Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan Wins the DFL Nomination for a Senate Seat Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan Wins the DFL Nomination for a Senate Seat
Her opponent, Representative Angie Craig, campaigned for the DFL nod for months, but declared she would no longer seek its endorsement two days before the party convention.
Jun 2, 2026 / Joan Walsh
Letters From the June 2026 Issue Letters From the June 2026 Issue
Midwestern Nice… Today’s “Jewish Question”…
May 12, 2026 / Our Readers
Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere
Trump keeps targeting Minnesota’s Somali community. But as one organizer says, “What we’ve built here, we’re not going to let it be easy for people to take that away from us.”
Feb 10, 2026 / Iliana Hagenah
Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight
Pretti was one of us. We have to carry on his struggle.
Jan 29, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves
Occupied Minnesota Occupied Minnesota
Minneapolis right now reminds me of what I’ve seen during my time in the West Bank.
Jan 28, 2026 / Ariel Gold
Alex Pretti Was a Good Man at a Time of Great Evil Alex Pretti Was a Good Man at a Time of Great Evil
The 37-year-old ICU nurse was killed helping another ICE victim. We must honor his sacrifice.
Jan 25, 2026 / Joan Walsh
Minneapolis Is an “Insurrection” of Trump’s Own Making Minneapolis Is an “Insurrection” of Trump’s Own Making
The city has become ground zero for the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and the growing resistance to it.
Jan 25, 2026 / Alyssa Oursler
Minneapolis’s Mayor Rips “Mass Militarized Force” After a Second Minnesotan Is Gunned Down Minneapolis’s Mayor Rips “Mass Militarized Force” After a Second Minnesotan Is Gunned Down
A powerful statement from Jacob Frey pleads with Trump to pull ICE forces out of Minneapolis before more people are killed.
Jan 24, 2026 / John Nichols
A Trump Administration Official Says It Won’t Investigate the Killing of Renee Good A Trump Administration Official Says It Won’t Investigate the Killing of Renee Good
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche makes clear that the Department of Justice won’t look into the death of Renee Good—but that won’t stop Minnesota from investigating.
Jan 19, 2026 / Joan Walsh
A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the Whole Country in the Streets A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the Whole Country in the Streets
Dan Troccoli, a public middle school teacher, says everyone should start “emulating” Minneapolis’s resistance to ICE and the Trump regime.
Jan 15, 2026 / Dave Zirin