniors see retirement slipping away
Too many Americans have little or no savings, and they worry about cuts to Medicare, Social Security.