Reopening elementary schools: How it’s done matters
Elementary school settings are not somehow naturally COVID-proof. These schools still represent a real transmission risk with broad impacts.
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On the anniversary of Roe, we fight for control of our bodies
As we face the real possibility of losing federal protections for safe, legal abortion, we must take action at the state level.
Poli Sci 101: The course Trumpers didn’t take
Despite their many flaws, the Founders of our republic were working to build a future with fewer tyrants and more freedom, rather than one full of tyrants in which everyone is afraid.
Human rights depend on democracy: Protect it
Disability is a bipartisan human-rights issue, and the stakes for people with disabilities are huge if democracy is compromised in any way.
Walz’s budget proposal should include significant investments in transit
This would curb climate pollution and support much-needed economic recovery by expanding access to opportunities. It would save Minnesotans money and bring federal dollars to the state.
Republican Party’s dilemma: Selling its soul paid dividends, but debts have come due
Many Republican leaders understood Donald Trump was a dangerous narcissist who was unfit for the presidency but in their own Faustian bargains decided to ride his coattails in pursuit of shared goals or their own lofty ambitions.
COVID-19 vaccine: Minnesota’s ’splaining won’t do
As someone in the highest risk group for COVID-19, I find the state’s response has been inadequate, misguided, and dangerously secretive.
U.S. needs the impetus, leadership, and commitment for positive peace
Positive peace is defined by The Institute for Economics and Peace as true, lasting, and sustainable peace built on justice for all.
The pandemic is still sorting us out
We have seen unmistakably heroic acts of kindness and compassion. And we’ve seen superspreader events where people have been so unwilling to work together for the common good that they won’t even wear a mask.
Burning garbage: Every bit as dirty as it sounds
State and local officials all over the country will be facing tough, important decisions about waste disposal in 2021.
Medical students keeping COVID at bay, even in a congregate-living setting
Our house highlights an important notion: A collective effort for the greater good is obtainable.
Impeachment and removal? Yes: Trump chose the precise moment to release the hounds
He keeps going unchecked and it continues to spiral over and over again, and always in a downward direction.
How the Biden administration can quickly revoke Trump agency rules
Power granted under the Congressional Review Act further illustrates the groundbreaking importance of the Georgia Senate races.
Immigrants are welcome (and needed) here
Stagnating population growth is creating acute economic and political challenges across the Midwest. Pro-immigrant and refugee policies could confront those challenges.
No one injected more politics into the issue of mining near the BWCA than Stauber and Trump
Rep. Pete Stauber disingenuously contends that process wasn’t followed; in fact, he just doesn’t like the process, because it lays bare the incalculable damage that the Twin Metals project would inflict.
The law of the land is the law
We must honor it. We must behold it. We must respect it. That is our moral imperative and what it means to be part of these United States.
Don’t impeach Trump; focus on the big issues facing America
The Democrats have a short, two-year window to achieve many things because they will most likely lose at least one of the houses of Congress in 2022. Why waste even a single day on a futile impeachment trial?
After shocking assault on U.S. Capitol, don’t overlook the rage-filled gathering at Minnesota’s own
This is the Us vs. Them vision in its most dangerous and extreme manifestation.
Lessons from the pandemic: Start with advancing Medicare for All
Changes should include enacting a wage replacement system for times of economic or natural crises and in the event of another pandemic.
The state of America’s division produces little hope that ‘we can work it out’
Now that I’ve closed correspondence with people who seem to desire fights with me or even their own divorce from me, I can’t say I miss them all that much.
