opinion exchange
Cut down on electronic waste in Minnesota
Bill being debated at the Legislature would aim to do just that.
In Minnesota, statistical gloom amid the hope of a progressive-led boom
Renewal is possible, but only if the state turns from a disastrous path. Here's the evidence.
Pass $120 million in emergency funding for rural EMS in Minnesota now
The cost of inaction far outweighs the immediate financial burden.
We're paying today for Trump's international incompetence while in office
Nuclear capability wasn't the only implication of the deal with Iran that he pulled out of.
How 'the Squad' and like-minded progressives have changed their party
"People want a Democratic Party that fights."
Protect kids online
Efforts underway in a number of states to protect young users of social media deserve support.
Here's how I'd broadly frame the environment that led to my firing as a teacher
Children deserve our best, and we are not giving it.
Get rid of Minnesota's precinct caucuses, go to primary elections up and down the ballot
What is perceived as a grassroots engagement of average citizens actually isn't in practice.
D.J. Tice: For this Minnesota legislator, action targeting child abuse is intensely personal
"There were a lot of nights that I would pray for someone to come and save me. And no one came."
How women kept the Twin Cities on the big-deal sports event map
And how to maintain that standing.
We regulate a tiny fraction of the 12,000 'forever chemicals'
We need far more comprehensive mandates that test, monitor and limit the entire class of PFAS.
Do more to deter suicide at the Washington Avenue Bridge
My daughter was among those who have ended their lives there.
When is it antisemitism? Jewish people are in the best position to know.
It is not the place of non-Jews to explain it to one of the most persecuted ethnic groups in human history.
Censorship is being censored at Columbia
Once a group accords itself the prerogative to regulate speech, it will eventually be weaponized in return.
Government surveillance keeps us safe, and Congress just improved it
There are ways to prevent abuses without compromising national security value. Over the weekend, a bipartisan Congress voted for numerous helpful reforms.
Let USC valedictorian give her speech
Though it's understandable that her anti-Israel stances are controversial on Southern California campus.
Counterpoint: Yes, corporate philanthropy has changed — and that's not necessarily a bad thing
Here's what can be gained when people are open to the evolution.
CHIPS Act, good as it was, doesn't fully enable a domestic supply chain
Companies in Minnesota and Wisconsin illustrate the situation.
Counterpoint: Why University of Minnesota employees need the right to unionize — now
PELRA reform is not merely a "nice gesture."
Right, wrong ways to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters
Throw the book at them, but don't use Sarbanes-Oxley to hold them accountable.