The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. We hold these truths to be self-evident.

Below are some excerpts from a speech on the meaning of the Fourth of July delivered by Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, July 5, 1852. Fellow-citizens, ...

At the start of the year I was asked an intriguing question. How much damage has been done to Minnesota’s once pristine brand ...

Minnesota could be on the hook for as much as $250 million in its next budget to pay for a share of the Supplemental ...

The U.S. is on track to spend $6 trillion on health care this year and $9 trillion by 2034. Health policy experts have long ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and 17 states, including Minnesota, announced a $3.3 million settlement agreement this week ...

Fourteen Minnesota anti-ICE protesters pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging they engaged in a conspiracy ...

If House Speaker Lisa Demuth becomes the Republican nominee for Minnesota governor in August, she’ll have one donor in ...

Minnesota’s suicide rate increased 4% in 2025 compared to 2024, according to preliminary data from the state’s Department of ...

About a year ago I spent an afternoon in a small cemetery on a rural road in north central Wisconsin. I had the cemetery to ...