Now is the time for bold investments in Asian Minnesotans
A survey of small businesses found that nearly half of Asian Minnesotan small business owners were unable to pay bills during the pandemic.
Opinion
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Will abortion dominate the 2022 Minnesota election?
Given the many issues besetting Minnesotans, abortion seems be just one in a large crowd of concerns.
House DFL is prioritizing students and schools at a time when it’s needed most
While we ask schools to do more to catch our children up, we cannot stand idly by without solutions.
Fully vaccinated staff can halt the spread of COVID-19 in Minnesota’s long-term care facilities
There is an urgent need to address the low staff COVID-19 vaccination rates as data suggests a strong correlation between COVID-19 incidence among LTC facilities staff and residents.
Yes, it’s time for another rant against the Electoral College
You can call complaining about the Electoral College partisan sour grapes. What I don’t think you can do is make a fair, rational or intellectually honest case that it is a net-positive feature of our system.
Renewal, healing and muffins: Midtown Farmers Market celebrates 20th season with return to original location
The market coming back to the light rail stop marks a return to, if not normalcy, something that puts public space at the center of everyday life.
Boater education legislation is about safety and responsibility on the water
It is about time we update the outdated boater education program that only focuses on youth operators.
Minnesota’s opportunity to help under-resourced small businesses rebuild
How we address income inequality depends on how well we support our small business communities.
An investment in the Office of the Legislative Auditor is an investment in responsible government
OLA performs financial audits of agencies, organizations and programs within and funded by state government to ensure safeguarding of public resources and compliance with laws that govern state operations.
Programs to combat homelessness work, it’s the lack of funding that doesn’t
The problem isn’t that programs are failing; it’s that they are underfunded and don’t meet the scale of the challenges that exist in Minnesota.
The divided states: It turns out the U.S. is more divided than just about any other industrialized nation
The degree of difference across left and right in the U.S. dwarfed those gaps in the U.K., France and Germany.
Civil war? Let’s make a civil pact instead
With Ukraine as our backdrop, can you even imagine being at war, any kind of war, with your fellow-citizens?
Minneapolis leads the way to save energy
Alerting buyers to a home’s energy usage is just another step moving towards a greener society.
Jokers and clowns, left and right
Extremists in both parties today are the clowns and jokers of the left and right, and they are trying to pull America toward their polarized views.
How a development boom on the West Side has put St. Paul’s sewer system to the test
There’s no infrastructure that’s so important, yet so ignored, as a city’s sewers.
‘100% Democracy’ is possible; can Minnesota lead?
In addition to its already-high levels of participation, Minnesota was one of the very first states with same day registration, which has turned out to be a critical factor in making voting accessible to all.
Protecting Minnesotans after Roe
Without access to health care for all people, free of government interference, we are doomed to continue perpetuating harm onto vulnerable populations, and equity in health care and other areas of life cannot be achieved.
The parallels between Vladimir Putin and corporate DEI leadership
Perhaps DEI isn’t something a CEO is looking to galvanize employees around, and that is up to them in the end. But if CEOs are saying it’s important, then they must walk the walk and be seen on the frontlines.
Laying waste to McCarthy’s lie
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is distinguished, in at least two fairly disgraceful cases, not only by a willingness to lie, but by a willingness to compound his lies.
A fight to break free of Moscow’s grip
By using brute force to destroy everything in his path, Russian President Vladimir Putin may, in the end, conquer much of southern and eastern Ukraine. But he will not gain the cooperation needed to govern or administer it effectively.
