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Brehm: Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is an embarrassment for Minnesota

County voters should fire their ultra-woke prosecutor next November.
AuthoredAndy Brehm
May 14, 2025

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Denker: One simple thing you can offer people experiencing homelessness

Instead of turning away, here’s how you can make an impact when you come across someone who is unhoused or who is panhandling.
AuthoredAngela Denker
May 11, 2025

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Sheletta: You don’t have to be a mom to mother somebody

Over the years, Verna Cornelia Price has mentored hundreds of at-risk girls. Now organizations like her Girls Taking Action are worried about funding.
AuthoredSheletta Brundidge
May 11, 2025

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Koerth: Is a severe-weather forecast ever really a bust?

Forecasting is more dynamic than ever, but meteorologists do nuance, and their audience might not.
AuthoredMaggie Koerth
May 6, 2025

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Sheletta: Black moms must be guardians and bodyguards

History reminds us the incident at a playground in Rochester, captured on video, isn’t isolated.
AuthoredSheletta Brundidge
May 5, 2025

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Vang: A love letter to the disappearing St. Paul skyways

The news that St. Paul had shut down parts of downtown’s skyway system hit me like a sad song on repeat. I can trace my life through those tunnels of glass and steel.
AuthoredKa Vang
May 4, 2025

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Warfa: Let’s not forget humanity in education as we prepare students for an AI world

The future of education isn’t about adding new tools to old systems. It’s about reimagining school where students are more prepared to shape a better world.
AuthoredHamse Warfa
May 3, 2025

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Vang: Stars, stripes and side-eye abroad

Given how much of the world hates us now, Americans are wondering how we’ll be received when traveling to other countries.
AuthoredKa Vang
April 23, 2025

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Denker: The inclusive legacy of a lowly pontiff

It was his humility that undid his critics, and that won over many others including me, a Lutheran pastor.
AuthoredAngela Denker
April 21, 2025

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Brehm: I became Catholic in part because of Pope Francis

The world has lost an extraordinary leader who leaves behind a legacy of kindness and charity.
AuthoredAndy Brehm
April 21, 2025

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Denker: A cynical country faces resurrection

Whales are magnificent and beautiful and miraculous in the water, where they belong. On land, they are sad and tragic, a signpost of our tragic and mournful times.
AuthoredAngela Denker
April 19, 2025

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Dabney: This 420 is going to be lit

The unofficial holiday on Sunday is the Thanksgiving and Christmas of cannabis culture. This year, the community is feeling especially celebratory as Minnesota is on the verge of launching its legalized recreational market.
AuthoredClemon Dabney
April 18, 2025
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