OUR VIEW

It won't be easy, because right now we all crave “normal.” We want to see people smile. We want to gather around the dinner table with family members. We want our children to hug their grandparents.

From the editorial: "The fallout from Google's and Facebook's practices on local newsrooms is disturbing to anyone who values reliable information."

From the editorial: "His messages are unwavering both to criminals, that consequences will be severe, and to local authorities, that the U.S. attorney’s office is there to help."

From the editorial: "Rep. Ecklund’s red flag last week may have sparked painful memories for many up north of 2015 when lawmakers similarly were in position to help laid-off Iron Range workers whose unemployment benefits were expiring; instead, for months, they attempted to use the suffering and uncertainty felt by those Minnesota families for their own political leverage."

From the editorial: "All your body parts depend on it."

From the editorial: Passage this session would build on action lawmakers took last year to close a loophole in state law that allowed attackers to avoid felony charges when sexual-assault victims got themselves drunk or were impaired under the influence of alcohol or drugs by their own volition. The legislation this year also would build on positive steps Minnesota has taken since the state was awarded a Sexual Assault Kit Initiative grant in 2019, Westerlund and Walthier pointed out in their letter.

From the editorial: "Republicans and DFLers in St. Paul agree it needs to be addressed immediately. ... And they rarely seem to agree on anything."

From the editorial: "'Hot car deaths continue to take place because nobody believes this could happen to them.'"

From the editorial: "If all this reminds you of a back-alley loan shark squeezing someone down on their luck and with nowhere else to turn, yeah, it does kind of feel that way."