Dengue fever, yellow fever, chikungunya and zika: How did we get to a point in snowy Minnesota where we have to think about tropical diseases? Climate change, that’s how.

Assault weapons, created for engagements in active combat, take our civil society by force and they take police by surprise. They amount to an invasion and landing by an enemy who need never cross our borders.

There are more than 100,000 Minnesotans with disabilities who are ready and motivated to work yet have not been given a fair shot at employment.

The current farm bill expired at the end of last month and crafting a new one will be particularly challenging this year, creating uncertainty for Minnesota farmers as well as for school lunch programs and many others who rely on it.

There is no hope for redemption or reconciliation with narratives of victimization, triumph or vengeance.

College isn’t always the best option for every learner.

My skepticism regarding the Metropolitan Council’s ability to manage more local concerns remains, in large part because of a shattered bus stop on Brooklyn Boulevard that took three years to be repaired.

This bipartisan legislation is an important first step toward making health care more affordable and promoting site-neutral payment reforms, so that patients pay the same price for the same service, regardless of the location.

The trip was a bold but risky move, a carefully orchestrated display of the president’s belief that the United States should take an active leadership role in global affairs.

Families should take a look at who will be feeding the students. A university willing to cut corners to feed a for-profit catering corporation might still be the best place to send your child. Or not.

Glück’s lyric voice still reverberates after her death, in part because of how consistently she turned her attention to questions of mortality.

The hiding rolled into an expanding number of credit cards and consolidated loans. This combination of minimum payments, mounting lies, outfit changes and spritzes of Febreeze eluded everyone.

During lunchtime chat, 5-year-old Iris (name changed to protect privacy) looked up at me, frowned, and said, “I wish I was white instead of Black.”

Research shows that a change in a baby’s normal movement pattern can be the first and sometimes only indicator that a baby is in distress.

Democratic governments face many challenges in responding to terrorist groups taking their citizens hostage. Israel cannot be seen to underreact, yet neither should it overreact.

Literacy is key to everything. We have found a synergy to uplift and support each other.